Surbiton — A little break in the afternoon to play with my nephew. He was given a wooden train set as a gift over the weekend and he loves it. I like that he had placed pirates in his village.
London — My regular weekly lunchtime walk around the park with good friend and colleague. We had to stop to allow a family of geese. And the collective noun for a group of geese on land is gaggle or flock. And...
Fuzhou — A familial warm summer breeze transported me to this whimsical nostalgic magical water lily field. I discovered — I am home.
Saint-denis — Hier en se promenant dans la forêt on a parlé du séisme et de comment on l’a ressenti. J’ai glissé un peu de ce que j’avais écrit dans la conversation et il était d’accord avec moi. 1030 Je retransc...
Tokyo — I take a lunch at Samezu area. This Shop at in the Keikyu Samezu Station. Samezu mean is about “Shark Beach” in Japanese. But no sharks in neighbor beach.
Madurai — The evening visit scheduled for the Naykkar palace was a reason enough to venture out into the balmy weather at Madurai town. Even though it boasts about a fine blend of tradition and culture, the str...
San francisco — It was a World’s Fair by another name. Built within ten years of half the city shaking and burning to the ground. 1915: February to December. The Palace of Fine Arts and its magnificent columns, dome...
Savannah — We veered from our trajectory by visiting family in Savannah, and we’re so glad we did. Though we could spare only a little time, it was fascinating walking through the squares, full of heavy history....
Thonotosassa — We spent our very last night at Hillsborough River State Park, possibly the shortest visit ever, before we headed across the state border. We look forward to seeing family in Georgia before we go back...
Nong khiaw — The whole village had gathered. The men constructed a raft with little clay figures on top—some animals, I remember, plus a smoking man sitting in front. The women brought food and decorated the famil...
San francisco — Knowing what’s real or not isn’t the point.
Smyrna — By April I knew the year was over. No matter what came from then on, there was nothing that would stop me from toasting, once again, on New Year’s Eve to good riddance to the previous year. My wife ...
Hillsboro — I am a fan of efficiency. I don’t like the idea of killing birds, but if I did, I would want to kill as many with one stone as I could. So, yesterday, I went on a hike. In a salmon colored dress and b...
Madison — I dreamed you were in Argentina. Returned for some reason I can’t recall, undoubtedly not related to me or us. But in my mind, it was an opening. This, despite a complete lack of overtures. You, stil...
Kayapa — Selfie-taking is a necessary evil of traveling alone. But traveling alone, as so many have said before me, can open doors that the comfort of bringing a companion can make us ignore. I’ll borrow a te...
San juan capistrano — My partner Paul (that’s him in the blue Polo shirt) and I have been visiting friends and family up and down the coasts of southern California. This weekend we caught the train in San Juan Capistrano ...
Southampton — When travelling down to my father’s on Friday, and again when out for a walk with my wife on Saturday in the beautiful countryside where I live it struck me just how green everything is at this time o...
Tokyo — I was working late today. Then finish working, I was running and walking, about 1.5 hour 8 km. Tonight photograph was from the footbridge of near Omori station. I ran the neighborhood in which it liv...
Tokyo — 今日は国立競技場の最後のイベントの日だ。それはわかっていたが、仕事があり出かけなければならなかった。夜も夜で用があり、外苑に辿りついたころには20時半をまわっていた。急いで国立競技場青山ゲートに向かい、上を見た。まだ聖火は灯っていた。 入場を延長したアナウンスが周囲に響いていた。催しは全て終わっていたと思うが、グランドにたくさんの人がいるのが見えた。競技場の周りを歩いて写真を撮った。ISOを16...
Tel aviv — Everyone waiting at the arrivals gate seemed to have them. They were attached to prams and backpacks, tied around toddlers’ arms, and clustering on the ceiling. The usual atmosphere at airport arrival...
Saint-denis — Le tout va être de ne pas retomber dans des boucles de pensées morbides axées principalement autour de la non permanence des choses. Je me suis rendu compte (j’ai réalisé, diront les plus paresseux d’...
Fareham — I’m sure somewhere in my father’s loft there are pictures from 40 years ago of me and my brother on the beach, playing, being silly, throwing stones, paddling, building sand castles, exploring rock po...
Göreme — We almost did not make it. The shuttle bus from Butterfly Balloons has arrived while we were still in the room. Fortunately, we have already packed our bag with cameras and wind-breakers the previous ...
Scarsdale — I’ve only recently realized how important the concept of an album is. There is always a reason why musicians choose to release a collection of songs, and to order the songs in a certain way, rather th...
Jersey city — Dixon Mills Pencil Factory Smoke Stack, Jersey City, Brunswick and Wayne Streets. oil on linen on panel, 8 x 10 inches, 2014 cat sitting for my brother and his wife in Jersey City. as soon as they le...
Tampa — Alright. All out stuff is packed in this crazy cube that’s going to reach Seattle before we will. We have been taking care of the tangled ends that must be tied, saying goodbye to our loved ones. We’r...
Docksta — We’d walked down the hillside to the lake as soon as we stopped the car. The air was clear and cool, the sky unusually high and it felt as if you could see a thousand miles from this place, as if you...
Surbiton — Finally the sun shone today, and summer looks like it might be on it’s way. Well, it is the first of June so you’d expect some nice weather by now. Yes, I’m ever the optimist - I have heard the weathe...
Hillsboro — Yesterday was a beautiful day in Oregon. You know the kind, sun’s out, temperature in the mid-70s, the occasional cotton-ball cloud sauntering across the sky. The kind of weather that gets every dog a...
Othis — Mon père, sis dans les Yvelines, cardiaque, opéré à cœur ouvert en juin dernier, qui vient de perdre sa mère, va chercher ma sœur à Troyes en voiture pour l’enterrement de ma grand-mère. Et la ramène...
Montgé-en-goële — Ma grand mère est morte. Je l’aimais et je ne suis pas triste. J’ai un problème ? Je ne pense pas. Je ne veux pas rentrer dans la composition théâtrale jeudi. Je sais que O. sera dévasté. Qu’il porter...
San francisco — On Saturday nights, when the day’s sunshine is giving way to darkening skies, and the not so distant foghorns scout the incoming marine layer before it reaches us inland, the streets feel like a hushe...
Putao — It was time for Romeo and Juliet. Ms Judith Jones, my 9th grade English teacher, with orthodox shoes, a slightly wobbly but energetic steps, declares to a class of skeptics, “I believe in love at fir...
Seattle — It was a very happy accident. I just received a telephoto lens for this mirrorless camera — it’s a 55–210mm, but I don’t usually get into the fussy stuff. I just found I wanted to reach out farther wi...
Göreme — Taking long distance bus was a breeze in Turkey. We were able to book the bus to Goreme on our first day in Selcuk. During the bus ride, the attendants served drinks, wet towels and lemon flavoured co...
Phoenix — Repost from searchandstate.com NYC to GSC / Rider Announcement May 29, 2014 NYCtoGSC We didn’t know what to expect when putting this challenge out there. We had high hopes and the responses have tr...
San francisco — I imagined my exposure spreading like a liquid stain across the back of my jet black jacket. Pacific Heights is the kind of neighborhood where police are called without hesitation when a man in a dark...
Kenner — I had a feeling when I got in. The fact that he almost backed up over the bellhop was an auspicious sign, or that he brusquely asked me to put my bags on the floor instead of the seat, but I pushed th...
Surbiton — The perfect end to a lovely day, relaxing on my balcony with a nice cup of tea and chocolate treat, as the sun sets. Dim sum lunch and catch-up with family, then a walk along the Southbank and a chan...
New york — The Great Saunter is more of a celebration of urban adventuring than a race or a contest, and that’s what makes it fun. This 32 mile walk around the island of Manhattan, a long-standing under-the-rada...
New orleans — Everytime I go to New Orleans, I take myself to Frenchman St, because it’s one of my favorite places in the city. I’ll walk down to dba and the Spotted Cat to check out who’s playing, and hop in somet...
Reykjavik — Last year I shot a series called Observing, images of people experiencing art, from museums that we visited around the world that year. Why? Because I’m fascinated by how people observe their worlds,...
Banff — It was on this floor that I learned how to let go, how to let loose. I’m at The Banff Centre which I call “the artist spa”. Never am I treated so well as an artist as when I am here. If you are here ...
Duluth — The Emerald Ask Borer: We speak of it so often we need an abbreviation so it will trip more quickly from our tongues - EAB! The Emerald Ash Borer, native to Northern China, has begun to invade Minnes...
Andrésy — Raymonde est morte à une heure du matin. Arrêt cardiaque. 96 ans. Je me sens triste mais pas dévasté. Elle aura eu une belle vie. Elle est morte en bonne santé. D’un coup. Sans se dégrader. Je la rem...
Duluth — In Duluth, they carved a trench in the solid rock next to Lake Superior. Through the trench they routed a highway. Finally, they roofed the trench with the Duluth Rose Garden: a fancy, proper, public...
Fuzhou — “Argh!!!” Mom screamed as she let go of the pearl-color boiled egg from her hand to the dinning table. “It’s burning hot!” she said. Curious, I touched it quickly with my index finger to test how h...
Taketomi — I know my foot doesn’t look pretty. I just want to show you those two small dots on the side. That’s where a poisonous snake bit me. Three years ago, J. and I were taking a short vacation in Taketomi...
Tokyo — “People are used to building an ideal world in their brains. The reality is usually too unbearable. If you imagine a one-axis distribution, you have people who try very hard to build a coherent pictur...
Selçuk — The omen was bad from the beginning. My wife developed a headache upon stepping down on Turkey. This was probably due to fatigues from the twelve hours long trip and spicy Jain vegetarian food on the ...
Terrebonne — Brace yourself. I’m about to get all “Back in my day” on you. You see, back in my day, road trips were different. Most notably when it came to music selection. Due to limited space in our family car ...
Surbiton — It’s London Tree Week this week so I thought it appropriate to include my normally favourite photo back-up subject, trees. I love the unusual and lovely bark.
Fuzhou — Scent of childhood, scent of love. In a breath of time, white champaca, led me back to love, May I always remember, life is never too complicated, when my heart is pure.
Tokyo — I was running the course after a long time. There is a corner with the trees in the park. It looks to the forest If you look only here because it is the middle of the night. It is a city, but was a ve...
Mill valley — Visiting Muir Woods for the first time last week made me feel like I was walking in the forest that I always imagined when I was a kid. In Spain we have beautiful woods forests but the trees are not ...
Phoenix — I’m moved by the simplicity behind this; only now exists. It’s deceptive because you know that it is true, but you can not unlock the true meaning unless you consume the idea correctly. This consumpti...
Musashino — On a Sunday afternoon in Kichijouji, down a crowded side street leading to Inokashira Park I came upon a quaint, Parisian-style bar & cafe. Outside, there were a number of small, round tables unde...
Rüschlikon — I have made a book. It comprises pictures of you, from being very small in your mother’s womb to your present glory of turning 18 soon. Supposedly, making this kind of book is totally easy. You send ...
Tokyo — 半月ほど前のことだが、すでに旧聞になった感がある。昨日、28日に、新国立競技場の基本設計案が発表されたからだ。コンペ当初のザハ・ハディド案から何度か縮小方向に修正され、その最終案なのだろう。このプランは、12日のシンポジウムでも紹介されていた。 「緊急シンポジウム 新国立競技場のもう一つの可能性 伊東豊雄の国立競技場改修案発表をうけて」というやたら長いタイトルは、その期待の大きさを象徴して...
Surbiton — My raspberry plant has fruit - yay! I’ve managed to get rid of the aphids with my washing up liquid solution (fingers crossed I haven’t spoken too soon). And a brilliant day at work. Another of my te...
London — It had to happen. I’ve been ‘perky’ for 77 days. Today was grey and miserable, and I had a bit of a shock in the morning which pretty much put a dampener on the day. I’m not very good at dealing with ...
London — I returned to Granary Square this lunchtime, part of the Kings Cross Central development. This Square was designed by Townshend Landscape Architects and others, and I think they’ve done a fantastic j...
Leeds — Every time I think about the fire at Glasgow School of Art I am coursed by a wave of emotion. When other iconic, loved, beautiful buildings or works of art have been destroyed my mind did a casual re...
Bangkok — “I’m sorry Ma’am but I don’t have you on this flight tonight. Do you know your ticket number?” As it turns out, I am not on this flight to Kuala Lumpu to Kathmandu. I am on the flight tomorrow night....
Kochkor — Kumis, also known as kumiss, kumiz, and koumiss (not to mention kymys, kymyz, kumisz, kymyz, or qymyz, as well as қымыз, kımız, кымыз, кымыз, ҡымыҙ, and qımıź, yes, even кымыс and хымыс, but rather se...
Brussels — Au détour de la Place du Jeu de Balle, on peut entendre une musique enjouée qui se coule doucement dans les oreilles. Entre deux bières, je tente d’en savoir plus… Le Jazz n’aurait jamais connu u...
Mabini — I’ve been diving for three years, and I’ve had my fair share of memorable ones. But every now and then, there’ll be special days that you’ll remember for the rest of your life. To tell the truth, thi...
Tokyo — It hit 9PM on my Windows 7 Start bar when my colleague swiveled around and said, “Hey, you’re here late. Welcome to the Seasonal Events team, you’ll start getting used to this.” To make things clear,...
London — Sometimes you meet someone and feel instantly and inexplicably drawn to them. I’m not speaking in an exclusively romantic sense, despite the title of this post. It’s the boy you meet one day in the ...
Douglas — Reminder to self: FIRMLY SHUT DOOR WHEN CLEANING BATHROOM SINK. I got a wild hair to clean the bathroom sink at 1am, don’t ask me why I don’t even know. But I am elbow deep in powdered sink cleanser...
Tokyo — Finalement il a fait beau. Nous sommes tombés sur un petit restaurant refait à neuf où l’on a mangé des takoyaki (sorte de boule de pate à beignet contenant un morceau de poulpe) en regardant un match...
San francisco — I LOVE walking for hours. It is one of the best ways to discover interesting places and learn to move around in a new city. We walked from Embarcadero until this bench by the sea. The timing was perf...
Tokyo — He was laughing and trying to bring her around with jokes and ideas of what they could do at the weekend, but she didn’t respond. He kept trying, but he smiled less and his face became paler. He took ...
Duluth — I am searching for the Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) a spring wild flower. An Ojibwa legend has Peboan and Seegwum meet in Peboan’s lodge. I’ve shortened the story a bit eliminating a lot of bo...
Duluth — The native tribes of northern Minnesota and Wisconsin have allied with environmentalists. Too often the extracting industries begin mining operations with quick sweetheart deals from politicians stri...
Grand marais — Yes, I confess as I begin, I have an iPhone in my pocket and an iPad on my lap. ( probably not the places for them if I still planned on having children) which require copper, nickel, platinum, silver...
Tây hồ — First rainbow I got to see here in Hanoi and I would not have noticed if it had not been for the sky turning into a sick hue of yellow. I went to the rooftop to take this picture … and an hour late...
Leigh-on-sea — is that it will always surprise you when the lows hit. A trip to the supermarket isn’t something that should cause panic but then suddenly caught between the avocados and an iceberg lettuce your world...
Leland — Of all the names whispered in the presence of ghosts, “Susan” is by far the most popular. The examples are seemingly as numerous as the theories why. On one of the dozens of Internet discussion boar...
Madrid — The @15M, a massive demonstration, called the @spanishrevolution now becomes “Podemos”
Manila — Two weeks ago, I met an old friend for coffee. We couldn’t believe we hadn’t seen each other in about a year and so we brought each other up to date on our changing lives. Talk soon turned to careers ...
London — I love cut flowers, and May is the perfect month for peonies. My treat from Columbia Road Flower Market.
Surbiton — What a difference a day makes! From glorious sunshine yesterday to heavy rain showers all day today. If this project has taught me anything, it’s to rejoice in the positives. And today’s positive: an ...
London — A lovely lunch catching up with a friend at the British Library, talking maps, publishing and travelling. A few of my favourite things. And while I was waiting in the foyer for him, I spotted this ni...
Stanmore — A visit to my parents to pick up my Mum’s yummy rice dumplings, made in preparation for the Dragon Boat Festival, or Tuen Ng Festival. My parents were excited to show off their very own robin’s nest*...
London — Some ‘me-time’, pottering along Regent’s Street, shaking off the work day and just getting inspiration walking and being in our my own thoughts. And I got a free bouquet of flowers from a shop promot...
London — A rather special evening: watching Fritz Lang’s ‘Metropolis’ at the world’s oldest surviving music hall, the beautiful and splendid Wilton’s Music Hall, with live score, composed and played by Dmytro ...
Vadstena — While I try to swallow the fact that I accidentally deleted a sketch that lengthwise started to resemble a novel (maybe it really was for the good of mankind when you think about it, but my heart is n...
Scarsdale — Like the sudden sense of power and confidence you feel when you tell someone your phone number out loud, digit by digit. There’s nothing you own quite as authoritatively as your own phone number. Lik...
Portland — The most delicious cherry pies were sent by prior arrangement on a plane to land at the tip of the island where swam mermaids who were unaware that pies were the Rx for happiness, whom had not yet tas...
Saint-denis — Considérer le Japon comme une fiction parfaite me paraît la solution la plus sure.— (@pascal201169) 26 Mai 2014 Il a fallu revenir. Forcément on ne pouvait pas rester tout le temps à Tokyo. Et le re...
Maibara — The decision whether to opt into or out of using a technology, product or service… is increasingly becoming one of whether you want to opt into or out of society.1 Old Habits It took a cyclist ...
San francisco — It’s my fourth time visiting San Francisco. Even though all my visits have been for work I think I have been able to enjoy the city and start knowing some of its “secrets”. This time, after three days...
Wellington — This is a slightly-edited copy-and-paste of what I’m hoping will be one of many story e-mails I’m writing about my everyday adventures to a friend, Cheryl, as she spends a year teaching English in ...
San francisco — Note: For this week’s Working Draft, I decided to use the time to write postcards to some people I promised to write, and well, decided to use the postcards to freewrite (and freedraw?) this moment, t...
Tokyo — Everyone get excited. It’s Ebisu ramen time! Ramen, ramen, ramen, RAMEN — everyone loves ramen. With ramen, it’s all about equal opportunity: from ramen in cups, to cheap bajillion packages for a do...
Paris — What a week this has been, running around rainy Paris to attend work meetings with Chris. I wish I had taken the time to reflect on our trip during the short showers that punctuated our mad dash throu...
Madrid — Well, that happened. We somehow crammed 33 hours into our Saturday, May 24. I’m now in a position to call bullshit on people who wish they had more hours in a day. You will likely only waste those ex...
Tybee island — They begin as a dot on the horizon, often framed by the piers marking the channel into the port of Savannah. As they resolve out of the horizon, you can begin to make out details: an island sticking o...
Lome — I think clean …. When I think about Lome, I think about the streets and how distinct it is from Accra’s ; the narrow streets, un-littered. Pavements putting the streets in two, with 50 - 50 right next...