Land du Pont

Boy Scouts of America sticker on Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:13:20 -0400

Boy Scouts of America sticker on Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn.

I learned about the outdoors from my dad, who was not an indoor...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 21:28:19 -0400

I learned about the outdoors from my dad, who was not an indoor guy. Happy Father’s Day!

Summer reading

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:42:24 -0400

Summer reading

Old Town Canoe catalogue color chart, mid-1930s From Playing...

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:05:13 -0400

Old Town Canoe catalogue color chart, mid-1930s

From Playing With Boats

Field and Stream, June 1903

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:30:00 -0400

Field and Stream, June 1903

The fire tower on Goodnow Mountain, near Newcomb, NY.

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:03:58 -0400

The fire tower on Goodnow Mountain, near Newcomb, NY.

Along the trail to Goodnow Mountain, near Newcomb, NY.

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 10:56:50 -0400

Along the trail to Goodnow Mountain, near Newcomb, NY.

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Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:21:11 -0400

Iced Drinks Sandwiches and Coffee Dog (Source: Retronaut)

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:15:12 -0400

Iced Drinks Sandwiches and Coffee Dog

(Source: Retronaut)

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Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:29:46 -0400

Sunset Magazine, April 1935

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:22:45 -0400

Sunset Magazine, April 1935

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Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:30:32 -0400

The Moleskine Cahier Pocket Notebook in black is my favorite...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 09:36:34 -0400

The Moleskine Cahier Pocket Notebook in black is my favorite writing tool for the office. Its heavy cardboard cover does not curl up after intensive use, it lies flat when open, the 5x8 inch size is small without being precious and, crucially, it comes in a ruled paper option (I don’t care for blank or graph paper notebooks.) Other appealing features include a few perforated pages for easy tear out and a flap in the back cover, handy for tucking in a couple of business cards.

wandrlust: Wheatfield – A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill,...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 06:48:04 -0400

wandrlust:

Wheatfield – A Confrontation: Battery Park Landfill, Downtown Manhattan, 1982 — Agnes Denes

"The farmhouse lingers, though averse to square With the new city street it has to wear A number in...."

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:54:00 -0400

“The farmhouse lingers, though averse to square
With the new city street it has to wear
A number in. But what about the brook
That held the house as in an elbow-crook?
I ask as one who knew the brook, its strength
And impulse, having dipped a finger length
And made it leap my knuckle, having tossed
A flower to try its currents where they crossed.
The meadow grass could be cemented down
From growing under pavements of a town;
The apple trees be sent to hearth-stone flame.
Is water wood to serve a brook the same?
How else dispose of an immortal force
No longer needed? Staunch it at its source
With cinder loads dumped down? The brook was thrown
Deep in a sewer dungeon under stone
In fetid darkness still to live and run —
And all for nothing it had ever done
Except forget to go in fear perhaps.
No one would know except for ancient maps
That such a brook ran water. But I wonder
If from its being kept forever under,
The thoughts may not have risen that so keep
This new-built city from both work and sleep.”

- A Brook In The City by Robert Frost, born this day in 1874

Lawrence in Two Lights, Fairfield Porter, 1963

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 10:20:19 -0400

Lawrence in Two Lights, Fairfield Porter, 1963

Charge your iPhone with fire.

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:50:05 -0400

Charge your iPhone with fire.

A somewhat pornographic display of a Filson Large Travel Bag,...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:19:00 -0400

A somewhat pornographic display of a Filson Large Travel Bag, style 248 in Otter Green.

The painter Fairfield Porter. (Source: The Digital Librarian)

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:28:29 -0400

The painter Fairfield Porter.

(Source: The Digital Librarian)

A squirrel and bird in an oak tree at the entrance to the Music...

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:05:00 -0400

A squirrel and bird in an oak tree at the entrance to the Music Grove, Prospect Park, Brooklyn.