week 13: big water

naomi: we went out on a boat this weekend, out into the watery wilderness! we couldn't see ireland because it's way too far away, but we could see dolphins and what our house looks like from the middle of cardigan bay.

it made me want my own boat.

marie:  i drove down the street to take this picture on saturday. i've been sick with a terrible flu, but knew i had to get my photo in before the rain came on sunday. it was so warm that day, and sunny. the ominous grays of a wintery lake michigan have finally disappeared, and left behind the brightest blues. it's too bad that this moment was my only moment spent outside of bed. my birthday is saturday, and i hope it looks like this.

next week's theme is the little things, set by marie.

week 12: signs of spring

naomi: hi springtime! hi sun! hi not having to wear all the layers and worrying about do i take the umbrella or not. it was sunny for the whole of easter, the flowers were blooming and we saw 21 ducklings. up there is a nest in the tree which i hope is full of babies, it was too high to check.

me and marie are running so low on polaroid film, i find myself not taking nearly as many anymore just so i have some spare for this project. i wish we were both rich enough to buy up all the stock that's left so we could carry this on forever. i'm happy to just be happy right now though, on the eve of my birthday, on the cusp of finishing university and about to find a new job and a new home.

can you tell i'm happy?

marie: spring came for the easter weekend, and was whisked away in time for a grey monday. i caught a few of the curiosities in the small plot of land that is our backyard. there is the verdant patch of unknown sprouts, and the winsome gnome. a pair of sparrows are nesting in the gutter, and their efforts are being closely examined and slyly appreciated by my three cats. i hope the scant bouts of sunshine and warm weather become more abundant, for it seems the buds and petals of spring have been stunted.

next week's theme will be big water, set by naomi.

week 11: sun

naomi: another week's tlp, and i'm back in the uk missing all the fun of america, and worrying about upcoming exhibitions, exams, and job prospects.
the sun makes everything feel much more exciting though, i've been ignoring everything that needs doing and instead i've been baking and walking in the forest.
april is the month of both of our birthdays, april rules.

marie: i spent 6 days in my house this week, pushing boxes, unpacking, placing our home together. it felt as tedious as a jigsaw puzzle at times, but today is sunday and i sit in a living surrounded by beloved books, records, plants and cats. weekends no longer mean buckets of paint and stripping floors, and for that i am especially grateful and relieved. i will sit in content anticipation of the supposed april snow that nature is going to bestow upon us this afternoon. i will do little more than make mugs of coffee, shuffle through my neglected photos, read the book i've not picked up since january, and shovel said snow.

next week's theme is signs of spring, set by marie.

week 9: food

naomi: breakfast time in america. that's alex eating his 'panda pops'.

me and marie didn't get to take our joint tlp roids together yet but hopefully we can do it this week in the american sunshine. america has all the best food, everythings got sugar in it, even the bread.

marie: i took this pola in the midst of a sea of boxes, piled high in my kitchen. we move on saturday, into the house we've been working on diligently since the end of january. it's been an arduous road, and now that we've come to the end, it's humorous how painstaking the notion of packing seems to me. today it feels like the most difficult task in the world.

mint chip ice cream was the treat i offered myself yesterday, during one of the many breaks from cardboard boxes. it's also one of the few items left to eat in the lonesome fridge.

next week's theme is same place, same time (most likely from comet cafe), set by marie.

week 8: clocks

naomi:this was taken the day before i flew to america. i am probably in the air as you read this. it is a wall of clocks in a shop that also sells an alarm clock with a bird on top that sings to you in the morning instead of screaming an alarm.

i hope next weekends tlp will be amazing because me and marie will be able to take them together, a first in tlp history.

marie:  i knew that i wanted to photograph the allen-bradley clock for this week's assignment, but originally i figured that the photo would be snapped from the hoan bridge. i tend to forget that things often look more miniature sized through a polaroid lens. so, i went streetwalking in search of a more suitable view and came up with this. the clock is still lagging one hour behind from daylight savings. the blue sky sums up the day, and weather in the upper 50's put a skip in everyone's step.

o, and did i mention that naomi is in the air and will arrive in 15 hours?  well, it's true.  

next week's theme is food set by naomi

week 7:dusk

naomi: everything here is very calm right now, the calm before the enormous storm of deadlines and job hunting and moving countries. this is the hill near my house, the view north. 

my plan was to go to america next week to do some work for my exhibition and some obstacles have arisen, but i'll find a way.  

maybe in a couple of weeks the tlp photos won't be transatlantic at all (for one time only)

marie: o the night here it comes again

             it's on with the jeans, 

             the jacket

             and the shirt

              

i barely made it before night fell completely, though the sky did not show up through my camera, which clearly does not do well in low light. but it did remind me of one of my favorite songs by ryan adams.

 

next weeks theme is clocks, set by marie...

week 6: bus stop

naomi: today is st david's day, the patron st of wales. i bought some daffodils (wales' national flower) and i might even eat some leeks today. it's also sunny here for the first time in ages. it feels like spring and the bus stops are all empty because everyone wants to stay here, by the beach and not leave like usual.

marie:  today was a sunny day, portrayed here by pink-tinged film. this is milwaukee county transit system's route 51, at oklahoma and new york avenue. i grew up about 100 blocks west of this very bus stop. my first city bus ride was to uwm in 1999 on this route, from west allis (a 45 minute feat, and o-so-tiresome at 6am and again at 10pm).  my only car accident at the tender and impressionable age of 17 occurred on oklahoma avenue, in west allis. my best friend and i were on our way home from a highway cleanup for key club. i totaled my dad's minivan and the other driver's new honda civic. the point of all of this reminiscing over a bus route is that my first home proudly sits on the same street that played such a role in my childhood. who would have thought? not me.

next week's theme is dusk, set by naomi...