Coast to coast, can we all please join together on a chorus of “We are the Champions”?
The sands of Celestun
Successful fishing trip
Flamingos in Celestun!
A needlenose fish basks in a warm patch of sun
Celestun sand
Made it! Coast to coast — Campeche, 18 July 2012
Woodward ramps cameos on the Campeche corniche! Unbelievable!
The bicycle on the Gulf shore
Traditional shoe shot
With a philosophical flourish Cato throws himself upon his sword; I quietly take to the ship. There is nothing surprising in this. If they but knew it, almost all men in their degree, some time or other, cherish very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me.
–Herman Melville, Moby Dick
Clown calls
Unusual juxtaposition
Peace, from the children
Ozymandias
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desart. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
–P.B. Shelley
One of the ubiquitous VWs in the Campeche streets
There is a time for everything — a time to ask and a time to pray.
A skeleton fans herself
Balcony sweeper
Oil on Canvas, Contemporary Art Gallery, Campeche.
Workers pause before colossus heads in the Campeche streets.
David Murphy writes mystery novels, poetry, and other books, including a ranking of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
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2 replies on “Maya Calle — From Sea to Shining Sea”
Great pics Mr Murphy!
And just enough quotes from Shelley and Melville to make my day!
Merci beaucoup, Monsieur Baldecchi.