. Remember a couple of months ago, when I wrote that my girlfriend and I were heading off to Sri Lanka and Burma? Well, as often happens with the best laid plans, a major travel hiccup arose in the f...
..Slim Paley photo We bid adieu to New York! Above, a few mementos of our week. I’m a scrapbook keeper from way back, so I’m like a little squirrel wherever I go. I finished reading ̶...
. Slim Paley photo “A Tree Grows in The Upper East Side” . I’m checking in from NYC where we’re attending our older son’s graduation from college. (Tear pops out of eye)...
Slim Paley photo Wishing a Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms out there!!!!! Have a beautiful day and give yourself a big pat on the back from me. xoxo . ~
. . Me at 14 or 15 yrs. old I was working in an art gallery/tea house on Sundays and I’m going to say this was taken at the end of a really long day. (btw, why were all our photos so badly crop...
.. . Slim Paley photo . . Slim Paley photo . . I‘m baaack! Were you worried??! I know… I should have called… Things have been a little hectic around here, and as usual, the best lai...
.. Slim Paley photo Africa . . .. . One of the most vivid cinematic memories I’ve retained from my childhood was the afternoon we went to see “Mary Poppins” for the first time. I wa...
.. .The Roses . . . have arrived…. . . . . . .I only wish I could share the scent with you as well as these photos . . . . . I think you can probably imagine though, right? . . . The first bloo...
. Slim Paley photo . . It is, without a shadow of a doubt, Spuhrrinng in Santa Barbara! After the rains, we’re blessed with longer days, buds bursting forth into delicate tissue paper blossoms...
The R.M.S. Titanic departs Southhampton Have you caught the “Titanic Fever” that’s going around or were you not even aware that this coming Sunday, April 15th, marks the 100 year an...
. Slim Paley photo .. Wishing everyone a beautiful Easter Weekend. It was indeed an exquisite day here in Santa Barbara, though I’m fending off a touch of melancholy as has been my custom the ...
. . Poolside, the Tintagel Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka . . It seemed everywhere we turned in Sri Lanka, black & white stripes beckoned. . Slim Paley photo The Tintagel Hotel . . Slim Paley photo Lo...
. . . I took this photo of my flowers yesterday with the “Pure” setting on my camera. I must say I’m sort of loving the cooler tones and though I wasn’t aware my regular photo...
.. . Happy Weekend Everyone! Isn’t it wonderful that Spring has arrived?! (Although Winter barely made an appearance in many places this year) I’m finally getting back into the swing of ...
Slim Paley photo Fields of TEA, the most consumed beverage on the planet . . Being an Irish lass, what better day to post about my visit to the tea plantations of Sri Lanka than on the eve of St. Pat...
. ADAM’S PEAK or SRI PADA . “The panorama from the summit of Adam’s Peak is perhaps the grandest in the world, as no other mountain, although surpassing it in altitude , presents th...
. Flowers in the garden of the Gallery Cafe, Colombo, Sri Lanka . A small, almost tear drop shaped country dangling off the coast of India like a gorgeous emerald earring, Sri Lanka has always held ...
. . Dearest Slim Paley Readers: I regret to inform you that Slim Paley has gone “troppo” for the moment. As you know, she is an enthusiastic traveller and as her pal and travel partner, ...
. Slim Paley photo Night falls at The United Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi Where the sand is very white . The cars are silver Not painted silver, actually silver (it drove right past my friend arrivin...
Lady Mary at the train station bids adieu to Cousin Matthew . . And I must also board a train to distant lands… (after a plane, a car, then another plane, and one more car, but those bits aren&...
. . . I survived The Week of Extreme Healthiness! It truly wasn’t that difficult. I had plenty of food (‘ceptin for dinner-which was just 1 cup of light soup each night) . All the breakfa...
.Wonders Never Cease… . . . The Farmer’s Market Santa Barbara, CA . I’m 3 days into the first “Cleanse” I’ve ever done in my life. I tell you, I’m just ripp...
. . Remember when I said one of my New Year’s Resolutions was to learn something new every day? Today (& tonight) I learned how to watermark my photos. Dear God in heaven. If it had taken m...
. Slim Paley photo Drum roll, if you please… . A bit of a personal post today, but this was a big week for me, I needn’t tell you. Well, actually, I do need to tell you as you’ll ha...
Credit unknown . Slim Paley photo Sunrise, Africa . . Taschen A cup of tea, some wonderful books and mosquito netting= Heaven You have no idea how long I’ve been working on this post. You must ...
. Have you noticed the plethora of pajamas worn as day and evening wear the past couple of seasons? I know for some, it will never be acceptable- a slippery slope as it were, to slovenly slothtitude ...
. Slim Paley photo . . As we near the end of this first week of 2012, I’m sharing just a few photos I snapped in Santa Barbara where we’ve been blessed with some of the most incredible Ja...
. Slim Paley photo Happy New Year’s Eve Everyone!! Pretend the clock says midnight please . . The ‘Best Laid Plans o’ Mice an Men’ finds me at home on New Year’s Eve wit...
. . Slim Paley photo . . . Slim Paley photo Sun Valley, Idaho, last Christmas . . Slim Paley photo And so I close the doors on my Advent calendar . . . Slim Paley photo Good night wrapping . . Slim ...
. . Slim Paley photo Well, we’ve almost come to the end of my little Slim Paley Advent Calendar… I hope you’ve had as much fun as I’ve had. This was going to be a post about t...
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