Last week on November 2, Dia de los Muertos in Mexico, I followed the throngs who were streaming down the street. In Coatepec’s large, old cemetery, hundreds of people were gathering around the gravestones and tombs of their ancestors, whole families bearing flowers and decorations and food to spruce things up. It was a bright, [...]
I was walking behind this mom and baby and couldn’t resist snapping a photo of that sweet little face. I would take hundreds of photos of people – especially children – if I could get away with it, but in general people really don’t like it. I passed this young guy in the middle of [...]
A street in Coatepec with Pico de Orizaba (also known as Citlaltépetl) a dormant volcano, and the highest mountain in Mexico at 18,491 ft (5,636 m) A street in Coatepec with the extinct volcano Cofre de Perote or Nauhcampatépetl – 14,049 ft (4,282 m) If I could, I would take thousands of photos of people [...]
O.D. and Yvette Sanders DJing one of their awesome kitchen parties in “Ridgefield, North Carolina” as O.D. calls it The crew that helped my wonderful housemate Nichica move into her new crib One of my son Forest’s bonsai-style trees in full bloom. He and his brother have a small but growing crop of these totally [...]
This is a post to share a collection of separate photos taken recently which didn’t seem to belong anywhere else. Kamania and Imara in hammock Clouds over two farmacias Sunset from the roof of La Casa Naranja, where I live Iguana on a tree on the path through the jungle to the beautiful cenote at [...]
Last night I posted a “Sunset from the Roof” video. This morning, “Sunrise from the Balcony.” And a couple of photos. The first is my little friend Kamania posing in my sunglasses and flip-flops. The second, another nice work of sand-castle art from the Tulum beach.
This morning I had just come downstairs to let new friend Imara and her daughter Kamania in the gate, when we spotted this giant pig and its baby wandering around in the garden and the street in front of the building. The orange building on the left is my building. We watched the pigs for [...]