Found a furnished room in Brooklyn. A room so far beyond my expectations, I can hardly believe my luck, finding a place so perfectly conducive topeace and happiness.Kit Schultz, my darling roommate, ...
So concludes a year, back and forth, here and there... living in Florida, exploring the lushness and the freedom, visiting Maryland, remembering my roots. Basking in all the beauty. Finding quietness...
Appreciating the textures and twilight colors of this warm winter.dry grass near my familys home in Maryland. portrait by the lake, Age 2 maybe?winter grass has such a beautiful flesh colorfrom an or...
Every Monday in October we celebrated Halloween at the resort, much to the delight of our largely European guests. Pumpkin carving, trick-or-treat (with a big box of dress-ups I put together for chil...
The Queens Hamlet on the grouds of the Petit Trianon, at the palace of VersaillesIt must be nice to have your own little weekend palace, on the grounds of your royal palace, and if your weekend palac...
Just north of the famous Brussels flea market, Jeu De Balle, we found this little shop...Modes is a costume designers wonderland, frothing over with antique textiles and museum quality vintage. Amy a...
Announced by all the trumpets of the sky,Arrives the snow, and, driving oer the fields,Seems nowhere to alight: the whited airHides hill and woods, the river, and the heaven,And veils the farmhouse a...
A big white moon is rising over the trees behind the house. Droplets of condensation have formed on the storm windows and the misty glass defuses moonlight through the room. Im in a pensive mood, cur...
Its a balmy fifty-five degrees outside my familys home in Maryland. The thick blanket of snow, that has covered the ground since Christmas, is lifting into the air and sinking into the soil. I woke u...
Allow me to introduce you to the magical mystical Mr Mephistophelies, my demon kitty... Stalker of sewing supplies, slayer of pincushions, eater of houseplants, master of crazy hijinks, magician of c...
There are few things in life that make me happier than creating a cozy nest, so these past two months have been a true luxury. Mama and I wove this egg basket together on her birthday this past Janua...
These pictures were taken on my last ramble through the woods before leaving home, two weeks ago. Woodland brambles tipped with red are one of Marylands earliest signs of spring awakening. It makes m...
I’m settling in nicely to my new location. My sewing studio is arranged and costume production is underway. There is a lot of work to be done, but living on a country club resort is a good incentive ...
Key West, 1976. Their eyes met, dancing in the sunset, bare feet in the sand. They disapeared into the twisting limbs of the banyan tree. Branches entertwined, roots mingled and overtimegrew together...
Im getting my things packed and ready. After a nice long break Im heading off to work again. I expect I will be away for four months. Im in the thick of weeding through my clothes and I have built up...
I’ve never been one for fussy beauty products. Still, I was surprised, even doubtful,People actually use baking soda and vinegar to wash their hair? I imagine dull greasy locks, smelling distinctly o...
When I was sixteen years old I sacrificed one of my mothers indian gauze dresses to make this swimsuit. I used instructions from an old 70s sewing book, titled "If You Cant Go Naked Here Are Some...
I you are visiting Sarasota, I highly recommend a visit to the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. We arrived late in the day so I did not have as much time as I would have liked to explore the seven acre...
Why do we feel such a strong desire to be surounded by beautiful things? Experiencing beauty, even in the smallest way, elevates us. We find things beautiful because they are in accord with our inner...
To celebrate my birthday I gave my self two special gifts; A new camera and a long weekend excursion to the golf coast. Myakka River State Park is truly enchanting. Far from the amusement park flash ...
Things are slow here at the resort now that the children have returned to school and very few families are vacationing. Its a much needed lull after a long summer. Finally I have the enjoy the place ...
Vintage oxfords by Leather Craft, handmade denim espadrilles by Artisanat Français, and hand-woven Grecian sandals by an unnamed maker, the spoils of a recent eBay binge, light and breezy for the res...
These vintage costumes most likely graced the stage of the Lido cabaret. Being that I was a somewhat strange child, playing alone in the woods in old ballet costumes, sequin tiaras, and vintage rhine...
All employees of the international resort where I worked (as a costume designer and performer for the better part of last year) are required to wear a name badge. This badge details with little flags...
I imagine girls in feathery hats, high collars and button up boots eating macaroons and sipping coffee in this very same shop, one hundred years ago. Everything is perfectly maintained. Parisians do ...
Its really rare for Amy and I to have time off at the same time. Usually one or the other of us is up to our noses in some kind of project and cant get away. We have barely been in the same state for...
Its just over one week away from our departure to Paris and I am overwhelmed with excitement, not to mention the necessary preparations! I literally spent half the day going through and looking up ea...
Today I was feeling a bit under the weather most likely because its getting so cold. Life in the tropics, following four years of California sun, has softened me to the point where 40 degrees can fee...
Its been two years now since my grandfather passed away. At the time, I was in the midst of a film shoot and couldnt make it back to the east cost. I will always regret that I didnt come home. But in...
The witchy winds, flying leaves, and bare limbs make me long to dance bare foot in dry grass, wild hair, billowing fabric flowing."There is almost nothing that has such a keen sense of fun as a f...
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