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

Monday 18 January 2010

my mom, looking glamorous



As before. My mom. With my parents' friend Joe in the background, looking a bit like my husband, Mr. Dot.

Photo by my father, Art Carin. Miami, circa 1963 or 1964.

Sunday 17 January 2010

say cheese



Being in South Beach brought back such strong memories of childhood. I remember a magic day at the Deauville Hotel. The Beatles had just come to America and my parents' friends lived there, and we spent the day at the pool at the Deauville because a friend or colleague of my dad's was staying there. In the suite the Beatles had just vacated, before him. He was dealing with troops of girls knocking on the door, in floods of tears, paying homage. Kissing the walls.. pretty mad behaviour.

Photo by my dad, Art Carin. Miami, December 1963. I think.

Saturday 16 January 2010

bit surreal



And yet, real. My dad took a similar shot on the same beach in the 60s, I will find it and show to you. South Beach, Miami. January 2010.

Friday 15 January 2010

i have seen the future, and it's here



On South Beach, Miami. January 2010.

Thursday 14 January 2010

still life: lifeguard station with polka dots



South Beach, Miami. January 2010.

Wednesday 13 January 2010

Tuesday 12 January 2010

coral gables: venetian pools



I thought I'd dreamt this place, but found colour slides that my dad took of a mythical place in my past: Venetian Pools, in Coral Gables, Florida. Since we're in Florida now, I felt it only fitting to show you my wonderful father's photos.

It seems almost impossible, but when I googled Venetian Pools, it still exists! It's a real place. As a child, my memories of it are as near to heaven as one could get on this earth.

Friday 8 January 2010

man with orange towel



Shot same night as yesterday's post. Secret beach (not so secret, apparently), North Fork, Long Island. February 2009

Thursday 7 January 2010

our lady of victory



The night all the people showed up at my husband's secret favourite fishing spot on the beach on the Long Island Sound. North Fork, Long Island. August 2009.

Wednesday 6 January 2010

maryann



Maryann, on the boat. Somewhere in British Virgin Islands. February 2009

Tuesday 5 January 2010

feeding frenzy



Fish, eating bread, off the boat (our chartered catamaran), British Virgin Islands. February 2009.

Sunday 3 January 2010

pink beach



As before. Same night. Same moment, actually.

Saturday 2 January 2010

blue beach



At the same beach as yesterday: my father's beach. On Long Island Sound. Baiting Hollow, August 2009.

Friday 1 January 2010

all you need is love



On the beach below my parents' summer home, on the Long Island Sound. Baiting Hollow, NY. August 2009