the photo of the day, Kitty with an attitude

i've been busy/lazy and haven't been taking much care of this blog
also, i haven't taken care of my 23hq account
now & then i do post on Facebook

but overall, i am lazy
so i have a little project, to post at least one photo a day
or every other day? on this blog, the daily photo

so far, 2 photos in a row...
hope procrastination doesn't get the best of me (again)

tonight's photo, this one of Frau Kitty
she can have quite an attitude, check her out!

luna llena

m & m wedding

my dear friends m & m got married today
the ceremony was at the Wedding Bowl, Cuvier Park, in La Jolla, California.

it was a small but very lovely ceremony accompanied only
by their immediate families and by ocean...

the sky was cloudy, but nobody cared since m & m's happiness
and radiant smiles filled the atmosphere with love and hope

i was honored with the pleasure of being the official photographer!
it was a very happy day! i wish you always the best my dear friends


right after being declared 'husband and wife'
they both looked elegantly natural



during the ceremony, the waves were big and celebrated with them


their wedding rings, m's engagement ring, and her lovely bouquet

America's Next Top Kitty

as posted on Facebook a couple of days ago...

my little cat, Frau Kitty, loves being photographed,
every time I take photos of her, she rolls over and starts posing...
I think she wants to be "America's Next Top Kitty!"

my life in fast backwards pictures

while i was at the Amigos en Concierto concert
during the intermission
(that explains the loud people's voices on the back)
i made a movie with my small Canon camera
of the photos i've taken with my other camera
my lovely DSLR Sony α Alpha 100 while previewing them all
it's obvious that i haven't emptied my camera card in a while
as obvious is too
that i take way too many pictures of my lazy cats!

The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

my bits and random sentences on The Sheltering Sky (by Paul Bowles) was... and then transports you to the dusty eternal dryness of the desert, to that desert induced sopor... read & read & read one after another beautifully arranged sentences... the vastness of the desert, the immensity of the sky as the painful beauty that is a taste of life...


The Sheltering Sky is divided into 3 books

The characters, the structure, a bit strange sometimes, not too deep in details and then trying to deeply tell about them through small bits & pieces... not sure if it worked, 'cause, sure i wanted to know what happened to the characters, but it was somehow obvious, and strangely not so important for the book, yet i never got tired of the plot... was of that encounter, almost randomly, of those beautiful sentences, so painful, so lovely, so like life and death, that i really felt in love with


Title page of the 1st Edition of The Sheltering Sky

not sure if all i wrote above makes sense, but hope you read the book, anyway.
and some photos of my 1949, 1st Edition copy of The Sheltering Sky to show



a profile on Bowles


my small 3-book collection of Bowles books

Top 10s | Books | guardian.co.uk

i love books, and maybe because i am lazy
i love books lists and compendia too, too
i love The Guardian's UK books section
and one of my favorite sub-sections of that section
is their Top 10 lists
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/series/toptens



the lists are written by an specific author on an
specific subject, usually one that the author
is an expert on

some of the lists are very focus and proper
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/may/30/top10s.shakespeare
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/mar/18/japanese.novels

some are timeless
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/aug/04/linda-buckley-archer-top-10-time-travel
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/oct/31/best-ghost-stories

some are quirky
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/feb/10/top-10-potato-books
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/mar/17/paul-murray-top-10-wicked-clerics
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/dec/19/top10s.smelly.books

some are just fun
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jan/27/tiffany-murray-rock-n-roll-novels
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/mar/02/shirley-hughes-top-10-picture-book-characters

and they all open a little door to the magical
world of book-reading... if you like books lists
give The Guardian's UK Top 10 a try
you can dive in yourself
and find your favorite ones!

namaste: árbol de la vida

this is my newest little project!
el árbol de la vida/namaste
[tree of life] shirt, for my yoga practice

via zazzle, i will be printing this t-shirt
just like i did with the Gatos' t-shirts last year
from an original photo, i am creating this
shirt version graphic

i took the photo of my neighbor's tree back in 2006
during Christmas time, i love this tree 'cause
i see it every day! so it will be great to take it with me
and wear it close to my heart while practicing yoga

here the original photo i took



and here after a couple of Photoshop tweaks
ready to be printed on a comfortable tee
i only have to check that the Sanskrit spelling is correct!

Amigos en Concierto, courtesy of Smorgzone

Amigos en Concierto was this great concert that the
San Diego Master Chorale presented,
i was there by mister Smorg's courtesy!

fotos are not allowed at the Copley Symphony Hall
but i stole this one with my very small camera
when the usher was not looking at me! do NOT try this yourself!

here a pasted review from what i wrote him about the concert:

to confess, i wasn't that excited to go 'cause i don't really like mariachi that much and i don't listen to our classical mexican music that much... so when i read the program and read Mariachi (which i don't like very much...) but also read San Diego Master Chorale (about 80 voice on stage) and a tenor and a soprano.... AND the Romero Duo, these amazing Flamenco guitarists who won a Grammy, then i started to get sold, i went there with not very high expectations... but left with tears in my eyes!!! it was wonderful... there were some problems with the sound, with Monica Abrego's microphone but apart from that, the whole event went flawless!

the 1st part of the program was ALL traditional old mexican songs arranged for the Chorale, the Mariachi ONLY played the first two songs, and then the Chorale took over... also there was a children choir of about 20 kids, lovely voices and great arrangements... knowing & understanding all the lyrics to the songs, made a huge difference for me... so many childhood memories!!

after the intermission, i only wished my Flamenco-loving mother was there, who i knew would appreciate some serious guitar playing... those fellows from the Romero Duo were just fantastic!! you know? i grew up listening to my mom playing flamenco records, so i recognize many of the songs the brothers played... another great lovely surprise

by the end of the night, the stage was full of people!! 80 singers from the Chorale, the pianist, the mariachi, the tenor and the soprano, plus the children choir... so even if you had no idea what they were singing or you don't like that kind of music you felt like singing and dancing... a beautiful spectacle indeed!


and an outdoor shot of the Copley Hall in Downtown San Diego

the soul

"The soul is the weariest part of the body."
~Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky