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Jun 2
   Vintage! This is a random post. The year was 2005...
I came, I saw, I photographed.

It was Minnesota. Duluth turned out to be an interesting little town, and Lake Superior really is, well, superior. Especially discovered at the hands of a superior tour guide, listening to Coldplay and Keane. The month was extremely fun and went by so fast I’m still dizzy.

And now I’m back in Quebec. Time to address part 2 of the Big Move. Getting a life. ;-)

I’ve also resumed playing with my toys, and the photo I’m posting today is the result of my newest discovery. It’s a satellite view of the very café I’m writing this from, obtained with the help of Goggle’s quite amazing Keyhole. They have the whole world mapped out in satellite views, with various degrees of resolution depending on the area’s relative importance; the resolution ranges from impressive to stunning. A yearly subscription is necessary but I find the result fascinating and well worth it.

Like I said, me and my toys...

(As always, click on the picture to enlarge)

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2005-06-02 18:05 • Posted in Cool:

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Apr 18

Here are, in no particular order, pictures of a recent past that have been sitting in a folder waiting to be published. They show how disconnected I am right now. They’re not even that good. The subjects might be, though. I mentioned in my last post the doubts I am having about the whole blogging process. You don’t have to read on, I’m posting this for myself. These shots make me think. And dream. They remind me of an elusive reality which I am trying hard to materialize these days.

We begin not in Camargue or Greece but Knysna, South Africa.

Then, it’s Park Slope, at the end of a botanical afternoon.

Back to South Africa, somewhere in the Karoo...

Then New York again. If there’s a red phone for presidential emergencies, this must be the yellow phone behind the yellow line for those who have the blues...

But then again, the best remedy to the blues is exercise, no matter where the gym is located. Here, the yellow line of a garbage court of the NYC City Hall. Notice how happy the subject looks. That’s thanks to Momofuku’s Nigori.

Next, botanists obviously have a sense of humor. Interrupted growth? Where is the fern?

But someone has to photograph those rarities. With passion.

Passion being what drives one human up the Skeleton Gorge ladders and a few dogs to the slopes of Table Mountain and Silvermine.

Those are Gin & Tonic cups, by the way.

But the view is usually worth it.

So having sweated all the way up, one decides to freshen up.

Back in New York again, blissful flower bath. And the sweetest picture taken by a very willing butcher in his own store, at his own request - but he must have had a background in tourism.

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2008-04-18 10:37 • Posted in Always: & On the road: & Photoblogs:

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  • 1 - Marie says:

    « Oh wow. These were such wonderful memories. ARE such wonderful memories. After this bizarre afternoon of horrible/terrible news followed soon after by a complete reprieve...a very good tonic. Thank you.

    I think the Somewhere in the Karoo was Prince Alfred’s Pass, and the Cape Dutch Gable? Maybe Tulbagh? - they are beautiful pictures. You and Estorbo have an eye for angles.

    The butcher was a baker, by the way,
    :-) Did we meet a candlestick maker? »

  • 1.1 - Vince answers:

    « Hmm, candlestick maker? »

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