moments of zen

On the beach, Ft. Adams State Park, Newport, RI

Things I (re)learned at the Folk Festival: turn the ISO down in broad sunlight, dingbat. The picture above has been adjusted to compensate for my obliviousness, so it looks kind of unreal. But I still like it. The one below I think is largely untouched, though I may have darkened it slightly, I can't remember now. That one I like because I think the mussel shell looks like a heart.


Detail from the beach at Ft. Adams State Park, Newport, RI

We're on our third day of grey, wet weather here. Some brightly colored things as a pick-me-up:



Found these in Brooklyn on my way to a lunch date. It was ungodly hot outside and I was hiding from the daystar in a convenient foyer.



From my local garden, aka Convent Garden. There are all kinds of statues and figurines and bird baths and stuff in this garden, it is like the backyard for the entire neighborhood and everyone has just one thing they want to put out. I just liked the juxtaposition of ivy and Pietà.

A little further uptown, there's the (one of) the gardens at The Cloisters, as of early July:



And finally, some daffodils, found near the train station in Providence, Rhode Island in early August: