"I hadn’t counted on the beach being overrun with summer people. In the ten years of my absence, fancy blue and pink and pale green shanties had sprung up on the flat sands of the Point like a crop of tasteless mushrooms, and the silver airplanes and cigar-shaped blimps had given way to jets that scoured the rooftops in their loud offrush from the airport across the bay.

I was the only girl on the beach in a skirt and high heels, and it occurred to me I must stand out. I had removed my patent leather shoes after a while, for they foundered badly in the sand. It pleased me to think they would be perched there on the silver log, pointing out to sea, like a sort of soul-compass, after I was dead."

Most of these were taken by Flickr user lawatt with a Polaroid SLR 680. I want one.

friday mix:

The XX: "Intro"
Broadcast & the Focus Group: "I See, So I See So"
Spoon: "I Saw the Light"
Kurt Vile: "Blackberry Song"
The Fresh & Onlys: "Feelings in My Heart"
Elvis Costello: "You Belong to Me"
Warpaint: "Beetles"
Beach House: "All the Year"
Best Coast: "When I'm With You"
Belle & Sebastian: "Funny Little Frog"
The Sea & Cake: "All the Photographs"

current obsession: free people