with a view

Employee’s hand seems to reach for the mermaids in the illustration.

from theartofgooglebooks

Transit of Venus 2012

A mountainside Visitors Station site near the observatories in Hilo, Hawaii gave a wonderful view of the entire transit to a worldwide audience.

in in in inin i n

performance (link)

on a porch

Rodney McMillian & Olga Koumoundouros

well?

The front porch might seem a daring place for the rest of the town, but it was a gallery seat for me. My favorite place was atop the gate-post. Proscenium box for a born first-nighter. Not only did I enjoy the show, but I didn't mind the actors knowing that I liked it. I usually spoke to them in passing. I'd wave at them and when they returned my salute, I would say something like this: "Howdy?do?well?I?thank?you?where?yougoin'?" Usually automobile or the horse paused at this, and after a queer exchange of compliments, I would probably "go a piece of the way" with them, as we say in farthest Florida. If one of my family happened to come to the front in time to see me, of course negotiations would be rudely broken off. But even so, it is clear that I was the first "welcome-to-ourstate" Floridian, and I hope the Miami Chamber of Commerce will please take notice. 

Zora Neale Hurston How It Feels to Be Colored Me                                            

melon party

Tall-tale Postcard: Melon Party (with Melons)

 Alfred Stanley Johnson Jr.

1911 

look out out

                

Alec Soth Peter's Houseboat, Winona, Minnesota, 2002

comfort zone-sphere

photograph by Lisa Eisner

of this and that

H. Finsterlin,  Landhaus oder Intimes Sanatorium