Tuesday, May 21, 2013

all aboard...



does anyone remember the old train station ...












or when these buildings were places of employment, not condos?

 I must admit that I am in love with older architecture and what could be a better place than RVA to find these buildings and take photos?  I'm going to carry my camera with me all the time because I often see something I want to capture in film, but the camera's at home.  So from now on, I'll be locked and loaded...  not in the NRA way .... my way (much safer) ...





the marakesh express

Monday, May 20, 2013

no more...

old space, new face to look on the world ...

Some may remember this postcard from City Shoes in Carytown...
my bookcase with a porthole on the world...
more books mix with Modigliani...
my fashion/interior design books...

a little LaCroix for inspiration...
just to keep things in perspective... the hemisphere from 1964 NYC World's Fair
a few vintage covers from Vanity Fair...



the desk decluttered...



a room with a view...


the start of a mood board, it's in the attic now as I paint it...




the peonies are blooming in RVA...


a few accessory accessories....


























Sunday, May 19, 2013

staying alive....

beautiful orchid plant from my husband for my birthday

This is not my first orchid plant, the others did not survive.  So any advice on how to keep this one alive and well?

 

Let me know.  Till then, ciao, bellas!

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

the Holocaust Museum...



the rise of the Nazi party in Germany symbolized by the Nazi flag


Jewish people are prevented from using public facilities such as water fountains



anti-Jewish propaganda
the Jews are sequestered
the railway station in Berlin where thousands of Jewish children passed after Kristallnacht in 1938

the families depart as a Nazi soldier supervises


a replica of a railroad track taking the Jewish people to work camps and death camps








a door leading nowhere...


over 250,000 Jewish people and other ethnic groups were sent to these camps at the end of WWII








time may have blurred the memories but it can not erase what happened...









Tuesday, May 14, 2013