Stitching -- February 29

Stitching -- February 28

Stitching -- February 27

Stitching -- February 26

Photo suite 9 -- a pride of lions

Stitching -- February 25

Sign of the week

Stitching -- February 24

Stitching -- February 23

Stitching -- February 22

Stitching -- February 21

Stitching -- February 20

Stitching -- February 19

Photo suite 8 -- color diptychs

I have always been drawn to diptychs, compositions with two halves.  I like to find these compositions in life with the aid of close focus.

Stitching -- February 18

Sign of the week

Stitching -- February 17

Stitching -- February 16

Stitching -- February 15

Stitching -- February 14

Stitching -- February 13

Stitching -- February 12

Photo suite 7 -- tropical food

Over the holidays we took a cruise up the Amazon as far as Manaus, which was quite the metropolis at the turn of the last century when the Amazon was the world's only source of rubber and the growing auto industry was gobbling up more and more of it.  The opera house is a replica of La Scala in Milan; Gustave Eiffel designed the marketplace.  Tres elegant!

Today the rubber trade has dwindled, since a British entrepreneur/thief smuggled out rubber seeds a century ago and established plantations in Malaya.  Manaus is still bustling but its almost two million people make much of their money assembling electronic devices.

One thing hasn't changed: people need their food.  Eiffel's little market building is under renovation and the vendors are in vast temporary quarters across the street.  Here are some of the sights (more market photos here and here on my food blog).

Stitching -- February 11

Stitching -- February 10

Stitching -- February 9

Stitching -- February 8

Stitching -- February 7

Stitching -- February 6

Stitching -- February 5

Photo suite 6 -- spectrum of stairs

Uunfortunately, I haven't been able to find either purple or orange steps.  But these ought to be worth half credit: