Five Fingers

I've been having a great James Mason treat so far this week. The boyfriend and I went to see "The Reckless Moment" last night. Tonight, we watched "Five Fingers" on TCM. Mason was never afraid to play unlikeable characters and had a really long and interesting career - "The Wicked Lady," "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman," "A Star is Born," "Bigger Than Life," "North By Northwest," "Lolita." The list goes on.

I had forgotten what fun "Five Fingers" is - great, true story; brilliant dialogue; economically shot. It's a spy story, but it's really about class. A man decides to become a spy and sells Allied secrets to the Nazis because he wants to become a gentleman. For entertainment, that's pretty hard to beat.

Rain

I was getting dispirited by all the rain this summer until it was pointed out that the rain made for particularly lush greenery. Lush foliage and forceful waterfalls...

Oldie, But Goodie

This image was taken a couple of years ago in the Union Square Farmers' Market. Tomato season will be over before we know it...

Memories of Summer

Summer really flew by this year. Much of it was cooler than most years. I was a little flabbergasted when I heard a report on the radio noting that there were only 3 days in June in which it did not rain. And I worked in the rain many of the days it did rain.

That said, I had a mostly enjoyable summer on a lovely job. I met many lovely people and worked very reasonable hours. The latter part is very unusual in my field.

I thought I would post some pictures from this summer as a farewell to summer and a welcome to autumn:

The evening sky after a particularly dramatic summer thunderstorm I was lucky enough to enjoy under cover. Lightning bolts were going off very near by. When I'm not getting wet, I love watching summer storms, feeling the force of the winds.

This is someone's backyard in Carroll Gardens! I almost deleted the image because it looks like I used a filter. It looks so cliched! Then I realised that if this is the image from a first generation iPhone, the light is pretty nice. It felt psychedelic if I stared at the flora for too long. The garden also called to mind Monet, of course.

I got out of a subway station and waited for a van to take me to one of the Silvercup studios one evening. There was nothing there but a road and a subway stop. Then I spied a lit sign in the distance and I really liked the way the yellow light worked with the sky at sunset.