Saturday reflections

I am not sure what building this was, but I think it was probably the old Governor's House or one of the other buildings in the Dowlat-Abad Gardens, in Yazd, Iran.

Travel Flashback: Urban poetry

Motorcycles parked on the street in downtown Tehran in 2015.

Many of my pictures from the city streets were taken from inside a moving car, so they're often a little blurry, but they capture the sense of the city the way I remember it.

Travel Flashback: Tehran reflections

Travel flashback: Tehran

Outside the wonderful Malek Library.

Travel flashback: Golestan Palace

Some pictures from 2015 of the Golestan Palace complex in Tehran.

I read this week that it's been damaged by bombs as part of the stupid and unforgivable war we've started, and I've been looking at old pictures and feeling grateful that I got to visit Iran back when it was still doable. I've been lucky enough to visit many wonderful places, and this is still one of the best trips I've ever taken.

Urban poetry

The view from my living room a few weeks ago.

On Tuesday it was 80 degrees. Yesterday it snowed. I miss having actual seasons.

Sunday bird blogging

I haven't taken a long lens to Central Park in a long time; it's just too heavy to lug around when walking is already problematic.

So this grackle is from a few years ago. The picture is noisy, and not as sharp as it could be, but hey, it's a bird. And I do love those mean yellow eyes.