Mindful Day 3 - At the car wash

I love going through the car wash especially those that have the swinging, sudsy worms that swish over your car! I can't capture the changing  patterns on the windshield from the water, soap and worms fast enough. In Mary Oliver's poem, Mindful,  she writes of finding joy even in the ordinary stuff of each day. I found it in the car wash.

Red and more red

This beautiful bowl was a Christmas present. It is red lacquer on the inside and and it was reflecting sunlight and patterns when the sun hit it yesterday. I think that it something that I could shoot quite often and always see something new.

Strong red

I don't even remember where I shot this photo but I like so many things about it - the angles, the strong red lettering, the graphic feel not only of the lettering but the wire and bolts and chain. It all seem to wrok together and yet it is very serendipitous.

Labyrinth cloth

I have been working with the labyrinth image that I showed a few weeks ago. In this sample the Chartres labyrinth image is vat dyed in red over a mottled red and teal linen. There is a small amount of discharge halo around the edges but not enough! Then I overprinted with turquoise the fern leaf. Not sure I am liking this at all but hoping it will lead to something I do like, soooon!

January 1, 2010

Another year begins - the old one certainly flew by in a hurry. I spent the New Year's weekend in Chicago, in a high rise near the lake. And because it was really cold, I spent the day inside and took pictures of the outside.  The patterns of the rooftops and buildings are ever-changing because of the light and shadows created by other buildings. I like this red brick budiling - it is a study in rectangles!