Chert

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Burdensome friend, lives by the river

video of a big partially fuzzy bee on a flower with purple strings radiating from pink and white “bullseye” on a green stalk with little yellow snorkels sticking up. the bee is mostly black, with a fuzzy yellow mantle on its thorax bearing a black dot in the center, and an all-black abdomen. it is circling the flower with its head angling to the center and gathering stuff up with the front legs
photo of a gray steel flat file, with 5 characteristically wide and flat drawers
hand holding a little dish full of nature made’s huge wheaty weird-smell super b complex tablets next to the bottle
little 10 oz green glass bottle of Dr Enuf, with phrases including “Enuf is Enough,” “The Original Energy Booster” and “Rich in Vitamins”
photo of a white GMC Motorhome on the highway. The windows are big
photo of black switches on the dark gray dash panel of a rental box truck, which are in a horizontal line. switches are labeled Exhaust Brake, Off Road, Trans Mode: Allison, 6 or No 6, and Parked Regen. as well, dials for climate control are below the switches and a hazard light button is to the left
photo of a box truck’s cargo area, from the inside of the dock. there are many cardboard boxes of various sizes, some with wrapped sculptural elements and others with framed art. other art is strapped to the walls. it’s pretty full! imo!
faded photo of people at a party in a white-walled basement rec room. in the foreground on the left, a chubby-faced little boy in kind of a fruity outfit is holding a stick awkwardly, while a taller basque man in a plaid shirt behind him holds a brightly colored piñata in the air, and a woman with short hair sits on the floor laughing.
cover of The Glamour Magazine After Five Cookbook, by Beverly Pepper. Looks like a torn out sheet with fun, loosely printed lettering and art with little pink and green cherubs, lobsters, utensils, etc. the “torn out sheet” is in overlaying/bordered by a grid of recipes printed more normally.
photo, taken from “behind the plate” of some young men playing wiffle ball on a suburban US street. a young man in khakis and blue shirt on a lawn is about to swing a yellow plastic bat at a wiffle ball in mid-air, thrown by a young man in khakis and a blue shirt standing in the street, next to a car. two other guys are standing further back in front of houses, in the outfield
photo of the back of a gray prius in traffic. through the rear windshield, you can faintly see a Supra’s tail light. beyond the cars there is a road with construction stuff
video of a big loud cargo plane flying vertically down through the frame and away from the viewer, in a flat pinkish gray sky. as the camera pans down to follow the plane, a star or planet, some tree tops, and a pitched asphalt shingle roof all come into the frame, then the camera pans away from the plane to the right and stops at a little slivery moon
photo of a black mercedes metris minivan in traffic, viewed from behind and to the side. a prominent decal of a man’s(?) head is visible on the back left side of the car
photo of nyc skyline from bqe offramp, many tall gray buildings are standing in a row in the distance, behind a highway fence and some slightly visible neighborhoods in the intermediate area. the sky is solidly gray/yellow, everything has a yellowish gray cast
video of seattle from gasworks park, beginning with a closeup of fuzzy sparkles on the water before zooming out to reveal seattle skyline, and a plane taking off
video of blurry sun sparkles glittering on dark, slow moving water. then the camera turns around to look at chicago’s tall buildings
photo of a reddish bean shaped backpack on a gray fabric car’s seat. the backpack has shiny dark red zippers that look like blood to me
photo of two magazines and their covers on a mottled brown formica table. the magazine on the left is titled Best Friends, with a closeup image of a corgi next to some lavender, with the text “New frontiers for saving lives” and “SAVE THEM ALL” printed in the lower left. the magazine to the right is titled SUCCESS, and features a 3/4 portrait of a salesman named gary, who is wearing a baseball hat and a neutral crewneck sweatshirt, like an 8 yar old boy with a pigment allergy. some headlines on the cover read “The GaryVee Effect;” “Gary Vaynerchuk; “SALT LAKE CITY A TECH HUB ON THE RISE”
detail of 14th c fresco from modern day Kosovo showing a red/orange ball with a tail that tapers to a point (among smaller pointed tails), like a teardrop turned on its side or a comet. but there’s a little man in the ball, facing forward
photo of a ford transit 250, parked inside a warehouse, whose rear cargo doors are wide open. The cargo area’s interior walls are bluish white with a bunch of little nooks and pillars, over a dirty dark gray rubber floor. nylon straps and an upside down furniture dolly are strewn about, while towards the front of the vehicle, a striped blue and green folding beach chair is strapped behind the driver’s seat.
photo of the back of a white hyundai santa fe w/ a combo Punisher skull/cop stripe flag decal to the left of the license plate, and a floral peace sign to the right. the license plate is a white and blue ny vanity plate that reads JZZYGRMA
detail from a black and white print of a Red Grooms drawing, showing commuters at a NYC subway station, in front of an ad with a smiling man in a cowboy hat, which reads “Hey, remember Horseshit Fever? Everyone can cry along WHN”
photo of sun shining from behind the edge of a long mostly flat cloud which just barely rises above a nearby tree’s crown. some trees in front are very dark and green, with a few bits of gray roofs between branches. where the cloud is thin at the edge, it is illuminated white by the sun w/ a tiny bit of gold, and some pale haze flaring out into grayish blue sky is also lit up a bit by the sun
photo of a swallowtail butterfly perched on a persian silk tree flower against a blurry pale blue sky. the butterfly is facing right, has mostly black wings with yellow, white, and orange spots lining the outside edge. the silk tree flower is a little bunch of thin white threads with pink ends among knobby green clusters and dense rows of dark green little leaves. there’s a blurry black and yellow bumblebee flying away in the middle distance
photo of relatively white shirt with blue art with the words Hutchinson River Restoration Project circling an illustration of a heron taking off from a marshy shoreline
black and white feather with a yellow shaft, lying on blue gray gravel
photo of middle aged man in sunglasses on the wells st bridge in chicago making the index finger + pinky phonecall gesture, on a beautiful sunny day
photo of white and pink tree flowers that look like pompoms/filament sprays, over dark green fern-like leaves being visited by several different blurry insects in silhouette, including a little bumblebee. pale blue sky behind/overhead
photo of a very large papier-mâché man’s head with a black moustache, and blue cabbie hat. the head is sitting in the sun in a beat-up old dumpster full of trash
close-up photo of a small brass donkey figurine in front of a speaker on a shelf. the donkey is overall shiny and smooth with a dull brass tone, but with many scratches and pits. the donkey is carrying two big baskets on its back
photo of a brown-gray gravel path going through an herbaceous green summer landscape full of trees, weeds, and hedges, and a wedge of gray cloudy sky with a powerline running through overhead
photo of a blue Schwinn Le Tour parked at a bike rack on a gray rainy day
photo of a black nikon d810 dslr camera w/ a zoom lens attached, sitting on a yellow wood desk. a tilt shift lens is sitting next to it on the desk as well.
arthur schlesinger jr and a middle aged man posing for a photo, both in gray suits, in front of dark green foliage
a young man with a weird haircut and thick, enormous glasses, with a puzzled expressions
photo of two planes on pavement on a gray, rainy day. the larger plane to the right is a white and blue gulfstream business jet with “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” painted above the windows, and “Falcon One” up by the cockpit
photo of a blurry quarter circle of daylight showing cloudy blue sky and green leafy tree branches framed on top by the curved roof of a tunnel with a track of lights going down the middle, and below by the zoomed-in roof of a pickup truck with two little red brake lights
photo of a green peugeot road bicycle in a parking lot, in front of a white. photo is framed at an angle and the bike is slightly sideways
photo of a little grayish blue sedan in front of a field with trees
photo of three cars in a residential neighborhood in the suburbs, with a gray jaguar on the curb, and behind it, a white mercedes 240 diesel sedan and a dark gray plymouth voyager minivan. there’s another car i can’t see in front of the mercedes
photo of a wiide beach near low tide. lots of sand stretching out to a thin strip of white and blue water against the horizon, under a blue sky
photo of me paddling a blue kayak towards the camera in an estuary channel. a woman from the kayak tour is also paddling her kayak behind and to the left of me. there are large, square vacation homes w/ docks up on the shore to the left, and green marsh grasses and stuff in the distant background
photo of a fiddler crab in shallow sandy water, looking from the top down. brownish red with a relatively massive and very red left arm. the total crab is maybe four bubbles big
video of a sandy tidal inlet stream with fast-moving water, with dark brown with shadowy little fish forms going upstream in a line, determinedly.
screenshot of text from a book: Terry Mayers, a veteran of the British Karate Team, advised me on certain alarming skills.
photo of egret walking towards camera as it stalks in a tidal mud flat. egret has white feathers, including some stringy feathers trailing off crest and chest, stick-skinny black legs w/ splayed yellow feet, a long pointy black beak with a bit of yellow at the face end and golden yellow eyes. the mud is brown and flat and glossy, under a few inches of water
video of small waves rolling in on a sandy beach under a hazy blue sky. sandals are visible
video of crab skittering through shallow, muddy water in a tidal marsh. the crab’s movements kick up a wake of sediment, and it is blowing bubbles with its various little mouthparts
short video of a bit of water flowing through a grassy marsh. there are shellfish encrustations in the shallow areas and little jets of water squirt out of them
photo of cross colours jacket from behind, jacket has a color blocked pattern with yellow sleeve, red torso, green other sleeve
photo of a painted bunting under shade on a twig in a pine tree. colors are a little dim but the bird has a blue head, green and yellow wings and tailfeathers, bright red orb part. the bird has “got that shit on”
hazy, weirdly brightened photo of beach at night, there’s a dark blue sky with some stars and dim clouds, and under that some long thin irregular strips of white running left to right across the frame where the waves are cresting, and then a broad sandy green brown beach with dune fences in the foreground
old photo of guy dressed as Lara Croft, in sleeveless blue shirt and fingerless gloves with hand on hip
photo of bright blue sky with clouds and trees around the edges, clouds are a mix of both fluffy and thin. there’s an old wood and stone house with a gambrel roof at the bottom of the frame with a car parked in front
photo of a chestnut creme package, with an illustration of a person/creature with an upper body and head made of spiny chestnuts and legs made of chestnut leaves. they are carrying two jugs of chestnut stuff and smiling
faded photo of me as a 9 or 10 year old boy playing in the grass w/ my toddler cousin, wearing a 90s script-style San Antonio Spurs baseball hat
photo of a blue Schwinn Le Tour bicycle in front of bronze Abakanowicz bird skull sculpture, in a warehouse parking lot
handlebar mounted phone video of a warehouse parking lot. there is grass and trees, 2x 5000 lb bird skull monoliths, and a lot of pavement. then a truck and building is revealed, and behind the truck on the pavement, there is a THIRD bird skull monolith, brown and gray finger-textured bronze
photo of green trees and blue cloudy sky reflected in a dirty pond