This is not a kingfisher

but we did see one and it was beautiful.

We drank pear cider in Myers Park.

He declared everything a cliché.

We sat in the shade while

fat middle-aged tourists

solemnly clambered up sixty-two steps.

She talked and so did he - sometimes
simultaneously - dual waves of enthusiasm
competing into the evening.

trawling through the racks of soiled trackpants and hawaiian shirts (size XXXL), we discovered this little gem:

hey baby, he

murmured as he cast

his gaze my way.

it's time to

dance, disco style,

in some eighties disarray

The best photography isn't just visually astounding; it elicits the creation of a narrative in the audience's mind. Juan Felipe Rubio's polaroid composites are gorgeous little short stories exploring those quiet moments where a smile flickers across his face, and hers. The afternoon sun mingles lazily in the breeze and for the briefest of moments, there is nothing else.

The White Cosmonaut

Oil on Board

2009

Greer Honeywill's Embroidered House quietly enchants:

From The Only Time We Know Is Now:

and these
are the beautiful who boast
only the faintest traces of innocence

For the 'Outlaw' issue of Drome magazine:

For Waterproof:

For Galeria Inno's man collection:

For Galeria Inno's lingerie collection:

From Jason Brownrigg's May '68 shoot:

well. she's my lady anyway.

Words are hard. Some are so ferverently inspirational that they leave you feeling quietly disgruntled, while others are infused with so much fuck-you-i'm-just-a-badass-teen attitude that they make you cringe with embarrassment for ever having read them.

Andre Jordan's A Beautiful Revolution is full of cute words:

 

His Ordinary Love Stories and Absurd words are words that are longer but just as good.

Some of  Mike Monteiro's words strike a good balance too:

I adore Randy Reddig's words.

Post-Release:

Michelle "your fringe is too Asian" Blundell with some jerk in a salmon shirt

The Beebster, fiercely protective of his equipment

He left his wife in New Orleans with twennyone kids and a can of beans
(oooh baby I love your way, everyday)

Fresh.

The gentleman whose gorgeous sweater I have appropriated as my own
(kidding, kidding, please don't hurt me)