Month: April 2020
Sneeze
To quote Manohla Dargis for the New York Times:
One of the world’s oldest films, “Sneeze,” is a gift that keeps on giving. Shot in 1894 and about as long as an achoo, it shows a mustachioed gent emitting a single sneeze, a kerchief clutched in one hand. The film was made by W.K.L. Dickson and the sneeze delivered by Fred Ott. Working in Thomas Edison’s New Jersey studio, they gave us the first celluloid sneeze, an open-mouth exhalation that was meant to be humorous but today seems ominous. Cover your mouth! I yelled when I looked at it again.
To and From, On a Quiet Day
My Moon
Shot handheld with fast shutter. Was supposed to be a “pink” moon, but my exposures without filter didn’t give me that, so I used a 85A warming filter (photographers will know what I am talking about) to try to approach what I saw with my live eye …
Visiting the Post Office
rDay Eighteen-Hundred-Thirty-Nine
Maintaining the COVID-19 Diary …
Dog walk observations:
More for the Coronavirus Collection
April Dog Walks and Other Escapes from the House, So Far
On the VA Hiking Trails
Automobila
At the “Bird Park” (Pioneer Park)
Garrison Middle School/Garrison Creek
[more observed miscellany at HHR]
Covid-19: An Illustrated Scientific Summary
A British Family’s Response to Lockdown
Backstory here.