retrofocus ramblings.

by the man-in-plastic – j. kiely jr., photographer, pilot, diver and sometimes nerd

Whole Foods Rose – redux

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All apologies, the rose project ground to a sudden halt with the release of iOS 5 by Apple. Stupidly I tried to update the first moment and it took me two days to get my iPhone back working. In that time I lost the zest of the project. To summarize the single long stem rose from Whole Foods in Dedham MA lasted greater than 10 days before it bent at the top of the stem and continued to dry. The air in my office is rather dry, despite the rose itself being in a wine bottle filled with tap water. In the end I’d give the rose a very acceptable life span of 10 days before looking kind of sad.

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October 25th, 2011 at 6:54 pm

Whole Foods Rose – day 3

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Monday October 3, 2011
rose - day 3

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October 3rd, 2011 at 7:44 pm

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Whole Foods Rose – day 2

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Sunday October 2, 2011

rose - day 2

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October 3rd, 2011 at 7:41 pm

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Whole Foods Rose – day 1

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Saturday October 1, 2011 – a single rose purchased at Whole Foods Dedham.

It is my intention to take an iPhone snapshot of this flower in it’s makeshift vase every day of it’s flower life. Just to see how long a Whole Foods Rose does indeed last. Although the permalink indicates all from the same time period, I am trusting my iPhone to carry me through here. Let’s see how the flower lives. -j.

rose - day 1

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October 3rd, 2011 at 7:40 pm

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Go Team Green.

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The Boston Celtics won tonight, or more to the point, last night. They did this as a team in the face of a stupendous onslaught from a dead-eye shooter that was raining threes from every small slice of an opening.
The same Celtics team beat king Lebron already in 2010, and tonight they beat emperor Bryant by out hustling when it counted and making just enough clutch baskets to neutralize those improbable threes. It was real fun to see a team beat an anointed superstar – again.
Over the last decade in Boston sports world the mantra of TEAM before individual has rewarded these athletes and their fans with multiple world championships. It was real satisfying to watch team green win at the Garden tonight.
Two more nights like tonight and another banner will be hung.
No matter the final tally, watching the Celtics win as a team was amazing. Totally enjoyed it.

BEAT L.A.!

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June 11th, 2010 at 12:07 am

Testing Before Flight.

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I really do miss my good buddy.
Her name was Pepper. Born November 1996, died October 2009.

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April 8th, 2010 at 2:06 am

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The Indoor Outdoor Magic.

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I don’t want to go to far out on a limb, but I bet it was a New Englander that came up with the idea for the indoor outdoor remote thermometer. Really, I do. My mother is totally addicted to hers and she bought me one for my office for Christmas. Now I’m addicted. Something about the weather. I tell ya. Around here there’s always something to say about the weather. And with this puppy you have twice as much to say!

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March 10th, 2010 at 3:25 am

The Last Ten Minutes.

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In the last 10 minutes on Twitter I found Conan O’Brien and a link to this Muppets‘ video.
The video is awesome and I cannot wait to see what Coco has to say.

Entertaining as always.

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February 24th, 2010 at 8:18 pm

Things Happy To Lose.

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Approximately 14 hours from now I have the pleasure of being sedated in a doctor’s office to have my “braces” removed.
This is a great thing.
I probably should have been ‘blogging more about my recent run-in with the American medical system as his ‘blog of my is titled “maninplastic” for that very reason. In the Fall of 2007 I fell and spent 12 weeks wrapped in a plastic shell brace. Therein came the name.

Anyway on January 8, 2010 I had surgery and had these braces affixed to my upper and lower teeth. All of them. These suckers are definitely attached to my teeth and removal includes a trip to la-la land under the careful eye of some well-trained medical professionals.

Although this is slightly a cross-post with my Facebook page, I’ll add this x-ray image of my mouth to liven the page up.

See you without a metal mouth real soon!

peace,
-j.

x-ray image of my jaw

x-ray image of my jaw with the braces

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February 21st, 2010 at 11:39 pm

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