I saw a couple beautiful bicycles at the Portsmouth Farmer’s Market yesterday – sauntered over and struck up a conversation with their riders. Turned out one of the folks I was talking to was the guy who built the frames – Andrew Watson. His bike:
(embiggens maximally)
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The cephalopodelic head badge:
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And something that’s a must-have on my dream bike – the travel flask:
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Absolutely gorgeous craftsmanship.
Just unloaded the camera – here are some pix that may not have justified a post on their own, but taken together are a nice slice of life.
Blueberry picking with my partner in berrycrime at Sturgeon Cove:
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The cove is in the background (and yes, there are sturgeon in the main river – or at least there were 10 years ago).
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My Utricularia humboldtii bloomed! First time!
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Two styles of rabbit dogs. The kind that come from Kearsarge Mountain Teckels:
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And the kind that come from Popper’s Sausage Kitchen:
Rabbit hot dogs … are locally raised New Zealand White and are seasoned with sage, white pepper, garlic and ginger.
Damn good, too.
Each piece is an artist’s interpretation of a one-line episode summary from the DirecTV program guide (full list of titles artists could pick from). Like the series that inspired them, they are sometimes straightforward and sometimes offer a twist; sometimes they contain no easy answers, and sometimes they are just plain goofy.
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Radiation Kills a Tormented Scientist
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Death Links to Ultimate Fighting
Notable addition to the bogroll – Pirate Anthropologie.
I’m an anthropology student studying creative uses of technology, alternative intellectual property, and music.
This blog will also be space for experiments in sound studies, pirate studies, and ethnography as I conduct my fieldwork in Rio de Janeiro.
Thanks @sullivanbc!