sometimes you just don't get it/but then again you do

While I was in The Springs, NY last weekend I was lucky enough to pay a visit to this place - the home of a painter and gardener. And as we sat and chatted with him I was just mesmerized by this beautiful little still life sitting before me. I asked if I could take a picture of it and as I shot I knew I wasn't getting it - I wasn't capturing the something that I was feeling. I still like the image but I am a little frustrated as well. But some things are meant to be experienced and not photographed. And my experience here has had an impact. I am seeing parts of the world through changed eyes.

decaying greenhouse/denmark

There is something about a building that is being allowed to break down that I am consistently drawn to. This greenhouse was on the grounds of the Odrupgaard Museum in Denmark, a stonesthrow from Finn Juhl's House and a Zaha Hadid structure. And here it sits, with memories of it's former glory still evident, at least to me. It makes me wistful. Goodness, I hope they restore it.

last shot/

This was the last shot of my day yesterday at Janet Hankinson's. Sometimes I really have to pinch myself...an amazing day. More from this shoot soon...

handcrafted modern/outtakes/eames

This is one of those pictures at the Eames house that I shot for myself. I was wondering what the story was with these two wood poles (they look like old telephone poles) that are outside on the patio. Lucia, the Eamses granddaughter, told me they are actually a couple of the old pylons from the original Santa Monica Pier. They were getting rid of them, and Charles and Ray grabbed a couple and they have been in the garden ever since.

havens street, san francisco

When I want to sit in a quiet little piece of nature in the middle of San Francisco, I often go over to Havens Street off Leavenworth near Union. It is one of those pedestrian streets with a little pathway and a bench at the end. What many don't know is that the garden at the front (right near the Leavenworth entrance), called "Tova's Garden", was designed by famed landscape architect, Thomas Church late in his career.  I always wander slowly through the garden all the way to the end of the walkway and sit on the lone bench with a book for awhile.