My local universe in 12 color photographs

The Universe in 100 Colors, by Tyler Thrasher and Terry Mudge, was reviewed in Scientific American last fall. The book consists of 100 photographs and essays about the ways color is made, perceived and responded to. I ordered it right away. Trying to find an independent bookstore, I coincidentally got it from Stemcell Science Shop, which happens to be the gift shop of the Discovery Lab museum where Terry Mudge is the Science Director.

It inspired me to load up some Kodak Gold 200. Paterson the Pinhole Camera hadn't experienced any of these spectral phenomena and seemed like the laboratory-oriented camera this job called for.

Uh-oh! Another liberal elitist influenced by a book from scientists just fooling around outside their field. Don't you just love being referred to as educated elites by the national media?

The gourds we planted last year by throwing their ancestors in the compost.

Plants and candy under the lamp by the living room windows.

A recent arrangement on Sarah's desk.

My view from the couch in the Sunroom.

Using refraction and reflection by shaped glass to achieve a very wide angle with a relatively long pinhole camera.

A Bluetooth solution for our 2012 Mustang in the bright colors popular with technology vendors. Our '99 doesn't even have an audio input, so the only way to connect a phone is by FM radio or cassette.

A drying rose that somehow trembled a bit during an hour-long exposure at 1:1 macro.

Another life-size close-up of decorative cookware in the kitchen.

I've occasionally mentioned our fandom of Oaks Chocolate including making a camera out of their packaging.

They're not the only chocolatier in Oshkosh. In 1942, a couple established Hughes Chocolate in the basement of their home on a quiet residential street. Their grandson still operates there, and from just before Halloween until after Easter, it's not uncommon to see a line to the tiny retail counter at the bottom of the stairs going all the way down the driveway. We'd never been there until we tried some Fox River Brewing Company Hughes Chocolate Stout at lunch when Andy and Kristin were here and decided it was time to stop by. The four of us barely fit. I have plans for these boxes after we finish the chocolates. I've seen other Ho-made products in Oshkosh, but this is the only one that's Home Maid.

Some candy from Santa joins the last few M&Ms sitting atop the latest book I've been reading. What could that lead to?

Paterson has two hand-drilled .30mm pinholes, on the axis and 13mm above it, 6cm from a 6x6cm frame. The Kodak Gold 200 was developed in a Cinestill quart powder C41 kit.