Caminando juntas contra la violencia. Walking together against violence. Last Friday, in a Tlalpan park, Mexico city. (I am using negative space as Paula taught me:)
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The Rhone river. Tuileries, Paris, 2015.
Penang doors, Georgetown, Penang. (c)ourtesy Alex. The beauty of those Peranakan houses is quite unique.
Xocotla Street, two blocks from the new house, Tlalpan, Mexico city. Xocotlan (where fruits are a-plenty) comes from Xocotl (pronounced shocot’l) = Fruit; Tlantli: Teeth; Tlan: Abundance. All in Nahuatl, the language of the ancient Aztecs. (And, no I don’t speak Nahuatl… Just translating from Spanish.) ๐
Street art, Georgetown, Penang. (c)ourtesy Alex. I’ve seen this particular mural on several blogs. The combination of art – the two kids – and the real bicycle is very creative. So is the little boy screaming with delight. ๐
Forum les Halles, Paris, 2016. I understand Kraken is a renowned Street artist. Sponsored by Agnรฉs B. (See previous Pot-pourri 28)
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Colonial church, Coyoacรกn district, Mexico city. (I may have already posted that one…)
“Volunteers to work on sunday, take one step forward.” Paris, 2015. France is one of the few countries in the world where work on sunday is practically forbidden, despite massive unemployment. French trade unions seem to believe the French workplace is set in the 19th century. I have thought sometimes to invite one or the other union leader for a month stay in other countries. And compare working conditions. ๐ฆ
Polanco district, Mexico city. 2016. “The restaurant is that-a-way”. Guess the type of food?
Colonial house, Tlalpan district, Mexico city. Last Friday. (The sun has come out; works wonders on the colours). The houses are mostly from the late 1600, or early 1700’s. Some streets are still cobbled, as you can see on the right.
“Free the birds…”. Penang again. (c)ourtesy Alex. Another well-known Georgetown mural. I like both the artist’s talent in using a simple air-vent as a basis for the painting and the birds flying away.
Speaking of which, thank you for flying Equinoxio Airways. Selamat malam, good night, or selamat pagi, good morning, wheNever you are.
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Grand. I love the detail. So sad in our world today we have lost the joy of detail in buildings and things. Hugs
Yes and no. Lift you nose in the air, on your next walk. There are plenty of details to catch the eye. Anywhere. ๐
Thank you for the trip! Lovely art.
Bitte schรถn, my dear. ๐
Dankeshon !
Indeed the church has already been presented, I remember its decorations.
That restaurant guy seems to be turkish but may also be indian. Dunno, I cook my own food, don’t trust others. ๐
The french poster is right on – how much of our lives do we have to give up for the stupid promise that someday, at 70 – if we ever get to live that long in these times – we will be “free” to do whatever we want to do? Work on Sundays? F, no! Even Saturdays’ work is a blasphemy.
Street art is great, especially alpha and omega.
One thing I just can’t swallow are the window bars. Feels like jail, dammit! I couldn’t live in such a house. I wonder: will it ever come a time to trust each-other unconditionally and everybody would deserve that trust? Yeah, I know, I’m a darn dreamerโฆ The kraken – la piovra – is everywhereโฆ
Thanks for another free flight – free like the birds on the walls of Georgetown. ๐
Thank you Dragos for your thoroughness. The restaurant is Greek. Haven’t eaten there. Yet. The window bars are just a reflection of (long-time) street insecurity. A shame. is “la piovra” the word in romanian? (Pieuvre in french. Very close). As Tiffany says: “Set your spirit free”. ๐
Ah shoot, I was torn between Turkish and Greek but chose the former. Well, close enough. I mean, they’re really close to each-other. ๐
The only kind of bars I like are those where they sell liquor. ๐ But definitely not on windows.
“La piovra” is Italian, there’s been a TV series named like that long ago, about the Mafia/Cosa Nostra – something like that – starring Michele Placido. Weird thing: yesterday upon a web search, DuckDuckGo wouldn’t return any result for that keyword, not even after clearing cache and retrying a few times. ๐
ร propos, the Romanian word for piovra/pieuvre/kraken is caracatiลฃฤ (accent on third A). ๐
Oh and I had breakfast at Tiffany’s some time ago, helped me set my spirit free as a bird in the sky. ๐ ๐
I think we like the same bars. Caracatita is interesting. yes Tiffany sets your spirit free. ๐ Have a great week-end.
Merci. A vous aussi, Brieuc. ๐
A TOI aussi. ๐
I mean all of you, the family. Vous tous. ๐
Multumesc mon ami. ๐
Buona giornata ๐
Grazie Simona, anche tu.
A delightful stroll, as usual. The French cartoon makes me laugh. So true.
Glad you enjoyed it. The French cartoon? Yes. So true. When one lives/has lived in a variety of places, one can tell paradise from Hell. I sometimes would like to shake my dear compatriots by the shoulders and tell them: look around! And stop whining. ๐
How nice to have photos of Penang amongst the montage. Lovely!
Saw them the other in eldest daughter’s photo album. Took a shot and voilร . I thought you would like them.
So your daughter has been to Penang and not you! TIme to make a trip my kawanku!
I know, I know! (I need to pick up our book project again. This change of house has kept me on my toes for the past 6 months…)
I don’t know where the year went either!!!
Haha! We are one of a kind. ๐ joyeux Noel Tiffany, wherever you are. Bz
Joyeux noel Brian! He viens de rentrer chez moiโญ๐น๐ฒ
Welcome home then. Bz
And now you’re in Hong Kong? ๐ or did you come back from Hk? Just saw your new fire hydrant. You have sent me on another quest: i now looking at hudrants with a new eye. Here in the middle of Nowhere, Colombia there are great hydrants! ๐ will do a special photo hunt tomorrow. Bonne annee kawanku. ๐
Fire hydrants are so different everywhere. They are interesting to spot. I mentioned this to my friend in HK and now he’s on the lookout too. He never even noticed them before!!! Bonne a new!
See? Your influence extends worldwide from HK to the interior pf Colombia. ๐ Got myself a couple of very unique hudrants this morning. B good. And don’t forget to dance the year away tomorrow. ๐๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ป
Great collection Brian. Good to see my old friend the Kraken again, don’t recall seeing this one when we were in Paris. Love that final pic of the bird house.
The bird house is in Penang (courtesy of my eldest daughter. I have yet to go). And it seems to be well known. I’ve seen it on other blogs. The Kraken if I recall was very near the Agnรฉs B. mural you and I both featured. You probably walked just around it. ๐