Today is so hot and the air is full of smoke and ash.  Yes, it is the time of year where Los Angeles burns partially to the ground.  Then next year it will burn somewhere new.  It’s just the way it goes.  Anyway, I’m not exactly feeling refreshed if you know what I mean. Just for you who don’t live nearby, here’s what the smoke cloud looks like from downtown and I live between downtown and where the fires are, so yes… it’s smoky as hell.

That may seem like a tangent, but that was all to say that looking at Sam Falls portfolio was a breath of metaphorically fresh air.  Love his entire collection of photos.  I looked at every single image up on his site.

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These lovely photos were taken in Russian sewage tunnels.  The colours, like the structures themselves, are caused by the build up of various types of minerals over time.  Unfortunately I’m not sure who actually took the photos, but look here to see more.

Yes, Marisa Tomei is still adorable.  Scott Sternberg continues with his tradition of shooting various folks (some very famous, some more obscure) for his Boy by Band of Outsiders lookbooks- this time with Marisa Tomei at local hipster favourite, Chateau Marmont.  The last shoot was of Sarah Silverman at Canter’s Deli, which is pretty darn good too.

What an amazing portfolio. I literally looked at every photo on his site.  The interaction with objects and models is so meticulous and beautiful.

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My husband’s brother-in-law is a pilot and he offered us stand-by tickets to come visit them in Boulder, Colorado. How could we say no? I’m a little worried because my cat of about 5 years, Milo, didn’t show up at all today (he normally doesn’t miss a meal, and just hangs out in the backyard). I hate feeling like something’s amiss when I’m about to take a trip, don’t you?

Anyway, just wanted to let you know posting will be a little spotty for next week or so.

Snipped from my garden today…

I am loving these eerie tribal illustrations over model’s faces by Nina Chakrabarti for I Want You magazine.

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I love this photo- Earth looks so small and insignificant in the background.  More Apollo 17 photos up on the George Eastman House Flickr stream.

So sometime last month, my husband and I were driving down our street and we saw two guys painting over this graffiti’d truck.  We could tell the murals were going to be good.  It was there today, finished and looking even better than I thought.

On all 3 sides!  I just had to take some snapshots before some cretin graffiti’d on it again.

Cut into the cucumber from the CSA I mentioned a few posts back and half of it was hollow!  It made me smile.