Les Grandes Tableaux

Well, I can't say it (or much of anything except hello) in Chinese but I can in French. If often sounds sounds cooler than English. Once you get through the - what would you call it - electric bower in the bottom picture, you hit a series of big set pieces. This, as you could guess, it the first.

So what's today's excuse for for no comments? Out of the office 2/3 of the day for one of the periodic infusions I need for RA. (It works really well.) Back at work frantically returning phone calls and preparing a client for a hearing next week. And Friday night as I write this babysitting Madeleine so our daughter and her husband can go out to dinner for their anniversary and the kid wants attention. And this morning I really should go shoot the opening parade at the Japanese Festival. Peace, some day.                        

Vive les mariés !

Wedding season is slowly going to come to an end... This was a Citroën Traction Avant last Saturday in front of the town hall! Stylish or what?

C'était samedi dernier devant l'hôtel de ville !

Reflections

Ann alternative view of the London Eye

The Next Stuff

New dimensions in overwork this week. Quick edits, few comments. These are shots of what was next down the line at the Lantern Festival, dandelions and, what, a cricket or locust?. Long weekend coming up in the US. Maybe I'll get recharged.                           

Abstract Aerial

For Stas Bartnikas, aerial photography is a passion, a fortunate hobby for someone who travels up to a dozen times a year. “Every trip, I fly and take shots,” he writes. “Iceland is [the] most photogenic country from above.” He captured this kaleidoscopic view of volcanic lakes near Mýrsalsjökull Glacier from a Cessna. For him, partly sunny weather, a good pilot, and an elated mood made the colorful and unusual picture possible.

Bartnikas’s shot was recently featured in the Daily Dozen.