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Frames of mind. Somewhere in between days & dreams, light & shadow, awe & wonder. Weather-sensitive. Pedestrian.
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White kitten sleeping in a person's arms.
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Love in Moonlight
by Louise Glück
Love in Moonlight by Louise Glück Sometimes a man or woman forces his despair on another person, which is called baring the heart, alternatively, baring the soul– meaning for this moment they acquired souls– outside, a summer evening, a whole world thrown away on the moon: groups of silver forms which might be buildings or trees, the narrow garden where the cat hides, rolling on its back in the dust, the rose, the coreopsis, and, in the dark, the gold dome of the capitol converted to an alloy of moonlight, shape without detail, the myth, the archetype, the soul filled with fire that is moonlight really, taken from another source, and briefly shining as the moon shines: stone or not, the moon is still that much of a living thing.
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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November still playing the claviature of October.
Promenade with the golden glowing crown of a tree in sunlight and fallen leaves in the shade.
November 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Tree shadow on a house wall in the setting October sun next to the yellowed crown of a Japanese cherry.
October 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Sunset over a river.
October 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Kitten moving paw over paw up the coats hanging at a door to take a look through the toplight.
October 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Flowering Argentine fleabane sprouting from a crack in a white house wall just above the cobblestones
October 13, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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The last abundance of flowers reminding me of a poem by Else Lasker-Schüler translated by Johannes Beilharz:

I am your wayside.
The one to touch you
Is bound to fall.

Can you feel my essence
All over,
As if it were a distant hem?
Fall of the shadows by flowers along a sidewalk. Abundance of heath asters.
October 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Demolition interrupt.
Concrete shear at a temporary standstill before giving the finishing touches to a building that has already been partially demolished.
September 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Amy Friend, 'I Will Look For You In The Depth Of Blue' (from the series 'Dare alla Luce', 2024)
Woman seen from behind in a dress, standing on a kind of porch suggested by beams and battens, looking out over a body of water and a cloudy sky. The entire picture is bathed in the blue of dusk. The woman is sprinkled all over with twinkling stars.
September 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Because the light...
Shadow of a tree on a sunlit brick wall and a row of houses with blue sky above. On the left a small apple tree and the mighty crown of the shadow throwing tree.
September 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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An empty white garden chair in the shade of a tree. Light and shadows and dry leaves on the grass.
August 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Silhouettes of a spear sansevieria and watering cans behind a drawn curtain, illuminated by the morning sun.
August 19, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Kate Gottgens, 'Forever'
Three girls or young women seen from behind on a blanket by the sea, perhaps on a cliff, looking into the blue.
August 15, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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This just to say...
Six pink plums in a paper tray on a colour- matching bedspread.
August 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Feet on the ground, head in orbit.
Shadow of a person in the light falling through an arched gateway.
August 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Weekly reminder to stop the autopilot.
Lying cat in front of a natural stone wall.
August 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Accidental Collage
Lionel Feininger, 'Lady in Mauve' (ca. 1922) & Melanie Griffith in 'Working Girl' (1988)
August 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Summertime sadness...
Empty street in the rain with four parking cars and a ferris wheel in the distance.
July 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Souvenir from Vienna waiting to be unrolled:

Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress (1659) by Diego Velázquez

The Spanish Infanta who was either ill or pregnant or both suffering from depression all her life. She didn't get older than 21. A tragic symbol for the lives of many a imperial and royal woman.
The painting shows the eight-year-old Spanish Infanta Margarita Teresa in an elaborate blue baroque dress. The dress is decorated with golden trimmings and white ruffles on the sleeves. She is probably holding a blue bag in her right hand and what looks like a much too large fur muff in her left. A dark wall can be seen in the background with part of a dressing table on the left.
July 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Cat on an island of scattered papers thrown on the floor.
July 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Annie Lee, "Blue Monday" (1985) & Suzanne Valadon, "La chambre Bleue" (Detail, 1923)
The picture shows a woman struggling to get out of bed on a Monday morning. Her hands are propped up on the edge of the bed, her head is deeply lowered. She is wearing a white nightie with spaghetti straps. The bed and surroundings are all in shades of blue. The picture shows the left profile of a woman lying on a bed, leaning on her left arm, looking out of the picture, lost in thought, a cigarette between her lips. She is comfortably dressed, virtually modern in today's sense, in green striped casual trousers and a pink tank top.
July 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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A fountain in front of a building, its windows reflecting the blue sky. In the foreground a part of a lime tree's crown casting a shadow on the fountain and the cobblestones. River bend lined by green riparian strips on either side. A sandbank can be seen in the distance. The cloudless blue sky is reflected by the water.
July 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Stalking cat. Winged sprite of light.
July 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Little bouquets to go in paper cups on a stone bench.
June 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM