Don Mitchell
@wailuku.bsky.social
writer, anthropologist, photographer, book designer, life-long leftist
Wet morning, wet blossom, wet bee.
October 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Wet morning, wet blossom, wet bee.
Damn! I just wanted to pee without any overhead.
October 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Damn! I just wanted to pee without any overhead.
"I'm ready for my close-up," says Pippin.
August 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
"I'm ready for my close-up," says Pippin.
Here's a red one, from Hawai'i.
August 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Here's a red one, from Hawai'i.
Bee, rose, morning light.
July 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Bee, rose, morning light.
Blueberry on my blueberry bush.
July 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Blueberry on my blueberry bush.
Turkey chick. Or maybe little turkeys are called something else? I refuse to look it up.
July 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Turkey chick. Or maybe little turkeys are called something else? I refuse to look it up.
Pippin the cat says, "Um, actually I'm thinking about eating you." (He didn't, so far as I know...)
June 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Pippin the cat says, "Um, actually I'm thinking about eating you." (He didn't, so far as I know...)
Here's my cat Pippin on a Monday morning.
June 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Here's my cat Pippin on a Monday morning.
Thunderstorm moving in.
May 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Thunderstorm moving in.
How about a shot of my dog Tommy's eye, showing me taking the picture?
April 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
How about a shot of my dog Tommy's eye, showing me taking the picture?
When I moved to Ithaca from Hawai'i, I wasn't expecting volcanic eruptions to follow me but it seems one has. Maybe it will fill Cayuga Lake the way the 2018 Puna one filled Green Lake on the Big Island. We're safe up here, though.
April 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
When I moved to Ithaca from Hawai'i, I wasn't expecting volcanic eruptions to follow me but it seems one has. Maybe it will fill Cayuga Lake the way the 2018 Puna one filled Green Lake on the Big Island. We're safe up here, though.
Spring! The country's going to shit, but the willow doesn't know that.
March 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Spring! The country's going to shit, but the willow doesn't know that.
Blue Sky with moon, a little while ago near Ithaca.
March 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Blue Sky with moon, a little while ago near Ithaca.
Speaking of dog eyes....here's Tommy giving his version of stink-eye. "No, you're not taking the baguette from me...."
March 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Speaking of dog eyes....here's Tommy giving his version of stink-eye. "No, you're not taking the baguette from me...."
Here's my moon at about 6 AM (Central NY).
March 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Here's my moon at about 6 AM (Central NY).
This (early) morning's moon.
March 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This (early) morning's moon.
Thanks, I'll just help myself...
February 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Thanks, I'll just help myself...
Winter Solstice sunrise, Hilina Pali (Hawai'i Volcanoes Nat'l Park)
February 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Winter Solstice sunrise, Hilina Pali (Hawai'i Volcanoes Nat'l Park)
Cat (and human) from 1971. Fusi was fond of that position.
February 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Cat (and human) from 1971. Fusi was fond of that position.
Today seems the right day to post Tommy and the baguette that got left out so long that no human could bite into it. "Don't even think about taking it back," Tommy says.
January 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Today seems the right day to post Tommy and the baguette that got left out so long that no human could bite into it. "Don't even think about taking it back," Tommy says.
My snowblower (Freeville, NY)
January 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
My snowblower (Freeville, NY)
Unusual sky here, late afternoon.
January 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Unusual sky here, late afternoon.