Bloody Knees, mixed media on handmade paper, 30"x23", 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Happy my favorite holiday ever.
Wishing one and all a love filled, pie eating, face stuffing, Thanksgiving!
The fabulous Miss Kayla wrote the best Thanksgiving poem I've ever read, and I had to share it on here with all you sweet readers. My favorite line, "Thank you art, thank you hope, thank you cheese, thank you soap." Amen.
[photo by Kawashi Makotori via Auburn & Ivory]
The fabulous Miss Kayla wrote the best Thanksgiving poem I've ever read, and I had to share it on here with all you sweet readers. My favorite line, "Thank you art, thank you hope, thank you cheese, thank you soap." Amen.
Thank you birds, thank you trees, thank you food, thank you tea.
Thank you flowers, thank you color, thank you sister, thank you mother.
Thank you city, thank you dad, thank you chocolate, thank you sad.
Thank you health, thank you romance, thank you song, thank you dance.
Thank you husband, thank you happy, thank you silly, thank you sappy.
Thank you coffee, thank you friends, thank you laughter, thank you lens.
Thank you warmth, thank you love, thank you students, thank you gloves.
Thank you shoes, thank you books, thank you crannies, thank you nooks.
Thank you heart, thank you brain, thank you strength, thank you pain.
Thank you kindness, thank you money, thank you children, thank you honey.
Thank you art, thank you hope, thank you cheese, thank you soap.
Thank you animals, thank you earth, thank you travel, thank you worth.
Thank you water, thank you light, thank you day, thank you night.
Thank you stars, thank you wine, thank you swings, thank you time.
Thank you rain, thank you sun, thank you, thank you, everyone.
Thank you flowers, thank you color, thank you sister, thank you mother.
Thank you city, thank you dad, thank you chocolate, thank you sad.
Thank you health, thank you romance, thank you song, thank you dance.
Thank you husband, thank you happy, thank you silly, thank you sappy.
Thank you coffee, thank you friends, thank you laughter, thank you lens.
Thank you warmth, thank you love, thank you students, thank you gloves.
Thank you shoes, thank you books, thank you crannies, thank you nooks.
Thank you heart, thank you brain, thank you strength, thank you pain.
Thank you kindness, thank you money, thank you children, thank you honey.
Thank you art, thank you hope, thank you cheese, thank you soap.
Thank you animals, thank you earth, thank you travel, thank you worth.
Thank you water, thank you light, thank you day, thank you night.
Thank you stars, thank you wine, thank you swings, thank you time.
Thank you rain, thank you sun, thank you, thank you, everyone.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Agra
Fun fact: The Taj Mahal was built for a Persian queen by a Persian architect. Apparently during the Mughal Empire, all the kings imported their queens from Iran. And again, your welcome India.
The day we visited coincided with a Muslim, Hindu, and National Holiday (naturally), so essentially all of India was there. It was so crowded I was only able to take a few pictures before one of the guards whistled at me to get back in "single file line".
The other amazingly beautiful thing you see in Agra is The Red Fort. It's much less talked about in comparison to its queenly sister, but I think it's one of the most beautiful things I've seen in India. Also there are monkeys.
The Red Fort is opposite the Taj, so on clear days you can look out from the balcony and see it across the city.
The red sandstone it's made of constantly changes color depending on the light. At times it's a really vibrant orange, at others a muted pinkish gray. Can't decide which one I like more.
The day we visited coincided with a Muslim, Hindu, and National Holiday (naturally), so essentially all of India was there. It was so crowded I was only able to take a few pictures before one of the guards whistled at me to get back in "single file line".
The other amazingly beautiful thing you see in Agra is The Red Fort. It's much less talked about in comparison to its queenly sister, but I think it's one of the most beautiful things I've seen in India. Also there are monkeys.
The Red Fort is opposite the Taj, so on clear days you can look out from the balcony and see it across the city.
The red sandstone it's made of constantly changes color depending on the light. At times it's a really vibrant orange, at others a muted pinkish gray. Can't decide which one I like more.
And that's a wrap folks. Hope you enjoyed the photos as much as I enjoyed taking them. Have an amazing Thanksgiving and eat lots of turkey for those of us who live in India and can't! xo.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Delhi
Sometimes India is so pretty you don't know what to do with yourself. Generally it's not, but occasionally it'll take your breath away. Like when parakeets perch on ancient ruins.
I wish I could tell you the names of these beautiful historical places, but our guide didn't do much guiding and left me with little knowledge of where I was or what I saw.
All I remember is that everything amazing that has ever been built in Delhi or Agra was built by or for Persians. You're welcome, India.
The haziness is from all the pollution in Delhi. Turns out the 2 days we spent there ranked as the dustiest/most polluted days in the entire year. It did make for some dreamy lighting though.
One of my favorite things about traveling to different regions in India is noticing the various ways women wear their saris. There's a fishing community in the West for example, that wear theirs like pants. I have no idea how they wrap them--just tying the basic one baffles me.
I wish I could tell you the names of these beautiful historical places, but our guide didn't do much guiding and left me with little knowledge of where I was or what I saw.
All I remember is that everything amazing that has ever been built in Delhi or Agra was built by or for Persians. You're welcome, India.
The haziness is from all the pollution in Delhi. Turns out the 2 days we spent there ranked as the dustiest/most polluted days in the entire year. It did make for some dreamy lighting though.
One of my favorite things about traveling to different regions in India is noticing the various ways women wear their saris. There's a fishing community in the West for example, that wear theirs like pants. I have no idea how they wrap them--just tying the basic one baffles me.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Road Trip.
And we're back!
Ken's parents flew in from Chicago last week, and we've been road tripping all over Northern India with them. There are so many amazing sights to share, so I'll split up the pictures into a few posts. Part one will feature our twenty-seven hour road trip.
When tourists visit India, they generally see what's called The Golden Triangle, which means Delhi, Agra, Jaipur. Ken's mom wanted to shake it up a bit, so she replaced Jaipur with a safari in Corbett National Park. Great idea on paper, not so great in practice.
Going to and from Corbett racked up a whopping 27 hours in the car on dirt roads, bobbing up and down the entire way. Sleeping, eating, drinking, and reading were all impossible, making it a painful journey to say the least. And to top it off, we didn't even see any animals (we saw monkeys, but monkeys in India are like squirrels in the US--you see them everywhere).
The drive did make for some amazing photos though, as road blocks forced us to detour and drive through tiny cities and villages off the beaten path in Uttar Pradesh.
These might be my favorite pictures yet. They were all taken through the car window, so some of them kind of look like film because of the extra layer of glass. They haven't been altered though--this is actually how awesome the colors are in real life.
And in case you want to see the full set, I've uploaded them on my flickr account right on over here.
Delhi and Agra posts to come!
Ken's parents flew in from Chicago last week, and we've been road tripping all over Northern India with them. There are so many amazing sights to share, so I'll split up the pictures into a few posts. Part one will feature our twenty-seven hour road trip.
When tourists visit India, they generally see what's called The Golden Triangle, which means Delhi, Agra, Jaipur. Ken's mom wanted to shake it up a bit, so she replaced Jaipur with a safari in Corbett National Park. Great idea on paper, not so great in practice.
Going to and from Corbett racked up a whopping 27 hours in the car on dirt roads, bobbing up and down the entire way. Sleeping, eating, drinking, and reading were all impossible, making it a painful journey to say the least. And to top it off, we didn't even see any animals (we saw monkeys, but monkeys in India are like squirrels in the US--you see them everywhere).
The drive did make for some amazing photos though, as road blocks forced us to detour and drive through tiny cities and villages off the beaten path in Uttar Pradesh.
These might be my favorite pictures yet. They were all taken through the car window, so some of them kind of look like film because of the extra layer of glass. They haven't been altered though--this is actually how awesome the colors are in real life.
Delhi and Agra posts to come!
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