51. hope

50. pray

49. batiquitos

48. winter palm

first sunny day in over a week inspires me to leave my sickbed and go for a walk.
thanks carlsbad and your whooping cough epidemic for the worst.christmas.ever.

47. variations on a theme

46. santa?

45. overcast

44. view from my sickbed

sun's out, kai's home, and we're all sick as dogs...merry merry

43. oh look, more rain

42. kai's first day

scripps hospital, la jolla, california

41. stormy weather

40. rain rain and more rain

39. ode to sugimoto

is there anything better than the ocean after a rain

 

http://www.sugimotohiroshi.com/seascape.html

38. change of scene

california greeted me with a cold that kept me bedridden for two days as well as non-stop gloom and rain. finally managed to venture out for a walk on my favorite beach...mystically deserted.

37. devyn rules!

coolest kid i know! (luckily, we're related:)

36. last nite in monty

 

...wouldn't be complete without a sunset walk through my favorite park

35. call me

34. max henry

if holden caulfield could embody the soul of a young pete townshend, he still wouldn't have nothing on the genius of young max henry

33. mountain blue

32. sparse

31. sun in moon

30. bye birds

29. storm rages on

28. first blizzard

i grew up here. we have always headed out when there's a storm. the world is deserted and adventures and misbehaviours abound. this is my favorite alley, site of many adventures and misbehaviours, and hopefully, many more to come.

27. missed a day and that's ok

sunday brunch in a grand outremont house....lovely!

26. sunset+frangelico+coffee+bob dylan

25. cheer?

holiday self-portrait.

24. we all must go

rainy windy afternoon made sublime by beers at chris+maciek's.
mood: magical melancholy forging into the unknown

23. the climb

22. mountainwalk

21. participaction

if they ever say anything about me, i hope it's that i participated
i didn't take this shot. but i participated

20. and it's winter

first day with snow

19. if you can't sleep...

..may as well hang out with these guys

18. sleepless nights

17. drinkin' days

4:30pm. view out my window.
4:35pm. start drinking and smoking cause what else can you do when it's pitch black by 5pm.

16. fog

sometimes there are full moons and shrouded fogs and random shows on sleepless nights and friends appear out of thin air from switzerland via beirut

15. harp

barr brothers show still on my mind..

14. strange existence

brad amazes
http://www.thebarrbrothers.com/

day 13. talent!

ben shemie loses himself in that guitar

 

http://www.myspace.com/suuns_

day 12. show

sometimes i forget how much i love going to shows
*not digitally altered. 

day 11.

...make my heart sing..

day 10. rainyday

day 9. dan makes the cut

used to spend every day in pop mania. now i just go visit. dan misses me terribly, can't you tell

day 8. i miss spending every day in a cinema

 cinema du parc, projection booth, mid-90s. reels and reels of stories.

day 7. every picture tells a story don't it

 

from the series FLIRTIN, more at http://state.carbonmade.com/projects/2890829#1

day 6. love and anguish.

today is full. of love and pain and friends and babies and scripture and blues and brunches and shows and a wedding too.
this one's for jane and kampy; may you love each other every day as much as you do today!

88

i believe. in everything being a sign. no coincidence, just fate. full moons and black cats, energies and instincts, signs and forebodings, omens and superstitions. good and evil.

a few weeks ago, on a glorious montreal sunday, i took this shot. it was the 88 that drew me in.
i liked it more than i should, but forgot it just as quickly. last week, it popped up again.
88. this time, in a work situation. a project with it in the title. it was not to be, we came to a crossroads and took a left, not a right. but the sign at the intersection was a clear 88. i dug out the photo again.

last night i dreamt about my upcoming birthday. it happens to be 38.
today i am posting the photo. and wondering what stories it still has to tell