All Eyes And Ears

My photo and music blog, now in its third incarnation since it started in 2006. First Blogger, then Wordpress, now Tumblr.

I am a hobbyist photographer, based in Columbus, Ohio. I love music, all different kinds, but mostly classic rock and jazz. I love design and art and Ohio and England and food and science fiction and all sorts of things, but mostly only take pictures of things in Ohio.

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A Little Bit of New Year’s Zen The holidays are over, the cookies and candy nearly gone, the decorations put away (or soon to be) … the quiet calm of winter, and more ascetic lives, are ahead. I am looking forward to this time of year. © Dania Hurley, All Rights Reserved

A Little Bit of New Year’s Zen

The holidays are over, the cookies and candy nearly gone, the decorations put away (or soon to be) … the quiet calm of winter, and more ascetic lives, are ahead. I am looking forward to this time of year.

© Dania Hurley, All Rights Reserved

To New Starts! Original Post Date: JANUARY 2, 2011 For most of the year, I’ve been an absentee landlady again, and that’s unfortunate, not only because I feel I’ve let friendships drift away, but also because I’ve had maybe 20 good ideas for posts in the last couple of weeks and none of them happened. I have so much going on right now, so many fun and interesting things happening, so many ideas. This year, I’m going to pick up the pace with the posts here, aiming for one every other day. There won’t be a photo with every post, and some might have more than one. They won’t just be “pretty pictures of things I saw outside” as usual, they’ll more often be photos of whatever projects I’m working on. There will be many, many projects. Winter is usually a gray, bitterly cold, joyless endurance test here in Ohio, and the months of January and February, while they do have some compensations, are the worst months of the year for me. I love rain, I love fall, only the depths of winter suck the life out of me. I’ve come up with a plan called the “winter morale project” to get me through the eight miserable weeks ahead. There’ll be drinking involved (well, sure) but also learning embroidery, more watercoloring and sketching, watching as much of the entire run of Doctor Who as possible, etc. You will see, as I mentioned above, pictorial proof of all these things. This year, I’m also going to try to write more for the website my friend Brenda runs; at least one thing a month, even if it’s only the Star Trek recaps I’m already supposed to be doing. It’s called Geektress, if I hadn’t mentioned it before. I’m feeling excited and creative right now, which is a refreshing way to begin a January. By the way, I also intend to start showing back up at my friends’ places too. Look for me. © Dania Hurley, All Rights Reserved

To New Starts!

Original Post Date: JANUARY 2, 2011

For most of the year, I’ve been an absentee landlady again, and that’s unfortunate, not only because I feel I’ve let friendships drift away, but also because I’ve had maybe 20 good ideas for posts in the last couple of weeks and none of them happened.

I have so much going on right now, so many fun and interesting things happening, so many ideas. This year, I’m going to pick up the pace with the posts here, aiming for one every other day. There won’t be a photo with every post, and some might have more than one. They won’t just be “pretty pictures of things I saw outside” as usual, they’ll more often be photos of whatever projects I’m working on. There will be many, many projects.

Winter is usually a gray, bitterly cold, joyless endurance test here in Ohio, and the months of January and February, while they do have some compensations, are the worst months of the year for me. I love rain, I love fall, only the depths of winter suck the life out of me. I’ve come up with a plan called the “winter morale project” to get me through the eight miserable weeks ahead. There’ll be drinking involved (well, sure) but also learning embroidery, more watercoloring and sketching, watching as much of the entire run of Doctor Who as possible, etc. You will see, as I mentioned above, pictorial proof of all these things.

This year, I’m also going to try to write more for the website my friend Brenda runs; at least one thing a month, even if it’s only the Star Trek recaps I’m already supposed to be doing. It’s called Geektress, if I hadn’t mentioned it before.

I’m feeling excited and creative right now, which is a refreshing way to begin a January.

By the way, I also intend to start showing back up at my friends’ places too. Look for me.

© Dania Hurley, All Rights Reserved

Happy New Year! Original Post Date:DECEMBER 31, 2009 Harry: What does this song mean? My whole life I don’t know what this song means. I mean, ‘Should old acquaintance be forgot”. Does that mean we should forget old acquaintances or does it mean if we happen to forget them we should remember them, which is not possible because we already forgot them!? Sally: Well, maybe it just means that we should remember that we forgot themor something. Anyway, it’s about old friends. © Dania Hurley, All Rights Reserved

Happy New Year!

Original Post Date:DECEMBER 31, 2009

Harry: What does this song mean? My whole life I don’t know what this song means. I mean, ‘Should old acquaintance be forgot”. Does that mean we should forget old acquaintances or does it mean if we happen to forget them we should remember them, which is not possible because we already forgot them!?

Sally: Well, maybe it just means that we should remember that we forgot them
or something. Anyway, it’s about old friends.

© Dania Hurley, All Rights Reserved

Happy New Year! Original Post Date: DECEMBER 31, 2008 Time for a fresh start Columbus, Ohio and time for an old tradition (When Harry Met Sally is one of my favorite movies ever): Harry: What does this song mean? My whole life I don’t know what this song means. I mean, ‘Should old acquaintance be forgot”. Does that mean we should forget old acquaintances or does it mean if we happen to forget them we should remember them, which is not possible because we already forgot them!? Sally: Well, maybe it just means that we should remember that we forgot themor something. Anyway, it’s about old friends. © Dania Hurley, All Rights Reserved

Happy New Year!

Original Post Date: DECEMBER 31, 2008

Time for a fresh start

Columbus, Ohio

and time for an old tradition (When Harry Met Sally is one of my favorite movies ever):

Harry: What does this song mean? My whole life I don’t know what this song means. I mean, ‘Should old acquaintance be forgot”. Does that mean we should forget old acquaintances or does it mean if we happen to forget them we should remember them, which is not possible because we already forgot them!?

Sally: Well, maybe it just means that we should remember that we forgot them
or something. Anyway, it’s about old friends.

© Dania Hurley, All Rights Reserved

Happy New Year! Columbus, Ohio Original Post Date: DECEMBER 31, 2007 time for a new start and time for an old tradition (When Harry Met Sally is one of my favorite movies ever): Harry: What does this song mean? My whole life I don’t know what this song means. I mean, ‘Should old acquaintance be forgot”. Does that mean we should forget old acquaintances or does it mean if we happen to forget them we should remember them, which is not possible because we already forgot them!? Sally: Well, maybe it just means that we should remember that we forgot them or something. Anyway, it’s about old friends. © Dania Hurley, All Rights Reserved

Happy New Year!

Columbus, Ohio

Original Post Date: DECEMBER 31, 2007

time for a new start and time for an old tradition (When Harry Met Sally is one of my favorite movies ever):

Harry: What does this song mean? My whole life I don’t know what this song means. I mean, ‘Should old acquaintance be forgot”. Does that mean we should forget old acquaintances or does it mean if we happen to forget them we should remember them, which is not possible because we already forgot them!?

Sally: Well, maybe it just means that we should remember that we forgot them or something. Anyway, it’s about old friends.

© Dania Hurley, All Rights Reserved

A New Year, A Clean Slate Original Post Date: DECEMBER 31, 2006 Happy New Year! Harry: What does this song mean? My whole life I don’t know what this song means. I mean, ‘Should old acquaintance be forgot”. Does that mean we should forget old acquaintances or does it mean if we happen to forget them we should remember them, which is not possible because we already forgot them!? Sally: Well, maybe it just means that we should remember that we forgot them or something. Anyway, it’s about old friends. © Dania Hurley, All Rights Reserved

A New Year, A Clean Slate

Original Post Date: DECEMBER 31, 2006

Happy New Year!

Harry: What does this song mean? My whole life I don’t know what this song means. I mean, ‘Should old acquaintance be forgot”. Does that mean we should forget old acquaintances or does it mean if we happen to forget them we should remember them, which is not possible because we already forgot them!?

Sally: Well, maybe it just means that we should remember that we forgot them or something. Anyway, it’s about old friends.

© Dania Hurley, All Rights Reserved