Archive for August, 2009

M is for Manhole



M is for Manhole, originally uploaded by packetrat.

Jones Falls under Jones Falls (Expressway)



_MG_6361, originally uploaded by packetrat.

Bustin’ out bricks



Bustin’ out bricks, originally uploaded by packetrat.

You can’t wall over Baltimore’s red-brick soul, apparently.

Sunrise on the Hereford Water Tower

The mists of soccer-tryout



The mists of soccer-tryout, originally uploaded by packetrat.

Arriving just before 7 am at Hereford School (after getting up at gods hour in Hampden) to drop off my son for soccer tryouts, we discovered tryouts didn’t start until 8– and the field was barely visible.

Cavy love



Cavy love, originally uploaded by packetrat.

Small Mammals, in the house



Hyrax, originally uploaded by packetrat.

We got brief relief from the sun at the zoo in the Small Mammal House, where this hyrax was demonstrating the leg-dangle chill with the 100-yard stare. I often wonder how even small mammals can deal with the boredom and stress of being in the same space all day long, every day. And then I look around my office….