3.16.2011

Pet peeved off

TONIGHT I HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW PET PEEVE:
WHEN PEOPLE WIPE CHALK OFF THE BLACK BOARD WITH THEIR HANDS...
SHUDDER...............

R.I.P. WURM.





















CHE PALLE.

waiting...









































I HAVE BEEN WAITING IN ANTICIPATION FOR SPRING NOW FOR ~ 2 WEEKS... HERE ARE SOME OF THE FIRST SIGNS OF REBIRTH. I'M NOT GETTING MY HOPES UP ANYTIME SOON THOUGH, THE PAST 3 DAYS HAVE BEEN A DARK SHADE OF GREY LAYERED WITH A THICK COAT OF RAIN. SPRING PLEASE SPRING SOON...

3.14.2011

egg.











































BEING RESPONSIBLE IS HARD.

more waves










































THERE IS A PRIVATE HOUSING COMPLEX IN MILAN THAT KEEPS FLAMINGOS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN SURVIVE THROUGH THE SNOWING WINTER IN A SMALL POND-LIKE HABITAT THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE DEEP. (I LOOKED THROUGH THE IRON GATES TO INSPECT THEIR HOUSING CIRCUMSTANCES) 
...DON'T THEY LIVE IN L.A OR SOME SUMMERY CLIMATE? IS THAT A STUPID QUESTION?...
I FIND MYSELF ASKING RATHER REGULARLY- WHERE DO BIRDS SLEEP AT NIGHT? 
THE OTHER NIGHT I SAW AN ENGORGED BIRD SLEEPING BETWEEN SOME INFRASTRUCTURE. WHERE DO THE OTHERS GO? DO THE FLAMINGOS SLEEP UNDERNEATH THE FRESHLY GROOMED HEDGES?

an old way of living





















I LOOK BACK ON TUSCANY AND IT FEELS LIKE ANOTHER WORLD...
SAN ROMANO MADE ME WONDER... WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THIS TOWN WHEN THE OLD PEOPLE MOVE ON?