Friday 30 July 2010

the sound



A new beach, not my father's. On the North Fork. July 2010.

Monday 26 July 2010

oh, look



Pointing out hummingbirds, at the Hummingbird Sanctuary. Baiting Hollow, Long Island. July 2010

Friday 23 July 2010

at the hummingbird place



Near my parents' summer home. Baiting Hollow, North Fork, Long Island. July 2010

Sunday 4 July 2010

fourth of july



Shot in Regent's Park, back in June. 2010. Got a lot of catching up to do! ; )

Monday 14 June 2010

poppies



At my in-laws garden, Herefordshire. June 2010

Sunday 13 June 2010

abu



My in-laws cat, Abu, on the driveway of their home in Herefordshire. June 2010.

Saturday 12 June 2010

sunshine



On the road between the V&A and the Science Museum, South Kensington, London. June 2010.

Friday 11 June 2010

morningside crescent



At the little park across from Greater London House.

Sometimes - like this particular flower, on this particular day - it hits me to my heart, how fleeting life is. I shot this on the first day of June, 2010, and as I post this, this particular flower, I'm guessing, no longer exists. It's just some decay. It is gone.

Thursday 10 June 2010

jezebel



South Kensington, London. June 2010.

Wednesday 9 June 2010

white bird with green water



Wachatahatchee, West Palm Beach County, Florida. Winter of 2008.

Tuesday 8 June 2010

sea



Oh, goodness, haven't posted on my sweet blog for way too long. I promise you, dear little blog, not to neglect you, and go back and fill in May and the start of June.

Meanwhile: beach, somewhere in the British Virgin Islands. February 2009.

Monday 10 May 2010

wisteria lane



Actually, the road is called Wetherby Gardens, and it's around the corner from home. South Kensington, London. May 2010

Sunday 9 May 2010

also on wisteria lane



Also called Wetherby Gardens, around the corner from home. South Kensington, London. May 2010

Saturday 8 May 2010

can't get enough of that wisteria stuff



As before. And after. London, May 2010

Friday 7 May 2010

wistful



Caught all of these walking home from the cinema with my husband. Just a house around the corner, on Wetherby Gardens. I love spring in London, it can be heartbreakingly beautiful. Poignant. Wistful.

South Kensington. May, 2010.

Monday 3 May 2010

variations in pink and green



One of my favourite colour combinations. Shot in Kensington Gardens, near the Albert Memorial. April 2010

Sunday 2 May 2010

under the willow tree



We have a favourite spot, facing the water of the Serpentine, in Hyde Park. Under this willow tree. Photographed April 2010

Saturday 1 May 2010

may day



Love the whole idea of May Day. They think it goes back to Roman times, and Flora, the Goddess of Flowers, but I bet it's earlier than that. I bet it goes back to the beginning of time.

It's May! It's May. The lusty month of May. Time for celebration: we survived the winter. I just pray the wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico survive the spring, and clever minds can work out a way to stem the oil spill.

Shot in Hyde Park, London. April 2010.

Friday 30 April 2010

picture postcard perfect (left)



Somewhere in the British Virgin Islands, February 2009. Inspired by Stephanie of Style Odyssey ('Carribean Blue').

Thursday 29 April 2010

picture postcard perfect (right)



Somewhere in the British Virgin Islands, February 2009. Inspired by Stephanie of Style Odyssey ('Carribean Blue').

Tuesday 6 April 2010

reflections



I've been so torn about how to resume this blog: whether to go back and post (or is it pre?) date the photos to fill in for all the days I've missed? I suppose I can: I've got more than enough summer photos to fill many days of many years. But instead, I'm back to the commitment I made: a photo of a summery image, every day, all year round.

Today: one of the pools at my parents' retirement community in Florida. I love it there. It's just my mom now - my dad died seven years ago - but at a moment like this, swimming alone in the pool closest to their home - just steps away, in fact - that late afternoon, almost evening light, that feeling that time is suspended and all is well in the world.. well, one thing is for sure: I wasn't alone.

Monday 8 March 2010

heaven



This is my idea of heaven. Last day of most recent trip to Florida. January 2010.

Friday 26 February 2010

this is all there is: this moment, nothing more



As before. Quite possibly September 10, 2001.

Thursday 25 February 2010

bullfight



Seville. Quite possibly September, 2001. It might have been right around the time of 9/11: we were in Spain at the time. I do know it was quite traumatic, and shot on a very hot, meltingly hot day.

Wednesday 24 February 2010

self portrait with feet



@ my parents' pool. Florida. January 2010

Tuesday 23 February 2010

OMM: sheila's feet



On the rooftop of the OMM hotel, Barcelona. June 2008.

Monday 22 February 2010

nun outside the OMM



At the lobby of the Hotel OMM, Barcelona. June 2008.

Sunday 21 February 2010

before the rains came



Looking out from my parents' deck. Baiting Hollow, August 2010.

Saturday 20 February 2010

above us more sky



As before. Part of a series. Baiting Hollow, August 2010.

Friday 19 February 2010

above us only sky



From my father's favourite spot: the deck of their summer home, looking out onto the Long Island Sound. August, 2010.

Thursday 18 February 2010

night fishing with my man



Part of a series. January 2010, somewhere in Palm Beach County.

Monday 15 February 2010

hope



Before the storm, which never came. Florida, January 2010.

Sunday 14 February 2010

valentine



Two tropical flowers, shot while night fishing with my man in an undisclosed location. Palm Beach County, Florida.

January 2010

Thursday 4 February 2010

why blue



Dedicated to our lovely step grandmother, Martha, who asked that question when we had our childhood home carpeted wall to wall with a lovely fine quality 100% wool carpet, as was the fashion, in almost exactly this colour. The question became an expression in our family, and summed up all that was unanswerable, unfathomable, and zen like.

Hydrangea, Victoria & Albert Museum courtyard. As before. August 2010

Wednesday 3 February 2010

study in pink



V&A museum, as before. August 2010.

Tuesday 2 February 2010

three hydrangeas



At the Victoria and Albert Museum courtyard, London. August 2010.

Monday 1 February 2010

caves at ponza, with two boats



Third in a series. Ponza, July 2006 or 2007.

Sunday 31 January 2010

caves at ponza, with boat



As before. July 2007. Or 2006?

Saturday 30 January 2010

ponza!!



I am so longing to return here. Ponza is the inhabited volcanic island in a little cluster of beautifully sculptured rocks, uninhabited (by law), in the middle of the sea, somewhere off Italy. Shot from a boat trip with a group of mostly Italian friends. July, 2007, I think.

Friday 29 January 2010

no diving



All on the same pool day. Florida. January 2010

Thursday 28 January 2010

not a pool day, redux



Third in a series. Florida. January 2010.

Wednesday 27 January 2010

palms trees floating in pool



As before. Palm Beach County, Florida. January 2010.

Tuesday 26 January 2010

not a pool day



@ my parents' active adult community, Palm Beach County, Florida. Well, it was a pool day for me: every day is a pool day, long as there aren't thunderstorms.

Monday 25 January 2010

my man, night fishing



Third in the series. Florida. As before. January 2010.

Sunday 24 January 2010

more night fishing with my man



(As before). Second in a series. Somewhere in Palm Beach County, Florida. January 2010.

Saturday 23 January 2010

night fishing with my man



My husband found a great little 'lake' in my parents' active adult retirement community. Not the one their 'Florida room' looks out on: the fish there are too smart. This one is in a secret location. He had this wild idea fishing would work better at night, but on this particular night, the air was cold, and perhaps they were sleeping. Or frozen.

Somewhere in Palm Beach County. January 2010

Friday 22 January 2010

at cousin cliff & jan's pool, before it rained



I love swimming in their pool, in a gated retirement community near my parents' place. Last time I went, it rained, too, and swimming in the warm pool with huge drops coming down was just magic.

Cliff is my father's cousin, but more than that: they were like brothers. And his wife Jan is my mom's good friend. They are the most wonderful couple.

Somewhere in Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida. January 2010.

Thursday 21 January 2010

high dive



At the Deauville Hotel, just days after the Beatles stayed there. As before, photo by my father, Arthur A. Carin. Miami, Christmas of 1963 or 1964.

Wednesday 20 January 2010

delano pool



At the Delano Hotel, Collins Avenue, South Beach, Miami. Florida. January 2010

Tuesday 19 January 2010

at the delano hotel



South Beach, Miami. January 2010