moving pictures

some films are poetry.

this aatsinki looks like it will be one. the trailer certainly is.

two short films by alan spearman:
april 
as i am

fall in the back yard

some more rambling back yard photos here. 
we have a badminton "court" now! 

vanishing ice

 
my trip to the city yesterday for a haircut meant salted caramel and a walk down pretty lexington street.

two great photographers are documenting the changes in the world of ice.

james balog who has documented the receding ice through time lapse and still photos, has a documentary coming out called chasing ice.

james also gave a TED talk.

and katrina shared this link to an emotional TED talk by national geographic photographer paul nicklen, who documents the animals who depend on the ice for their survival.

meanwhile neither obama nor romney addresses climate change in any meaningful way. romney's plans would in fact speed climate change—what with his ties to big oil and plans for increased drilling and his ties monsanto (see last post). money for corporations clearly comes before the environment for that guy.

 

37 yes!

 
michael pollan's ny times piece on why prop 37 is so important

and very much related to this, is an in depth look at mitt romney's deep monsanto ties: "mitt romney, monsanto man"

to learn more about the monsanto's evil ways, view the documentary the world according to monsanto.

i don't understand why a company that has consistently poisoned people and the earth for years and years (while profiting off of that destruction) is allowed to continue to exist and continue to pollute us.

and so as not to end on such a depressing and maddening note, here is a nice short video about gary hansen and his jersey ladies and rosa's blog post about decorated sheep.

a bosc

 

pears are the prettiest.

another feather
mary lindsay

alejandro cartagena

rolling along

 
i probably looked pretty funny walking home from the bus stop craning my head upward and behind me every few steps to look at the clouds passing, pink and yellow lit, over bits of clear blue and grey grey sky.

of course can't do the flickry cats w/o the flickry dogs:
space heater hog
by sarita lolita
hey, wait!
by cody james bentley
polaroid week | day 1 extra
morning: momo listening to the lake before sunrise
thbbbttt

loving hannah by freelance whales (the best band name)
(video reminds me of the take on me aha video—one of the first good videos ever and one of the first videos, if not the first, i remember seeing at sarah johnson's house, where they had MTV!)

i wish big long earrings suited me, because i love these silver hares

 

pinky leon + pink

 
this apartment seems to call for pink, surprisingly. 

this weekend i (finally) made a box cushion for my bench (much more time consuming than i expected) and a couple of bright pillows. i think i'm back into sewing. 

dead oaks by now now 
wanting by exitmusic

flickry cats of late
from oladios
maggie chillin'
someone helped baking cake
by sunkentreasure
skycats hilarity
by o l y
L O V E 
leopard 
by sarita lolita

assorted

haven't taken many photos lately. thus the feet and the cat. again. i like how round pinky leon's face is. 

guillermina baiguera

stich and hammer's instagram 

i really enjoyed the book doc by mary doria russell. such good characters—it was one of those books i couldn't wait to continue reading because i liked being around (so to speak) the characters. funny bits and moving bits and a well told tale about doc holliday and another time and place.

i go to the ferry building most days of the week, on my lunch break, usually for a blue bottle latte and a cookie and some people watching. the ferry building marketplace is a vibrant, bustling part of san francisco now—a destination for locals and tourists. read about the ferry building's slow re-start, almost 20 years ago now. 

more about the ferry building's history