I saw this in the nearest Durham Library branch recently.
It was gone next time I checked, so I don’t think it survived long.
Category Archives: Miscellanea
Strange examples of wine branding
I’m aware that trademarks and logos have to be distinctive and non-obvious — a winemaker has no rights to a generic name like Good Red Wine, for instance. While I’m sure these labels are distinctive, I’m not sure they scream Drink Me. For example, “Pessimist”
It’s a great looking label but what’s the message? If the guy under the tree drunk the wine, he’d be an optimist? It feels more like it’s associating the wine with despair than with its cure.
Pipe-smoking deer is also an odd choice for a spokes-animal.
Is anyone drinking wine for justice? Still, it’s a better association than pessimism.
Is Pandemonium a good association either? I can’t say the art grabs me.
And this one … I’ve no idea what it’s trying to do.
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Random photos of empty rooms
Because photos like these are arty and so this makes me an art photographer … right?
First our kitchen.
Second, my doctor’s office during a recent visit
Art, I tell you, art!
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Whose shoes?
Seen on the American Tobacco Trail a couple of weeks back.
Who left them there? Did they leave them as a freebie for anyone who needs shoes? Did they switch them for running shoes? If so, why not put them into a backpack instead?
None of us will ever know.
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Our street by night
Where the trash cans stand as lonely sentinels against evil.
Where the streets loom against the sky.
Those last two shots were darker IRL but the camera tech brights then. For the next few, from a night when the power was out, TYG showed me a workaround.
And here’s one from 2020 I think came out very well.
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Close-ups of our garden from earlier this year
Currently we’re doing our best to keep everything alive by steady watering to compensate for the 100 degree-plus heat. In June. And worse in years to come as Republicans have decided they love global warming. However we have these pretty photos from a couple of months back.
First, our lawn with little blossoms.
Next some more flowers
And rain on clover.
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Horror shrimp!
We were shopping in Costco a few weeks back and TYG pointed out how Lovecraftian these big bags of shrimp looked.
I think she had a point.
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Two leftover images
From our recent trip to the natural history museum, this chameleon.
From my April trip to Charleston, this morning shot of the beach.
Photos bring back good memories.
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Street scene at night
I’m sure with better skills or equpment I could take better night photos, but I think this one looks good just the same.
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