Real Man at Mountain Pond

Show me pebbles to move and I will move them.

I love the strip mine pond.
This is where boys become men.

How to make a good cup of coffee.

STEP 1: Choose the beans.


These vintage beans are 22 years old. They were part of my Auntie Gillian's grade 6 science project. 22 years is old for a bean. Papai does not have any wines that old.











STEP 2: Add water.

Blending 22 year old beans from Ethiopia and Columbia.

















STEP 3: clean-up.



I forget how to rotate these videos - so just turn your head side-ways.

Papai was once a baby!

I've figured it out! Papai was once a baby!










He also used to be a boy.

Avô in Brazil also used to be a boy - though I'm not sure if he was ever a baby.

Flash or no Flash?

Today I tried taking pictures for the first time.

The first thing you notice about photographing is that everything goes wonderfully psychedelic if you make sure to turn off the flash.















Look at these two studies of Papai's hand trying to get back the camera. Which one is more interesting? The left one! There is action there.

Here are some more of my photos. Look at my big toe.















The photo below isn't mine - I just found it on the card as I was downloading.

Blue Swing Period

Artistically, I entered my
blue swing period today.


Papai said that Picasso had a blue period too.

Papai is cheating in this blog because I know he hasn't picked up his camera in a few days... but there is also some truth here...

Yesterday we did go and visit Adamo, Graziela and my friend Amanda - but it was for a party at their home - not last month's zoo experience that Papai has fraudulently posted here.

He claims poetic license. I just think he just forgot the camera.



Meanwhile we are still looking out at the big branch that crashed in the park a week and a half ago.