Jan 30, 2013

Aerial Fancies

      Aerial vantage points provide the oddest perspectives.  Once upon a time I was standing tiptoes on a chair in the kitchen trying to reach a far-away basket of snacks.  Up on the chair, I discovered that the top of the fridge was caked with a fine layer of fudgy kitchen dust. It was the first time I noticed that our old blue and green oriental rug told a story about birds eating berries.

Tulip Farm - Netherlands via True Activist, aerial photography
Tulip Farm - Netherlands via True Activist

aerial photography of tulip farms in the Netherlands
Tulip Farms of Holland, photographer unknown

"San Francisco Bay salt flats" by Michael Layefski - beautiful aerial kite photography
"San Francisco Bay salt flats" by Michael Layefski

"Potash evaporation ponds with blue dye near Moab, Utah..." by Kevin Beebe - aerial desert photography
"Potash evaporation ponds with blue dye near Moab, Utah..." by Kevin Beebe

"Evaporation Ponds" by Jesse Varner - Moab, Utah - blue colored pools in the desert, aerial photography
"Evaporation Ponds" by Jesse Varner

          In a roundabout way, we arrive back to tulips in Holland with my favorite duo of design - Charles and Ray Eames' Powers of Ten (1977). This amazing and a legendary little film, which profoundly ponders structure and scale, was based on the essay "Cosmic View" by Dutch scholar Kees Boeke.



Jan 18, 2013

Girlsgirlsgirls

    hey I found your weekend song: it's Nice, by Kleenex. Nothing like the tuneful, deliberate punk scrapes of these lovely Swiss-German gals to get that eyeliner swiping.



have fun out there, friends and pals! SD

Jan 14, 2013

Jaunts, Janvier

      Lovely day for a walk today!  The snow was smoking in the sunshine and the high tide foamed up to my muddy boot-tips.  I'm lucky to live in such a beautiful place and am especially thankful for my legs, soft gray sweater, and thick wool overcoat.

New england woods, deciduous and coniferous forest, warm winter day, fog in the woods, snow-smoke, misty woods, winter in Maine
rocky cliffs, ocean cliffs in Maine, new england, foamy waves breaking at the foot of the cliffs, January ocean, cold ocean
new england, green sea, clear water, you can see the bottom, winter ocean, fridgid waters, foamy waves, Maine, Downeast Maine


Jan 13, 2013

Stark Parking

      How bleak and beautiful are these shots from Nicolas Poillot's photo-series Long Term Parking?  I really enjoy lonely walks in the urban countryside, especially after the rain. 
 
from the series 'Long Term Parking' by photographer Nicolas Poillot. a brick building facade with a door, a simple beautiful urban landscapefrom the series 'Long Term Parking' by photographer Nicolas Poillot. a lonely highway in the fog, pine trees, springtime 
from the series 'Long Term Parking' by photographer Nicolas Poillot. a suburban racetrach dirt roadway switchbacks up a knoll, hillfrom the series 'Long Term Parking' by photographer Nicolas Poillot. an old buick in a rain-slicked parking lot

Jan 4, 2013

Princess

      I love this picture of teenage Lady Diana Spencer on a Swiss ski vacation. I wonder if she drank from that bottle of Johnny Walker? Who is her SKI BOB and what is he reading? This picture was taken about a year before she met Prince Charles.

young teenage Lady Diana Spencer rests with friends on a Swiss ski vacation, parties with wiskey, plays pranks, yound Princess Diana, life before Charles. Purchased by the Daily Mirror two days after her engagement to Charles, Prince of Wales, went unpublished.  the editor has written 'not to be published' in grease-pen

      Two days after their engagement, the Daily Mirror purchased this photo from a scandal-monger. The editor decided to nix it from publication and I like to imagine that their grease-pen veto came straight from the teenage Diana herself. Puhhh-leeeeasuh. Really? Put this one in the archives, geezer.

Jan 3, 2013

Snow-Vipers

      You know, guys? Always buy a nice shovel. That's some advice I'm giving you right now. (photodiary of a New-Years Weekend)

disposable camera, bad exposure, winter, Stuffeddoggie, snowfall, snow, nor'easter, shoveling, red shovel in the white snow, winter boots, self-portrait, black leather bag

disposable camera, bad exposure, winter, snowfall, snow, nor'easter, icicles, long and sharp

disposable camera, bad exposure, winter, snowfall, snow, winter night, nor'easter, icicles, long and sharp

disposable camera, bad exposure, winter, snowfall, snow, winter night, snowbank, nor'easter, uncleared road, nighttime

disposable camera, bad exposure, winter, snowfall, snow, winter night, snowbank, nor'easter, uncleared road, nighttime

disposable camera, bad exposure, winter, snowfall, snow, winter night, snowfall sparkle, sparkles, night photography

disposable camera, bad exposure, winter, snowfall, snow, winter night, snow in the eaves, snow on the roof

disposable camera, bad exposure, winter, snowfall, snow, winter night

disposable camera, bad exposure, winter, snowfall, snow, winter night

disposable camera, cold, Stuffeddoggie, winter, fur hat, bomber hat, overcoat, self-portrait

   
      Also, HAPPY NEW YEAR, everyone!! 2013! Hope yours was soaked with champagne in the glitter-rain at Soul-Train!


new years eve dancing, high heels, sparkles, sequings, wood floor, dance, disposable camera