Monday, April 6, 2015

High Tide Green Grass Easter Sunday





At the risk of overburdening his faithful readers with yet more seascapes, 
The Flaneur celebrates the return of rain clouds and blustery weather
He Who Cometh with clouds skies





1.
The Town




When you're gravity fails...
And it's Easter time too






Well, what can a poor boy do?







 I've come to Alameda on Easter Day
Take it easy, there, Nigel






 Pirates chest of sea and simulacra







 2.
 Sky and Shore



The atmosphere emulsifies
Bat Ray migrates toward water, salt water






 First rain in months had just moved on,
Clouds are dear
The flowers of the sky






 The submarine walkway was indeed undersea





 Looking Southwest
I sheltered under a parasol
Out of the bitey wind







 If the rail was continous
Even at the highest tide
You could walk to the other side







 Rock entity







 Stout armada of clouds to the North








Colors of a tide pool's rocks








 The undulating level of the waterfowl





 The wine-stained rocks of Ilium





 Time to submerge


AS I was leaving I looked down the shore a ways and noticed the seagulls were zeroing in on  a scene that could only mean food was on offer. As I approached the calliope of coming and going gulls I saw that they were attacking an abundance of pastel-dyed hard-boiled eggs.
A feeding frenzy.
As I came close I asked the two men who were bringing the eggs if they were feeding the birds for Easter. The younger of the two said no, they were trying to hide them before bringing in the little kids to find them. "Well, the birds know about them now." I asked the older guy, who looked like a tattooed Mexican Samoan hybrid, if his wife had cooked all those eggs. Yes, he answered. I laughed and gave him my blessing. They drove off with what remained of the eggs in an old station wagon.
Noisily, the relentless seagulls finished off the multi-colored Easter eggs.










 3.
Turn Around


 Bat Ray makes his migratory escape






 Goofy tooth head at shopping center









Beef-fed and gin-soaked
 Trying a little too hard, maybe





Back the way we came






 This kook boutique sells infrared and
Ultraviolet traffic signals,
Lava lamp head lights




 Return to Easter in a Chinatown






What did the Easter Bunny leave behind?














5 April 2015

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