In March and early April
the Flying Carpet sang
“"go in and out the windows"”
and careened
near and by and through

 the rondels at the Cloisters

in New York

 

the wall of windows
of the Institut du Monde Arabe 
that act as camera lens aperatures
and vary with the amount of sunlight

 in Paris, France

 

 

illumination of stained glass

sanctuary church 

in Paris, France

 

 

 deserted ruin of a greenhouse
in the Jardim Botanico Tropical
in Belem, Portugal

 

 

Moorish stone lace fairy tale
Monserrate Palace
in Sintra, Portugal
 

 

 Blue blue sky
and flooding sunlight
in Tavira, Portugal

 

 

meditation on mortality
Capela dos Ossos
fake flowers... real bones
in Faro, Portugal

 

from the golden cathedral
to the crumbling walls and windows
along the back streets
in Faro, Portugal

 

 

color poem window
in Lisbon, Portugal

 

 

so many tiles
so little time

in Lisbon, Portugal

 

 

a memory of growing up
surrounded by the Delft tiles

of my Dutch Grampa
in the National Palace
in Sintra, Portugal

 

 

mystery dilineation
greenhouse of the
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
in Brooklyn, New York

 

 

“"Now go and choose a partner"”

Special thanks to my
amazing traveling companions:

Sialia

 

 

Serena

 

 

and our mascot