Danuphyu on the Irrawaddy

 Dried fish contort to show an anatomical aspect that might echo a theodolite, things for sale at Danuphyu’s busy local market are gloriously vivid renditions of fresh.

Cape to Cape Diem

Heading south from WA's Cape Naturaliste, Cape Leeuwin bound, the Indian Ocean keeps company with you and the granite gneiss --not so recently of India, while the foot's impulse is to keep going, the eye's penchant is to drink in the ocean and the flora. The rocky promontory suggests a mythic sleep, the banksia fine graphic drama. Here are stories waiting for their day. 

Eye Lights in Udaipur

 Why are the eyes, light's principal doorway to the nervous system, sometimes conceived as emitters of radiance?   In any case night vision and visibility  is fine thing in any Udaipur tuk-tuk, and this one, with its three sets of eyes is a charming wink to the goddess.

Umbrellarage and The Old Coffee Punter

Diminutive but undaunted, the old coffee punter, an ex-golfer, practices his putts, while putting into actions a plan for purchasing a pint-sized piccolo.

Fashion Update - Flash the Fish Pocketchief -

Every breast pocket deserves the best pocket-chief, and while, yes, there is something fishy about this pocket pez, for colour and cuteness, not to say side fins, nothing says fashion like a false fish.

Misuse of Towers : No See Parkers ?

Is this an ostentatious threat of excessive force? A grammatical confusion  that conflates the  perpetrator and the means of perpetration?  Another sign that sign language gives rise to the ridiculous? Evidence of self-parking cars?  All of the above?

Outdoor Heater as Heroic Standard

On a whim, setting out for lunch at Cool Mac in Kirribilli, I took a AGNSW brochure and ripped out a piece of indigo woodblock atmosphere, a colour wash, a frame of tape and then to take note of place, the outdoor heater, standing in for the heroic standard, a reminder that I should watch again, Kagamusha, for the lake scene with the storm buffetted battle standards.

And the new lunch menu, Mazeosoba, ah, so delicious.

Prawn Shadow Prawn Shadow

I'm being followed by a prawn shadow, prawn shadow, prawn shadow...

this is Exmouth's big prawn, imprinted on the gravelly grass, rearing his swimmerets, yearning for Cat Stevens, being good and big, exultant in its exoskeleton, exhorting tourists to extemporise, like this,

The Fine Fettle of Mughal Gilded Doors

The Mughal architecture of Rajasthan is a giddy proposition, does one look up at the fabulous facades, the carved cupolas, the double domes, the independent minarets, stare at the fine stone fret work jali, the cusped arches, but in any tour progress must be made and the jewel box detail of the  metal work doors are charmingly to hand.  

Pigeon Post Office - City Palace Udaipur

 A flurry of feathers, some savvy avian  navigation, that triple back beat of winds that spells touchdown, what could be more amazing than another species delivering your bon mots? Pigeons should not be pigeon-holed. In this case, to subvert an Emily-ism, letters are the things with feathers.