Sailing on the Sound

On Cape

Snug Harbor

Bacon's First Sunset Sail

GTI's First Accident (not our fault)

Our Bedroom View at Sunrise

Ferry to Martha's Vineyard

Top Deck, Front Row

Summer Gear

The Obamas Were On the Vineyard, Too.

Windows Down

The Outdoor Shower Everyone Needs

Thank you to our gracious hosts for an amazing, relaxing week.

Advertising Geometries and The Narrow Path of Totality

Standing below the obtrusive structures, gorgeous geometries are revealed. Stunning photographs of Billboards by Branislav Kropilak. Thanks to my friend, Sarah, who found his Loading Docks.




As we move between the Sun and the Moon, she glows red in our dominating shadow of bent indirect light.



But as she slips between us and the Sun — into the narrow Path of Totality — she disappears, revealing the elusive gossemer halo of the Sun's corona.

There is wonder everywhere, even on a Wednesday. Lunar and Solar Eclipses for Beginners.

Lovely Merchant

I hate advertising — it is notoriously brash, often vulgar, and almost always annoying. But while approving a song on my Pandora stream (fyi: "Phoenix" will yield a fantastic radio station in need of little moderation) I was shocked by the lovely concept, color, texture and overall execution of this Natalie Merchant ad for her new album "Leave Your Sleep." (click to enlarge)



I listened to an interview with Natalie on NPR the week the album was released and the story behind it is amazing. The album, her first in 7 years, is a compilation of 26 poems set to music via collaboration with over 100 other musicians. Many of the poems are Victoria-era stories, even nursery rhymes and lullabies. The concept of advertising her album like a collection of beautiful vintage books is, well, beautiful. Her website isn't bad either: (click to enlarge or just go there)

All We Need is Love (and Nice Type)

In these discouraging days of war, strife, and struggle — both near and far — it is so wonderful to see an American city embracing love. Imagine what a world it would be if we only considered loving one another first.

This stunning, hand-painted typographic mural series is titled "Love Letter" and encompasses 50 building walls across several dozens blocks in Philadelphia — all visible from the elevated mass transit train. Much more on A Love Letter for You.

For the Love of Crayons

All crayons are hand cast by the artist, Christian Faur, creating custom colors to achieve these inconceivable gradations. Lovely.

From the artist:
My earliest memories of making art involve the use of wax crayons. I can still remember the pleasure of opening a new box of crayons: the distinct smell of the wax, the beautifully colored tips, everything still perfect and unused. Using the first crayon from a new box always gave me a slight pain. Through a novel technique that I have developed, I again find myself working with the familiar form of the crayon.

Because of the three-dimensional nature of the crayons, the individual surface images appear to change form as one moves about the gallery space. The images completely disappear when viewed from close up, allowing one to read the horizontally sequenced crayon text and to take in the beautifully colored crayon tips -- all the while being reminded of that first box of crayons.

Toxic Nudibranchs (Sea Slugs)

Via National Geographic

Why Am I Marrying Him?

Photographer Kate Hutchinson is doing a beautiful series of portraits of her fiance called "Why Am I Marrying Him?" that I find extremely compelling in their universal, everyday nature.







So compelled am I that I took a break from my silly wedding blog hopping to put together my own little series. After all, the real reason behind this shindig we're throwing is in these pictures below...