for the birds
April 14th, 2011
If I were a bird, I would totally want to live in this 1 square-foot, farmhouse-style, penthouse pad (complete with swinging privacy doors and cupola!! eeee!!) Even though it’s looking a little ramshackle right now, it’s nothing that a fresh coat of white paint can’t fix. Hellooo, potential! And as for the location, location, location, I can’t think of a better one than a schoolyard. The neighbors will never be around on nights and weekends, and they’re always gone on vacation for 3 months of the year. Plus, you’re only a 2-minute as-the-crow-flies from the hip, up-and-coming, H-St neighborhood. This is prime real estate!!
hitchcockian
September 7th, 2010
We hope everyone had a nice, long labor day weekend. Weather-wise, it was just gahhh-geous dahhhling. We spent much of it relaxing, doing schoolwork, and watching college football, of course. Matt also found some time to scan the fujichrome sensia 200 slide film that came back in the mail last week. The results include this shot, from an alleyway in Capitol Hill, where we had been wandering sometime last month. I happened to look up and see a few birds perched on the lowest window sill, and then suddenly we realized the whole side of the building was covered in them. It was a very creepy Hitchcockian moment. The birds were all so quiet that we could have passed through the alley, looking at the ground, and never noticed the entire flock staring down at us. Freaky!
roosting
July 21st, 2010
Your word of the day is roost (noun) – A perch on which domestic fowl or other birds rest or sleep; A place for temporary rest or sleep
rule the roost (Informal) To be in charge; dominate.
