I'm surprised that the ivy hadn't covered more of the old house as it can really take over things if it's not kept in check.

Camera: Diana+ camera using Rollei Retro 400 B&W film developed in Rodinal 1:50

News: I am showing photos the month of May at Inman Perk in Atlanta as part of a group show. Here is a copy of the show card.

Song of the day: "Blood on the Knobs" by Glossary

Poem of the day:
"I LONGED to love a full-boughed beech
And be as high as he:
I stretched an arm within his reach,
And signalled unity.
But with his drip he forced a breach,
And tried to poison me.

I gave the grasp of partnership
To one of other race—
A plane: he barked him strip by strip
From upper bough to base;
And me therewith; for gone my grip,
My arms could not enlace.

In new affection next I strove
To coll an ash I saw,
And he in trust received my love;
Till with my soft green claw
I cramped and bound him as I wove…
Such was my love: ha-ha!

By this I gained his strength and height
Without his rivalry.
But in my triumph I lost sight
Of afterhaps. Soon he,
Being bark-bound, flagged, snapped, fell outright,
And in his fall felled me!"
- Thomas Hardy, "The Ivy-Wife"

Posted on 14 May, 2008 (20)