My mom maintains a number of bird feeders, which attract the local wildlife. We get a lot of squirrels, but also a lot of dark-eyed juncos and house sparrows. The juncos are the gray-and-dun ones who look like a half-dipped Easter egg, and the house sparrows are varying shades of brown. On the flashier end of the bird spectrum, we also get cardinals and bluejays, but I haven’t gotten a good shot of one yet.

Similar Posts

Safe Foods
Safe Foods 2024 Aluminum foil, stone clay, Hershey’s kisses wrappers and plumes, found objects, cardstock, spray paint, acrylic paint, glass microbead paint inspired by David Seltzer, Sea Salt/Lemon Sage With celiac disease, every meal is a risk. Gluten hides everywhere, from restaurant griddles to soy sauce and licorice. Since my diagnosis, I’ve identified “safe foods” I…

ArtsWorcester Annual One
This painting, “Trash Painting #3”, went up at ArtsWorcester for their show Eleventh Annual One last month. I’m pleased to say that someone bought it! A bit about the painting: mixed media art waste (acrylic, PVA glue, paper, cardboard, rhinestones, Sculptamold, and CA glue tube) on canvas board, 4″ x 6″ x 2″, 2020 In…

Marshmallow Fluff Festival
Last week I shot Somerville’s annual marshmallow fluff festival, “What the Fluff,” for the Somerville Journal. See all the photos on their site at WickedLocal.

Boston Dyke March 2017
This was my second year photographing the Boston Dyke March, but it’s been happening annually since 1995, the year I was born. Every year dozens of lesbians, bisexual women, trans people, and other members of the LGBTQ+ community march around downtown Boston and then gather at Parkman Bandstand in the Boston Common for live music…

Behind the scenes of Howard Woolf’s ‘Dust,’ Part 6
I was the official behind the scenes photographer for the production of the Tufts Experimental College Director Howard Woolf’s film ‘Dust’ this summer. Here are some stills from day five…can you tell we had a lot of fun with these scenes? You can follow the film’s official Facebook page here. Stay tuned for more behind-the-scenes posts…

Icons of Arlington: Menotomy Rocks Park
My newest post on Icons of Arlington is about Menotomy Rocks Park, a park I spent a lot of time in as a kid. I learned a lot about the park’s history, both ancient geologic and recent community history, while I was researching for this one. Content warning for non-graphic discussion of suicide in the…