week 48: plans

naomi: i long for there, she longs for here.

marie: she longs for here, i long for there.

next week is rainbow, chosen by marie.

week 46: eyes

naomi: aw. how can i compete with that beautiful boy? yesterday was the first sunny day in what seemed like 10 years so i really did spend a long time with my eyes closed, just basking in it (with the cat).

marie:  what can i say, except those wide eyes are my life.

next weeks theme is memories, set by marie.

week 43:delicate

naomi: we're back! did you miss us?
it's been snowing intermittently here, there's not much that's more delicate than a snowflake.

marie: My delicate tendrils of neglect might just make it.

next week to be chosen by naomi.

week 42: film

Marie: This is a snapshot from the French film Tell No One. I saw it when it was playing at The Oriental last year.  The opening scene has stuck with me over the last year, I think because it features Otis Redding's "For Your Precious Love", which I love.  They also used my favorite favorite of them all, Jeff Buckley (Lilac Wine), though the scene in which he croons is, quite fittingly, melancholy and bittersweet.

Naomi: I went to the premiere of Harry Brown last week, that's Michael Caine and the cast giving a little speech before it began. It's pretty violent and the seats in the Leicester Square Odeon are leopard print.

The tlp is going to be taking a well deserved break while Marie brings another person into the world. Once he's arrived we'll get back into the swing of things, see you in a few weeks!
love,
Marie and Naomi.

week 41: bokeh

bokeh: in photography, bokeh is the blur, or the aesthetic quality of the blur, in ouf-of-focus areas of an image, or "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light."

marie: we made a trip over the bridge to the eastside of milwaukee last night, to gather up some serious bokeh- the marquee of the oriental theatre. i love this place not only for the obvious reasons, but they also have a shaker at the popcorn stand with brewers yeast. i'm a sucker for good popcorn.

i also wanted to comment that i can not believe it took until week 41 for one of us to pick bokeh as a theme. and how funny we both opted for nighttime, light shots.  life simply looks better as a beautiful, illuminated mass of dreamy glowbugs.

naomi: we love bokeh, it's the best.

this is london at night time, waiting for a bus.

can't think of another theme that we can come up with that i'll love more than this, you've got a tough job this week 'rie.


this week shall be movie/film set by marie.

week 40:pastime

marie: this is not my house. this was taken from my house, though. it's the view from my bedroom. and seeing that one definition of pastime is "something that serves to make time pass agreeably", i guess that would qualify time spent in bed napping/relaxing/reading/editing/daydreaming of my baby as a pastime of mine. it's very agreeable, and a good deal of the third trimester has landed me here. so in case you were wondering, that is the connection between my neighbor's roof and this week's theme.

naomi: this is what makes my time pass agreeably. exploring other peoples houses and taking pictures in their mirrors.

next week's theme is bokeh chosen by london town.

week 39: feet

marie: i had to try REALLY hard to get my feet in this shot. i was going to shoot what i actually see, which is only my belly, but my boots just looked too pretty in the leaves. wouldn't that have been funny, though? the theme would have been changed to: feet (or lack thereof)

naomi: that's pudding again.
he's autumn coloured.
i love his fluffy feet.
i also love autumn and leaves and seeing maries big 'ol pregnant belly hanging out among the apples and pumpkins.

next weeks theme will be chosen by the american contingent. she chooses pastime.

did we mention we have started a new transatlantic collaboration? it's a work in progress, but check it out here:
the transatlantic press