Sunday, August 23, 2009

Reyna.


August 23, Grand Haven.

Circus nation.


August 22, Grand Haven.

Sarah (second from right): "I usually think of elephants."

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Last dance.


August 22, Grand Haven.

Casey has begun doing this thing where he lets go of the whip with one of the tigers at the very end of his act.

The barritone (Ryan.)


August 22, Grand Haven.

The barritone (Dan.)


August 22, Grand Haven.

The magic of the circus.


August 22, Grand Haven.

The rain comes in gusts, goes, catches you again; it was in the forties this morning, and smelled like fall.
There is more than circus magic at Kelly Miller; it has managed to hop and skip across summer and go directly from rainy spring to rainy fall.

Study and red and grey, with stripes.


August 22, Grand Haven.

Before and after.



August 22, Grand Haven.

A trailer with a view.


August 22, Grand Haven, Michigan (73 miles, Harbor Island.)

Friday, August 21, 2009

Play misty for me.


August 22, Scottville.

The first movie directed by Clint Eastwood has absolutely nothing to do with it.
I can't think of mist without remembering the movie, sitting transfixed in a musty arts theater in Paris in the eighties on an afternoon otherwise long since forgotten.

Soaked.


August 22, Scottville.

Wear and tear.


August 22, Scottville.

A trailer with a view.


August 22, Scottville, Michigan (23 miles, McPhail field.)

Two cups.

August 20, Manistee.

Shop sign somewhere on highway 31 south:
Free coffee for Indians
Free coffee for veterans
Two cups for Indian veterans.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Ryan.


August 20, Manistee.

Steve.


August 20, Manistee.

A trailer with a view.


August 20, Manistee, Michigan (59 miles, Seng's lot.)

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Zefta.


August 19, Empire.

Zefta and Yolanda both are leaving in a few days, back to Hugo and school for the former and to work in another circus with her mother for the latter.
I never tire of trying to paint their striking faces.

Yolanda.


August 19, Empire.

Little feet.


August 19, Empire.