Paris. December, 2005

I'm always frustrated when I visit markets in my travels. Why? Because I have no kitchen at my disposal to prepare the beautiful produce on display. Fortunately, enjoying cheese requires no kitchen. Seen here, some local cheeses offered for sale at the city's Bastille market.

Tucson. November, 2006

Weasel and Bunnycakes, the devil cats, emerge for their own take on the town's annual All Souls Procession.

Berkeley, CA. November, 2005

This baseball diamond at UC Berkeley looks especially green today because our New England summer (the driest on record) has turned all of the local lawns brown.

Watertown, MA. May, 2013

Peonies really are show-offs, aren't they? Whenever I see them each spring, I understand why Manet loved them so.

Los Angeles. May, 2005

Enough said.

Watertown, MA. August, 2016

Beware.

Watertown, MA. August, 2016

There is an apartment building behind the main liquor store in town. And the brief stretch of greenery between the two is always full of empty nips, as seen here. It amuses me. But I'm sure I'd feel differently if I lived there.