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Black and white and grey
Jul. 8th, 2008 02:06 pmI work in the shadow of a church; the spire looms over the office kitchenette. The view through the window yesterday: stormy grey skies, cream spire, white corellas circling it in the distance; closer, three black crows sitting on a bare tree branch. Oh, it was picturesque.
A few years ago, a kindly but misguided soul gave me a book called (365 Ways To Do Less, Have More and) Feel Good!, which lists something special to do on each day of the year (thus, I feel, giving lie to the title's promise of letting you do less). It has been sitting, untouched, on my bookshelf since I got it, but I finally picked it up again a few days ago and decided to do the thing for that day, so I could at least get a LiveJournal entry out of it.
I looked at the book on July 4, otherwise known as Celebrate The Season Day because "[m]arking the turning of time is a magical way... to simply embrace the beauty of life itself". It suggests a number of ways to mark the onset of winter, including "Light a fire". Which do you think would be the best answer to give the police during the subsequent investigation? "Well, senior constable, I burnt down that house to simply embrace the beauty of life itself" or "I did it so I could blog it"?
On second thoughts, I decided to go with an option less likely to see me jailed for arson: "Shoot a roll of black and white film around your neighbourhood". Well... It's not actually a roll of film, since I used a digital camera. And how many photos were on a roll of film? The ones I used to buy were for twenty-four photos; I didn't take that many today. Those things aside, here's my black and white tour of the City by the Sea in winter. ( Or eight photos thereof )
Let's all be thankful I didn't pick up the book on July 21, Be Aware Of Your Bowel Movements Day. (Do feel free to give me a date, and I'll tell you what the book says to do on it, if you like.)
A few years ago, a kindly but misguided soul gave me a book called (365 Ways To Do Less, Have More and) Feel Good!, which lists something special to do on each day of the year (thus, I feel, giving lie to the title's promise of letting you do less). It has been sitting, untouched, on my bookshelf since I got it, but I finally picked it up again a few days ago and decided to do the thing for that day, so I could at least get a LiveJournal entry out of it.
I looked at the book on July 4, otherwise known as Celebrate The Season Day because "[m]arking the turning of time is a magical way... to simply embrace the beauty of life itself". It suggests a number of ways to mark the onset of winter, including "Light a fire". Which do you think would be the best answer to give the police during the subsequent investigation? "Well, senior constable, I burnt down that house to simply embrace the beauty of life itself" or "I did it so I could blog it"?
On second thoughts, I decided to go with an option less likely to see me jailed for arson: "Shoot a roll of black and white film around your neighbourhood". Well... It's not actually a roll of film, since I used a digital camera. And how many photos were on a roll of film? The ones I used to buy were for twenty-four photos; I didn't take that many today. Those things aside, here's my black and white tour of the City by the Sea in winter. ( Or eight photos thereof )
Let's all be thankful I didn't pick up the book on July 21, Be Aware Of Your Bowel Movements Day. (Do feel free to give me a date, and I'll tell you what the book says to do on it, if you like.)