Therapeutic Smile

Cottage by the Sea

 Just spent a few days at a cottage by the sea.  A reef right offshore with great bodysufing waves, tidal pools big enough to snorkle in, lion fish in caves, fisherman brining the catch of the day to your front porch, and an ultimate frisbee tournament to move.  (Tiwi Beach, Kenya)

Visitors from the North

 Sometimes you see people that seem just a tad bit out of place.  Pink and yellow trousers in the all-too-often drab/dark city palette are a dead give-away.  When I saw this mother and son leaving the Underground, I couldn't help but think they had just arrived from some magical nordic land... perhaps Iceland or Norway--or Miles Island of course.  Arriving to the big city for the first time, they bring with them fresh air, poetry and a sense of wonderdiscovery. 

Gallery Peoples

Pollock People.  One: Number 31, 1950.

 Clip-ons and Monet Waterlilies

Bleekmen (by Huma Bhaba) and girl

untitled (to the "innovator" of Wheeling Peachblow) and father and children

For more gallery people, check out this post.

A Pile of Tools

That'll be 1 quid, the guy told me when I took this shot.  (Brick Lane Market)

In the Village...Ankle Patch, Miles Island

Noticed this guy's sweet ankle patch while in the field the other day.  Love the stitching.  Is it a coincidence that it's roughly in the shape of Africa?  Which came first, the hole or the patch?  We may never know...

The Rains

 The rains have finally come!  Here's what the sky looks like just before it opens up.  Kind of reminds me what a breaking wave looks like when viewed underwater.