Sunday, February 10, 2013

i am puzzled???


right folks

I  am puzzled ......


I know I look it ....
smoking on my imaginary , unlite cigarette


looking rather blaisée

chic ,just the same










I wonder
why .....









have I always been partial to


old objects?  


since I was alttle girl wandering around our neighborhood --- it had been a question even then ,
when I fould an antique table runner for my Mom




 I remember imaging 
all sorts of  interesting
stories 
about the tables and dinners and homes this tapestry- like fabrique 
had witnessed
........like only a little school girl could.....




then one day on a family trip to Venise 
my father and mother 
had us staying at the
Danielli Hotel 

&
I recall ,at like age 9 or so,
 telling my parents it felt like home

&
was it
a sense of the familiar?
or
 an appreciation for 
antique 
beauty

any whooooo
to this day I will seek out objects 
with a patina 
with age
with 
a story
what about you?
have a nice day
B

Thursday, January 31, 2013

wisdom of the Owl


After 
a long day on the hunt for 
meaning 




it is upon observing
the details 
of my own life
good and difficult





that
things become 

open
like awakening to a new day

 a 
little
passage
becomes 

clear

upon
becoming
an innocent
believer
in 
a better
day tommorrow
&
the power of learning


simple
clear

wisdom
knowing
like 
an 
owl

have a great day
enjoy the journey
B

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Yearnings for spring vibrance!!


yellow and blues 

vibrant 

colors 

following some 
grey 
skies
here in 
the south 
of 
France



look at these gorgeous colors 

kind of like my beautiful

birds who
grace 


a tree outside my 
attic/grénier
window



inspiring us all to be patient for the 

spring to come

ok- yeah
it is 
some months

away 

but,
amazing 
how suggestive 
these 
little birds are 
bouncing 
about on the branches of the 
trees

--one can
dream
comme même 



lastly look what someone sent me via



Tuesday, January 22, 2013

jewel box aubergine kitchen



once upon a time 

a tiny jewel 
box 
of 
kitchen
with
walls of aubergine -
complete 
with 
brocante finds from 

Alsace Lourraine 
were transformed 

s l o w  l l l l y




Festive birthdays-
And as such these

dinners were delegated
out doors 

or up in our 
leaky 
wild life 
enhanced 
attic


Right ,our home was sold 
without windows
here
in the south of France
and yet, it
possessed 
some
hidden treasures ---
ie
 family
spaces



After 
many days ......like 5 years worth
&
much 
work by the 
talented 
hubby


our attic is now 
Furnished by Brocantes
and Emmaus finds!!

whoooo hooo---

Check out the Buffet 
bought for a song 

up cycled 
to our kitchen 
breakfast 
bar



et Voila
hugs of gratitudes
to be with our little 
ex-pat 
famille
and dogs
safe with our own
simple 
life



merci 
for sharing
 our joy

thanks for your visit

Monday, January 21, 2013

gratitudes abound - a daughter saved by grace




photos by MBV Phhotograghy




our eldest bunny 
was almost lost in 
a car accident
saved by a miracle







a sister 

learning 

loving 


connected 
from above
she claimed there was 
an angel 
in the car---
the car was trashed
totaled
she walked away



arrived 
home with an injury 
to be surveyed carefully
making 
our space
light
sweet
grateful




in keeping with the 
special days 
of MLK Day
and Obama's
2nd Inauguration 


Proud Mother of this handsome dude---
brother ,close to his beloved eldest sister 



Each of us looking for our reflection
in the mirror with
relief and gratitude
for our eldest 
daughter



may your days 

be bright and safe 
during these days of frost
and ice

stay warm 

B

Monday, April 20, 2009

A young 100 year old female MD celebrating in style!

I do not know about you,but personally I am in the mood for a party, a celebration of sorts??!!! hummm

in name only- photo
let me think a minute should we eat inside at my husbands newly crafted long and lean table( this is on order, i.e. my order for the first free minute, hubby has to make it, yeh right,I know get in line ....) 
anne st marie,photo tom palumbo

photo -coté sud

it could be fun to have a party,inside 

or should we chance it outside with those billowy afternoon clouds and sun showers?
opps- photocredit please,anyone?

either way we need more chairs,these are indeed lovely,no?
coté sud
let me just run to the kitchen for a moment

then I can decide on my attire,springy but, long

photo-df ,tom palumbo

no,I agree this is too ,too formal ,lest we say dated...
1866-8 day dress BowesMuseum



not like I will sit and be served in old french style 
in  my matching open-spaced salon

Regardless ,the mere thought of it makes me want to dance, I love remembering that no matter what my age,
( and no, I am not sporting senior fares or anything, really friends,)
37925391_p photo 
 that our spirit it indeed,always ---young at heart!

et,voila!!! case in point




Italian neurologist and senator for life Rita Levi Montalcini, Nobel Prize winner for Medicine in 1986, delivers her address at a press conference for her one hundredth birthday in Rome, Saturday April 18, 2009. Montalcini will be 100 years old on April 22. The Italian scientist received the Nobel prize for medicine with Stanley Cohen of the United States, in 1986, for discoveries of mechanisms that regulate the growth of cells and organs. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)
  • right, I admire her mindset and her energy to  face the racism of her youth with determination & to study and do reseach despite WWII Italy control under Musselini. (check out Huffington Post for details
  • here's to prayers that Iran settles down and that the Durban II antiracisme conference in Geneva achieves just that a position of anti-racisme.
  • have a great week !

Saturday, April 11, 2009

powder pink spring fever!

                                                                       persisting stars
                    photo above from an award winning photography,Maddie  ---words mine

it is pouring here in the south of France,friends!! good for the vignerons,winemakers, who require a wet spring for their grape crops.
a tad frustrating for moi, because I am itching to finish my terrace made of recovered old clay tiles my husband found in an bakery he was redesigning ,the workmen were casting them out the window...alas, the kids were not keen on moving these heavy babies here to our wee bohemian chateau....yet,now they can see these tiles are breathing a new life....photos to follow.yes, I know I promised before!!
 So imagine my surprise when the french relatives visited and exclaimed --these are like gold, they are so difficult to find now...and I used them as outdoor tiles....who knew?

Below is a sprinkling of powdery,pinks from a series of fabulous bloggers,
 


                                             photo via blogger sunnyside up-words mine
photo unknown,do tell me if you know

photos -I am embarrassed to say I can not find my source on these to fanciful dance related images so please let me know it you know??
                                                                            photo-mine
                                                                        marieclairemaison
                                                       Domino related content-- moodboard

                                     I send you all wishes for a beautiful holiday weekend- !!!