Pretty French Things

Why take photos if you can't put them somewhere?

Wandering the streets of Cannes and Aix-en-Provence and Paris with my new iPad 3 was awesome and sort of funny. All the tourists with their big cameras and then a handful of geeks with our iPads. Oh how the world changes and it is awesome.

This is a crazy-ass fountain:

 Yay! A gothic baby carriage in the streets of Aix-en-Provence:

My awesome dress from a market:

Where I went running in the mornings. Alone. Because everyone wakes up really late in Aix-en-Provence. Wake up at 6am for a run and see how alone you are:

The view from my Paris hotel was awesome:

AN interesting take on the "green" building:

Croqueted food? But of course. A Paris delicacy.

On my way home again, through Dubai Airport. This is just so beautiful:

Ceramic Inspiration

These were all the ceramic things I photographed in France. I need them to live on the internet so I can find them easily. That is the truth.

Bicycles from France

I got taken to Cannes for the Advertising Awards. I collected pictures of bicycles, proof that I was missing my boyfriend, who photographs bicycles wherever he goes.

But what, am I going to let these pictures rot in my iPhoto library? No. I will let them ride free on the internet.

SHARK!

Although I painted this a long time ago, I felt like posting it. I love this shark. He is so scary, but so cute at the same time. Do you see the blood on his teeth? And yet he seems to be . . . smiling. Friendly-like. You know?

Bad-ass Bird

I just watched an olive thrush pick an earthworm out of the mud and chop him into little pieces with his beak. Like a worm salad. Then swallow the squirming earthworm bits up one at a time. Really relishing him, and eating it slowly. Delicious?

Or, actually, he could have been thinking "shit goddamn I really wish I had a pizza".

Who knows?

I Forgot

Wow. I forgot I had this blog. Life got crazy. I will now use it again.

This quite nice. In December, I took these photos for a bead man who we know quite well because we holiday in Knysna every Christmas, and he has his store right outside the place we stay. His name is Evans. He used to be an art teacher in Zimbabwe before a whole bunch of teachers lost their jobs and he couldn't find work, so he came to South Africa, and ended up selling beaded animals and things to tourists. Anyway, I had this wicked idea. I took photos of all the big animals he has. Then I printed them and put them into a photo album. Now he has a book of reference animals that people can order from when he doesn't have any on display. He smsed me in January to say that it's working wonders for his business.

That makes me happy.

Beware Of Snakes

This is a sign I photographed at Maropeng, in the Cradle Of Mankind in Magaliesburg. It's a museum dedicated to the history of evolution in the area. And boy, do they have snakes.