chestnuts and cohorts

one cool morning at the beginning of the christmas month, these chestnuts, pod, flowers and all, fell to the ground.

pampanga, december 2008

old beautiful things

a rusty coal iron sits under a mahogany tree.

pampanga, october 2008

manila streets on halloween

On our way home on halloween a year ago, I started taking snaps of the usual street scenes. Here, a vendor offered glowing devil’s horns to passing cars. Stopping at the red light along Aurora Boulevard before turning right to Araneta Avenue, my heart stopped at the sight of this figure lying just a few feet away from our car window.

In the dark, what looked like a corpse wrapped tightly with a blanket was a homeless person sleeping right outside the bridge. As though this wasn’t enough to break my heart, when I switched my camera mode to view, I zoomed to find the person’s arms holding a baby whose head nestled peacefully on his/her chest

star power

pampanga, august 2008

filipino art

i lived near megamall some time during college and a few years of my work life. ever since i have enjoyed occasional walks along the art floor and visits to the galleries. it’s been a while since my last trip, so it was nice to be able to swing by in august and see what’s new. my apologies for the photos — i wasn’t sure if taking pics was allowed, so i was sneaking “one shot deals.”

these amazing works received recognition at the 25th kulay sa tubig annual watercolor competition.

the path, ronald jeresano

al fresco, margarita lim