Hello Old Paint-A Martha's Vineyard Of The Mind

2009-06-14T18:38:00.000-04:00

2009-05-19T21:13:00.001-04:00

Views from the bluffs east of Squibnocket Beach, April.

2009-05-06T21:37:00.003-04:00

2009-04-19T08:50:00.001-04:00

The old quarry in Quincy, Mass. where rock climbers practice and the graffiti is wacky.

2009-04-09T20:22:00.001-04:00

Lyda is one! First birthday and first cupcake.

2009-04-09T20:12:00.002-04:00

Squantum Point, Quincy Mass. A strange little urban park full of trash including old couches and arm chairs, but also beautiful and wild with the feel of coastal Maine.

2009-03-30T17:28:00.001-04:00

2009-03-24T16:34:00.000-04:00

Easter coming soon.

2009-03-24T16:29:00.002-04:00

Here's a link to a website about the Chappy bike path----good idea; maybe not. Check it out.

2009-03-09T14:17:00.002-04:00

West Chop sunset from the ferry. February.

2009-02-27T08:53:00.002-05:00

Rosy light, sunset lower Manhattan.

2009-02-27T08:49:00.000-05:00

,Battery Park, late afternoon-February.

2009-02-24T21:50:00.001-05:00

Staten Island Ferry, Manhattan bound, late afternoon-February.

2009-02-15T09:49:00.004-05:00

Eroding clay creates fantastic but fleeting sculptures--this one can't last long--get yourself out to Lucy Vincent soon before it's gone.

2009-02-15T09:43:00.002-05:00

Winter on the Vineyard-not that bad, if you remember where you are and get out and walk-especially just before sunset. Lucy Vincent Beach, Feb. 14.

2009-02-05T20:31:00.002-05:00

Rockaway Beach, January--plenty of towel room.

2009-01-31T14:12:00.000-05:00

2009-01-31T14:08:00.000-05:00

2009-01-31T14:02:00.000-05:00

2009-01-31T13:56:00.004-05:00

Video stills from Grand Central Station film.

2009-01-31T13:39:00.000-05:00

2009-01-31T13:37:00.000-05:00

2009-01-31T13:34:00.003-05:00

Some stills from a new video shot on 42nd St. in early January.

2009-01-22T08:47:00.005-05:00

O-BA-MA!

2009-01-19T09:45:00.007-05:00

As seen from an inbound train in
Queens. A still from a video , some
of which is on youtube.
Go to Sidbobk at youtube for more.
Sorry-Don't know how to give you
a direct link.

2009-01-17T13:48:00.004-05:00

Odd ritual. Tarpon Springs Florida.

Visit Sponge-o-rama if you
go.

2009-01-13T09:55:00.002-05:00

Odd.....

2009-01-10T11:43:00.003-05:00

Watching camels in the Three Kings Parade. January "09

2009-01-09T09:02:00.002-05:00

A window in Spanish Harlem-
watching the Three Kings parade.
(click on image and scroll
down for a better view)

2009-01-08T11:18:00.002-05:00

The mighty Brooklyn Bridge. ..and the Manhattan Bridge beyond.....and lo! the Williamsburg as well.

2009-01-08T11:12:00.001-05:00

Manhattan Bridge.

2009-01-08T11:06:00.005-05:00

Williamsburg Bridge from
East River Park. The park
runs for many blocks and
is rarely visited except
in summer.(And only by
locals.)

2009-01-08T10:57:00.004-05:00

Just back from New York. A cold, sunny January walk
along the East River offered striking views of three
bridges. This is the Williamsburg.

2009-01-01T13:11:00.004-05:00

Lyda says Happy New Year everybody!

2008-12-23T10:11:00.005-05:00

Egg Nog anyone?
(Christmas Eve party-'07)

2008-12-23T09:54:00.004-05:00

Christmas greetings to All of my many
readers from Martha's Vineyard!

Seth's Pond >

2008-12-17T11:26:00.006-05:00

A Martha's Vineyard of the Mind.

2008-12-12T14:29:00.003-05:00

An inland glacial eratic. All the big rocks on the Vine-
yard are eratics, having been dragged by the glacier
from points north. This one is in a natural rock garden
in the Indian Hill section of West Tisbury. It may
have been plucked from a ledge in New Hampshire
or Vermont 15 thousand years ago. A good geologist
could probably tell where it came from by what
kind of rock it is.
Picture from 1985.

2008-12-11T10:05:00.002-05:00

This rock I call The Traveler. It's slowly moving around
the island counter-clockwise. Since I've been following
it's progress it's circled the island twice.
(Just kidding-only once)
Photo from 1990.

2008-12-10T09:56:00.002-05:00

The same scene as below, November 2008.
Erosion can claim several feet of the clay cliffs every year, or sometimes in a single storm.

2008-12-10T09:43:00.003-05:00

Why we live here. This is
the beautiful "old paint"ed
cliffs of gay head, with a fine rock
specimen, looking dream-
like in late September
light. 1990.

2008-12-09T11:28:00.003-05:00

And here is the rock almanac for Tuesday, Dec. 9th.
(as Garrison Keillor might put it).
This well known sea mark sits at the base of the Gay Head cliffs, and was named "The Leviathan" by
the son of a famous American artist and one time
land lord of ours.

2008-12-08T11:53:00.004-05:00

Another view of the big
guy.

2008-12-08T11:31:00.009-05:00

This rock on the Vineyard's north shore emerged from the cliff in 1988.
For years it had sizable shrubs and maybe even a small tree growing on it. Now there's just a last bit of soil. The cliff has eroded back at least 50 or 60 feet in 20 years. I'll post an old picture of the rock still in the cliff...when I find it.
Personal news--------recent testing results >>> excellent!

2008-12-04T16:40:00.005-05:00

We'll give the video project a break for now. But here's the rock of the day. Two actually.They're at Spring Point in Chilmark. (and have been for a while).

Hmmmm......Errrrrrr.

2008-12-03T09:33:00.002-05:00

This morning I tried to load a 35 second video. After 3 1/2 hours it still hadn't finished. So what's going on me wonders.

2008-12-03T09:02:00.005-05:00

Here's 18 seconds of my endless hours of water phenomena videos. It took about 10 minutes to upload this tiny bit. Is there some way (I wonder ) to speed the process? And improve the quality?

2008-12-02T21:13:00.004-05:00

I've just discovered another blog also named old paint, and it's quite good. So I suppose I should come up with another name. But then would that be the end of this 2 day old blog? And where did all those strange symbols come from in my last posting?

< Cedar Tree Neck twins. November.

2008-12-02T18:03:00.002-05:00

I'm trying to get the hang of this blogging program. Wish I could control the layout better.
Some where below is a short video clip I'm posting just to see if I can. It may require a special player-we shall see. It's a subway exit turnstile somewhere way downtown in New York. More to come.

2008-12-02T09:16:00.006-05:00

Revolving doors, subway exit- lower Manhattan.
One of three "split rocks" that I know of on the Vineyard's north shore. I've been photographing interesting rocks for years--------more rock portraits to come.

2008-12-01T17:41:00.002-05:00

Livin' in the USA...
"Give me your tired, your poor....yearning to be free...."?

Stumbling into the future......

2008-12-01T13:43:00.005-05:00

The lovely little miss Lyda Hang on world...help is on the way!