Author: brandnewkindof

Photographer, baseball fan, lover of rock music, sweet tea, chili cheese hotdogs, and Matt Wieters.

worth getting up for so far in 2015

Worth getting up for: Trav; Trav living in my house; Trav’s couch; the kittens; Scott Antique Market in Atlanta; the grill on my back porch; North Carolina getting green; baseball; the NBA playoffs; house concerts; Smitten Kitchen’s roasted tomato Israeli pearl couscous recipe; kebabs; my garden; the Carolina wren nesting in my watering can planter;…

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house show: caleb caudle

Caleb Caudle played in my living room on Friday, doing a lot of songs from last year’s stunning Paint Another Layer On Your Heart, and a bunch from his upcoming Carolina Ghost, which looks to be even more stunning. You didn’t come to this show, but you should have.

happy anniversary to this blog

Sharing photos of cats and idiot man-child third basemen since 2009. Thanks for sticking around, y’all, even as I got flaky the last six months. Expect more photos of idiot man-child third basemen and record reviews soon.

trying to have a green thumb

I am a notorious plant killer, but so far since last year I am managing to keep a fleet of them alive through sheer obsession and frequent Pinterest research. They are all named Bob. Very little besides reading on the couch next to Trav makes me happier than wandering through a garden section right now,…

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these are some kittens

The kittens are finally not scared of us! Well. Mostly not scared of us. Not scared of us enough for me to get up in their faces with the camera. So: I got you some kittens. They’re my kittens, but you can make kissy noises at them. This is Sylvia Catchell. She has won more…

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