MFV'S NEW OLD WORLD

Friday, August 3, 2012

A DAY ACROSS FRANCE...

My plane had arrived early, and the weather looked sublime...

By the time I got into town stormy clouds were flying across the heavens. To kill time I walked along the Seine - one of my favourite walks ...

And as the first drops started falling, I quickly made my way to the train station. I slept all the way (I am sorry to admit) and woke up in a sunny Marseille - my fav French city...

I dashed across the town to pick up a car, enjoying the sun and that Northern African vibe Marseille always welcomes me with...

The Sun was forgetting this part of world now, enjoying itself - I imagined, out West in California and Guam. It was dark by the time I arrived in the small kingdom...

But the next morning it was back, the Sun, first pinkish and shy...

Thursday, August 2, 2012

A few weeks ago, as I was flying over the Atlantic, the plane made a small detour to delight us with the sights of a frozen land. The 30 minutes we spent flying over Greenland were made, to me, more relevant, more poignant when, a few days later, I read that a large part of the island's ice had melted over night, a first, it was said, since weather has been recorded there. These are some of the images I took from the plane, this is my Greeland from the air. Enjoy...

Monday, July 30, 2012

LE ZOUT ...

There is a certain melancholy to the beaches of the North Sea...

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

A TERRACE IN ROME...

Afternoon sun, cicadas, a southern wind carrying African scents, Roman pines shading the inamorati...

Friday, July 20, 2012

THE JOHN TRADESCANTS...

... they were father and son, botanists, explorers, collectors, gardeners. The father went all the way to Siberia, the son brought the magnolia tree to Europe...

The following images come from a catalogue called Museum Tradescantianum by John Tradescant, the younger published in 1656.