Renée Velkoff/Mother Oak's Garden

02/09/2026

Week of February 9, 2026

Hey there, and greetings from chilly Long Island. I'm looking forward to a warming trend in the weather! So while we collectively try to stay warm and connected by threads of friendship, here's another installment of my blog, per se. Looking over my photographic archive, I have noted several larger themes in my work. In addition to my interest in capturing live concert performances, I have been intrigued with architectural spaces, and the lovely interplay of light that is often evident in these places....

Hey there, and greetings from chilly Long Island. I’m looking forward to a warming trend in the weather! So while we collectively try to stay warm and connected by threads of friendship, here…

02/06/2026

I've updated this blog post by adding more links to some rock and roll images. once on the blog post, navigate to the upper right for the menu.

Happy New Year! I know its been awhile since I posted, but scanning, editing and posting images have been on hiatus. Between the flu, a death in the family, and the general horror show of an ICEy J…

01/31/2026

A new blog post with links to Comfest, 1986.

Happy New Year! I know its been awhile since I posted, but scanning, editing and posting images have been on hiatus. Between the flu, a death in the family, and the general horror show of an ICEy J…

01/31/2026

Week of January 31, 2026

Happy New Year! I know its been awhile since I posted, but scanning, editing and posting images have been on hiatus. Between the flu, a death in the family, and the general horror show of an ICEy January, I’ve been sidetracked. But editing has resumed. I’ve added a hodgepodge of images, because why should anything be systematic and orderly?! A real time capsule can be found in these images taken during the Columbus Community Festival in late June of 1986....

Happy New Year! I know its been awhile since I posted, but scanning, editing and posting images have been on hiatus. Between the flu, a death in the family, and the general horror show of an ICEy J…

12/14/2025