Lunch as Art

And who says food can't be as beautiful as Fashion anyway?



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Popsicle Vase

Talk about indulging..



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my daughter, the muse

tula mirth, age 5

i take a lot of photos of strangers and really have always preferred photographing people i don't know but my daughter has kind of changed all that.  i can't just take a "snapshot" of her making some childhood milestone.  i like to approach recording her life with the same thought that i would put into any documentary project.  there she is growing, learning and being imaginative...and i am just so amazed.

Water in my Hallway

Interior Design inspiration this Sunday...

Home

Egg Salad

I'm kinda starving...

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Blissed Out

SUMMER = Sun and Sleep.

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Red, White and Blueberries!

{white roses}

{bruna erhardt by renam christofoletti for vogue brazil brides, june 2011 via oh fashion models}

Home is Where Your Heart Is

Talk about some sick home spaces and decor. I want!

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happy mama's day!

hooray it's mama's day, by juli

scenes from a life...

spring toes, by juli

"open your heart:

i'll give you a treasure

of tiniest world

a piece of forever..."

(excerpted from xlvi by e.e. cummings)

interesting civil war portraits

at the 150th anniversary of the civil war, there is a deluge of old and new photos being passed around.  civil war re-enactors are getting a lot of attention in particular as they are always a visually interesting group to spend some time with but many of the photos tend to be the same.  this portrait project published by time and shot by gregg segal is quite different than anything i have seen.  segal worked with the re-enactors to construct scenes at historic battle sites that have been compromised by modern development.  it is though-provoking project and worth some time.

{crown of blossoms}

{image: pull & bear spring 2011 campaign by txema yeste via 79 ideas, via fgr}

{pleats & tulle}

{roza gough by patric shaw for vogue russia brides, S/S 2011, oh fashion models via this is glamorous}

{that dress}

{longtime favourite ad campaign: daria werbowy by karl lagerfeld for chanel}

Old Hollywood and Pie

I'll take a slice of him and pie anyday. I wish I could be Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's today. Givenchy dress and all.

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{behind the scenes: miss dior chérie}

{p.s.} more at this is glamorous

{images: miss at la playa one & two; also dior, madam-g, the fashion spot}

a love story...

my husband and i are coming up on our one year wedding anniversary, and today i was thinking back on our engagement trip, which was sort of a honeymoon part 1. we flew to portland, oregon for a friend's wedding and spent the next few days driving down the pacific coast highway, ending in san francisco.

at the end of the first day of our drive, jay pulled off at a cozy northern california beach town called trinidad.  i had wanted to stop at every sign that advertised a scenic lookout, while jay was trying to hurry to get to this town by sunset!  we walked a little on the beach and sat on a rock (i was so nervous - by this time i knew what was coming) and jay pulled a ring out of his pocket.  he had successfully hidden it all weekend, carrying his little messenger bag everywhere and never letting me near it!  we managed to snap a few photos of the spot before our camera and phone batteries died!

it was the most exciting thing that ever happened to us.

the view from our rock

a view of the beach from a nearby hill.  our camera died literally right after this!

the next day we drove through the redwood forest and managed to get this decent photo of the two of us.  i think jay spent about an hour trying to get the camera perched just right on top of the car, press the button, run over, and pose just in time before the camera clicked.  normally, i would be impatient with this sort of nonsense, but i remember sitting in the haunting, spiritual silence of those giant trees and feeling totally relaxed while he fiddled with the camera.

we were like giddy little children on that trip, and i hope that never goes away.

we spent the end of our trip in san francisco, traipsing all over the city, usually ending up in north beach for coffee, food, and late night beverages.

we got married april 17, 2010, after which we continued our journey down the pacific coast highway from san francisco to los angeles...part 2.

i will reserve wedding photos for another post, but i should say that is how i met fellow slow life blogger, juli, our wedding photographer!  juli and her buddy tim snapped some unbelievable photos, and now she is my treasured friend.  here is a preview...

Breakfast with Ghosts

Coffee anyone?

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dogs + photography = love

courtesy of martin usborne via ZUMA

the sweet, longing faces of dogs photographed while waiting inside cars for their humans is one of my favorite essays at the moment.  see all of "waiting for godot" by martin usborne on ZUMA's pictures of the day.