Anatomy of an outfit

Day 2. What I Wore.

This is pretty much the basic standard for me.  Various graphic tees, a hoodie, jeans, my watch, and Vans.  The long pants and closed toe shoes are due to safety regulations.  Even if it's a blazing 90F outside, I'll still wear a hoodie to work because it's air-conditioned/climate controlled inside the building.

St. Lucia

 Just a few snapshots of the island of St. Lucia.

This is all banana plantation lands.

The Pitons in Soufriere

 

We actually swam around in the pools at the base of the mineral waterfall.  The water was very warm

30 Days of Photos in September

I'm a little late on the uptake here, but I just stumbled across this challenge by Oh So Lovely via Wild Olive.  I've decided that since today is September 1st, I might as well start now.

 

 Day 1. Self portrait.

Barbados

Another very nice day (weather-wise included).

Bridgetown, Barbados

The local fish market. I swear I thought that was a shark at first. (It's actually a marlin.)

BBQ Pigtail is first on the menu. I wonder if that means it's the most popular.

Monkeys on the side of the road! There is no zoo, but there is a Wildlife Preserve that does feed the monkeys everyday. It was sheer luck we happened upon them.

They were evidently quite pleased with our offerings of bananas. Does the monkey look at least a little green?

These people are actually in the ocean with buckets washing the fish they had caught.

The water was insanely blue. This photo is absolutely undoctored (no saturation boosts here), that's how blue the water was.

And of course a nice protected swimming area to round out the day.

Bibliophile

I love books. I love books. I love the actual physicality of a paper book. Which is why this article about the future of hardcover books is so sad for me.

This is just a small stack of books that I have amassed from the sweet bookstore that is associated with my public library. Paperbacks are usually 50 cents and hardcover only 75 cents. And sometimes, if I'm lucky, I'll find a sweet treasure in the 5 and 10 cent bin.

I honestly can't help myself. I especially love old books. The way they smell, the way they feel, the beautiful letterpressed look of the words. This is, by no means, my entire library of books, just the latest finds. I especially have a thing for Agatha Christie novels.

I had to get this little booklet (it was only 5c) and it's titled "I Can Make You Happy." The words are all hand-calligraphed and interspersed with lovely little sketches. But mostly, I love dedications inside the front covers of books. It adds to the rich history of a book and provides a picture that someone did own this before you. And maybe one day, someone else will own it after me.

And this tumblr, very aptly named book lovers never go to bed alone, has pictures that just kill me. The bookcases are so dreamy. I love getting lost in one of those too small bookshops that is crammed from ceiling to floor, wall to wall with literary treasures.

A little library, growing larger every year, is an honourable part of a man's history. It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life.
- Henry Ward Beecher

St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands

This was one of the prettiest islands (but possibly by default due to the nice weather). It only rained about half the time that we were here :)

I love that there are little signs reminding people about this.

A steel drum band!

To Trains

I found myself waiting at the train station having just missed the previous train and roughly an hour and a half to go until the next northbound train (I blame the bus). The Solana Beach train station has these great free standing letters for the signs in their lobby over the doors. I don't know what it is about them, but they get me every time.