Adam Ragusea

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A small jar terrarium on my counter with a little green porcelain frog inside.
Red, hanging tradescantia dangling down into planted aquarium, putting fine white roots out into the water just below the surface.
Guy on Facebook: “Just because it doesn't make the news doesn't mean its down..Go watch Burger King on merchants..” I reply: “Buddy, the news is that it is down. It is down, and that empirical reality made the news. The fact that people still OD at a Burger King can easily coexist with this other fact.”
A poster at a burger restaurant of Al Pacino as Scarface saying “I will make you a burger you can’t refuse,” which references a line in the Godfather, not Scarface.
Dwarf Mexican crayfish crawls through shallow artificial river surrounded by green plants.
A dwarf Mexican crayfish briefly crawls out of a tiny artificial river and walks over some moss whilst a Commander Riker figurine gazes approvingly.
A big pot of red sauce just starting to simmer with the dried herbs still floating on top.
Adult blue neocaridina shrimp sifting through sand at the aquarium bottom. It’s about an inch long, while the babies are little bigger than the sand grains.
Several tiny red Mexican crayfish in the shallow water, lit by a flash. Pea gravel on the bottom. Green aquatic moss with red plant accents all around.
A wide, flat shallow-water tank in my greenhouse filled with colorful aquatic plants. The tiny red fish floating over the gray rock is clearly visible but very small.
Tiny red fish floating atop a flat, gray rock just under the water’s surface, with colorful aquatic plants on all sides.
“Sodium” listed as a substance ostensibly not found in the contents of this shopping bag. They surely mean “added sodium” as opposed to “salt,” but I think that is a mostly dubious distinction in this context.
An orange dwarf crayfish hiding between a rock and a plant, just below the surface.
Long wood framed shallow container pond in my greenhouse, thickly grown with aquatic moss and bog plants.
Yellow lotus bloom on surface of koi pond, green lily pads, a white and an orange koi swimming away right next to each other like two best friends but that’s a coincidence because they’re not actually.
A Taco Bell cinnamon twist in its native mall habitat
A raccoon in my driveway, sneaking not very sneakily behind the cars.
Me in front of the grand California State Capitol building.
Low grass and wildflowers surround a shallow pool.
A small glass freshwater panted aquarium on an expo floor. The filter and Co2 pipes are beautiful clear glass while the tanks and valves are sleek stainless steal.
The new baby lion at the Knoxville zoo looking dead at the lens through the mesh of its temporary shelter.
A swarm of honey bees wrapped around the branch of a tall tree with onlookers gawking.
Bluesky error message: “Forbidden!”
Colorful aquarium plants growing in a white bathtub in my greenhouse.
Gas station in Knoxville, Tennessee, selling regular unleaded gasoline for $3.99 and 9/10ths of a cent.
A big red bowl of Golden Grahams in milk with the little firm mini marshmallows for cocoa sprinkled on top and a spoon.
Bath tub in greenhouse filled with aquatic plants laid out in big swoops and swirls of color. Plants are young and some are growing much faster than others z
The Garden style expands on the Dutch concept of a "street"-a band of plants laid out in forced perspective to suggest a path leading into the distance. The Dutch style takes the concept somewhat literally, often hiding the origin of the street behind a taller species to imply the road goes ever on.
A red dog sits on stone pavers in front of my greenhouse. Iron fence in the foreground, green grass and red maple in the background.
Wide shot of a short green carpet crawling along the mud flats with driftwood and trees on the riverbank and a beautiful sunset in the background.
A large brownish frog with a bright green stripe under its chin lies in wait in a shallow, leaf-filled puddle between rocks.
White bathtub full of water with colorful aquatic plants, just starting to look bushy.
The first page of my article, “Painting With Plants: Dutch garden aquascaping defined”
A freshly aquascaped container pond with colorful baby plants built into a white acrylic bathtub in my greenhouse.
Tiny blue shrimp swimming in the sand of a small aquarium with most of the water taken out.
A pink steak sliced on wood board with fries and Malden salt
Beverage menu at Häagen-Dazs showing various over-complicated smoothie, coffee and milkshake monstrosities.
My first attempt at a classic “nature style” aquascape in the style of Takashi Amano. Bright red stem plants in the background, vivid green moss-covered wood in the mid ground, white sand in the foreground. It’s about half grown in.
Tiny blue neocaridina shrimp climbing up and then down artificial waterfall.
Small 12” square aquarium, little mountain of lava rock in the middle with filter output flowing down the side, tiny blue neocaridina shrimp climb up the waterfall, as is their instinct.
“Kenya too be exact.. they have the fake birth certificate i wish I knew how to forward the video I have” [sic]
Comment on a video of bodybuilder Jay Cutler: “Impressive muscles. I wonder if it makes his junk look way out of proportion. Serious question.”
Mashed potatoes and gravy, ribs, Swedish meatballs, roast beef, sirloin, yeast roll, braised cabbage.
I hold the pillowy yeast roll and squish it. Take a bite, shows very soft interior.
My two Dutch garden style planted aquariums in my greenhouse in golden afternoon light.
The International Skating Union long forbade the use of lyrics in any discipline besides ice dance, forcing athletes to perform to older pieces of music — often classical tunes, such as piano concertos. Those pieces were considered part of the public domain, which meant that they could be used or modified freely and without permission. That changed in 2014, when the ISU lifted its ban on lyrics in the hope of appealing to younger audiences.
My Dutch garden style planted aquarium with a school of dwarf puffer fish.
A plate of chocolate chip cookies with smooth surfaces punctuated with deep fissures, created by using powdered sugar instead of granulated, shaping the dough into smooth pucks, putting them under the broiler until a golden skin develops, pulling them out, and then baking them until done at 350F convection.
Red Labrador retriever in the snow with snow on her nose
Pure white deadly fallen snow next to the dirt-stained white-painted skirt of my back deck.
A big rock on campus that students are allowed to paint. Iranian flag painted with the words “Free IRAN, 20k + shot down, internet shut down.” Many red handprints. Some Farsi writing I can’t read.
Webster’s definition: “a seminar for advanced music students conducted by a master musician”
Red crayfish climbs onto a floating mossy island in my aquarium.
A red Mexican crayfish in my aquarium approaches a blue one from behind, the blue one is alarmed and backs up aggressively into the red one, which withdraws.
Frame from the movie showing a strapping young spartan lad gazing lustily at a spartan lady.
A newly grown-in Dutch garden style aquarium
Close shot of dwarf puffers swimming above the plants, pecking at each other.
A Dutch garden style aquarium with broad swoops of bright colored plants, dwarf puffer fish swim inside.
Decisive play from last night’s game where Bills receiver and Broncos defender both seemed to catch the ball.