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Day 10 is busy again, so another quick shot of today's dram, which is Jameson's 18 year (yup, they snuck in an Irish whiskey again). It's… well, it's Jameson.

#photography #drinks #whisky #whiskyadvent2025 #day10
December 11, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Day 9's wee bottle was Glenfiddich's 23 year old, 40% ABV Grand Cru, which has shown up in two previous calendars. Matured in ex-bourbon American oak, European oak, and French Champagne cuvée casks.

#photography #drinks #whisky #whiskyadvent2025 #day9
December 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Day 8 marks the 5th appearance of this whisky in an advent calendar for me: Glenfiddich's Gran Reserva 21 year old single malt at 40% ABV. Tastes just as I remember: fruitcake in a glass with an oaken finish.

#photography #drinks #whisky #whiskyadvent2025 #day8
December 9, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Day 7's drawer contained a bit of Glenfiddich's 18 year old expression at 40% ABV, which I've had before.

#photography #drinks #whisky #whiskyadvent2025 #day7
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Assembling signatures for another book to be bound tonight while I enjoy whisky #6, which is a Glen Keith 21-year-old Speyside single malt at 43%ABV, part of the "Secret Speyside" series.

#photography #drinks #whisky #whiskyadvent2025 #day6
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Day 5 is the Caol Ila Distillers Edition 2022, a no age statement Islay single malt finished in Moscatel barrels and bottled at 43%ABV.

#photography #drinks #whisky #whiskyadvent2025 #day5
December 6, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Inside the #4 drawer of the Whisky Advent calendar was Douglas Laing's bottling of a 30-year-old lowland Cameronbridge single grain at 49.6% ABV, which spent 30 years in a refill hogshead starting the year I finished my undergrad.

#photography #drinks #whisky #whiskyadvent2025 #day4
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 AM
One of four LEGO dioramas at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam depicting different scenes from Van Gogh's life; this one shows him painting "Sunflowers in a Vase".

#photography #travel #amsterdam #netherlands #vangoghmuseum #lego
December 4, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Day 3 of Whisky Advent is a Bunnahabhain Islay single malt, 18 years old, 46.3% ABV. Sherry-finished and unpeated.

#photography #drinks #whisky #whiskyadvent2025 #day3
December 4, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Man, it's going to be that kind of year, isn't it? Guess I know what I'm rewatching tonight.

RIP.
Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers and many more, has died. He was 84.
variety.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The central stair of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, while lightly-animated versions of portions of Van Gogh's works are projected on the upper walls of the gallery (one of his works featuring irises here.)

#photography #travel #amsterdam #netherlands #vangoghmuseum
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 AM
A Dunlin backing off a bit from spray being thrown up by a Sanderling at Gooseberry.

#photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #westport #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The whisky Advent calendar this year has nice little drawers instead of tear-open doors, and today's opened on a bottle of Bruichladdich Re/Define 18 year old Islay single malt at 50% ABV.

#photography #drinks #whisky #whiskyadvent2025 #day2
December 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Great show by The Beths tonight at the Royale.

#concert #photography #boston #royale
December 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM
On the first day of Chri… no, wait. It's the most wonderful ti… hmm. Well, it is the first day of Advent, which means peeking into drawer 1 on this year's Whisky Advent calendar. Inside is an 18-year-old sherry finish Aberlour at 43% ABV.

#photography #drinks #whisky #whiskyadvent2025 #day1
December 2, 2025 at 6:05 AM
A visitor spending some quality time with Van Gogh's "Wheatfield with Crows" (1890), possibly Van Gogh's final completed painting, at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

#photography #travel #amsterdam #netherlands #vangoghmuseum
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Sunset at Gooseberry Island this past Friday.

#photography #westport #massachusetts #surf #sunset
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Detail of a portion of Van Gogh's "Landscape at Twilight" (1890), showing some of the heavy brushstrokes he applied. Van Gogh is known for his use of color, and I thought that was particularly notable here. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

#photography #travel #amsterdam #netherlands #vangoghmuseum
November 30, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Immature White-crowned Sparrow at the Cumberland Farms IBA late today (per Merlin, anyway; I might have guessed Chipping Sparrow but the beak matches Merlin's guess).

#photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #halifax #massachusetts #massachusettswildlife
November 30, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Opted for the one at the intersection of his film and theater careers.

Which is not to say that I won't also spin up "Brazil" tonight.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990) ⭐ 7.3 | Comedy, Drama
1h 57m | PG
www.imdb.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Oh, man. Sad news. I think he was probably better-recognized as a playwright, but he had quite the career as a screenwriter as well, even if I suspect a lot of people might not recognize Stoppard's name.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
Sir Tom won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I've shared this before.

I'll probably share it again.
Jim Boggia - Maybe I'm Amazed/Penny Lane
YouTube video by Robyn Pascale
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Visitors capturing photos of Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" (repetition of the fourth version) at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

#photography #travel #amsterdam #netherlands #vangoghmuseum
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 AM
November 29, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Courtesy of shuffle play on my drive today.
Split Enz - Six Months In A Leaky Boat (Official Video)
YouTube video by Split Enz
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 12:02 AM