Carlos Rafael is a Cuban artist. Visited his studio in Guantanamo.
His lovely and talented wife, a local TV personality.
Category: art
8th Amendment Warning
Argue ties to the community to avoid the sharks in the bail bond business.
Street Cuba 2018
I shoot portraits, even when I shoot on the street. I never ambush anyone, engaging with a brief word or two, regardless of the language, and then I shoot. People look at my lens and we meet in the camera.
Vermerring Duckman
Looking at the masters draws me onto dark backgrounds and dark lighting.
Looking Up
Is is a bird, an anthropod or a fern leaf?
Three Trees at Green Cay
Just missed the light. Nothing too dramatic. Photos should have a wow factor. Sometimes they just feel good.
That Man From Rio Is Still Good
Belmondo, just an ordinary good looking guy, and a babe, chase stolen art. Spielberg used this movie to make Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Belmondo still lives, despite being debilitated by a stroke. He did several of the stunts. The babe is dead. Karen Allen character based on her. There is also a Short Round character.
Lovers of French Cinema, Hitch and Tintin will love this movie.
Movies are an antidote to Trumpitis.
Gene Joyner’s Unbelievable Acres Botanical Gardens
Gene Joyner build a rain forest in West Palm Beach that few have visited. Called Unbelievable Acres Botanic Gardens, it is open to the public by appointment or on select tour dates. Featuring rare tropical fruits, foliage plants, flowers, trees and a host of other botanical creatures, many of which you have not seen. Running around are a host of reptiles that love the heat and humidity, in addition to a bountiful supply of bugs. Its a treasure.
This leaf has a name. I cannot remember all Gene taught me. Years ago, he was the botanist for the State of Florida. This garden/rain forest was built from scratch, by him. You have never seen anything like it.
Baby Driver
BABY DRIVER – great summer escape movie, especially if you like Heist movies. I mean great, even for a 70 year old grouch. Good guys, Spacey, Hamm and Foxx, playing bad guys. Terrific car chases: streets, parking garages, highways. Lots of corrupt people die. Romance. Tarantino like diner scenes. Music, music, sounds and fury. AND, for the DEFENSE ATTORNEYS, a heartwarming, though somewhat unbelievable, courtroom/justice scene.
Stay focused until the end.
Lizard at Morikami
We encountered this lizard who will remain nameless at Morikami in Del Ray Beach. He left Mar A Lago because there were no free lunches and no health care. He’s looking forward to being a member of the hoo poilloi.