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alive for now

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

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my heart skipped a beat when i saw this image. this piece is breathtakingly beautiful & sad…and mesmerizing. i can’t imagine the emotion if i were standing next to this sculpture. i fell in love with it even more when reading the description below by sabrina gschwandtner.

“Then there was Keith W. Bentley’s “Cauda Equina,” a small, shaggy sculpture of a horse. I stared at the little pony for a while, trying to pinpoint what made his presence so endearing yet inaccessible. I realized that the pony’s eyes were covered by hair, a veil that denied me the connection I sought. Wall text revealed that the work was based on Victorian-era funeral etiquette, which required widows to wear black for eighteen months. The piece mourns the death of over two hundred and fifty horses slaughtered in processing plants; the hairs from each horse were hand-knotted onto fabric and then fitted over a taxidermy form. The fact that this sculptural animal was created as a stand-in for others’ deaths gave it an otherworldly presence.”

click link below to see more work in the exhibition

found via etsy: “alive for now” by  Sabrina Gschwandtner

the dead or alive exhibit is at the museum of arts and design in new york, on view until october 24, 3010.

the great tomato

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

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i am sad to say that we have not been privi to picking our own home grown tomatoes this year. we haven’t had any, not a one from our 10 + plants! we normally have a bumper crop, so much so, that we always roast and freeze them away for a summer time dish in the winter.  i think they are suffering from heat stroke like the rest of us. although, the mornings and evening are beginning to become quite pleasant again here in austin so i am hopeful to find some of these red gems appear come fall. so, if any of you out there are enjoying some home-grown and hand picked tomatoes this year have one for me!!

this image is from a really wonderful farm food blog called brooklyn farm.  enjoy!

found via blog roll of thoughtful day  via cup of jo.

bubble bowl

Friday, August 27th, 2010

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wonderful vintage white bubble bowl found on jawaddel

i saw one of these in jadeite a couple weeks ago at a fantastic antique store in belleville, illinois called keihl’s. i would be happy to fill it with lemon.

coconut asap…

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

 

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i need to make these asap!!! found on vanilla sugar, her creative and atypical foodie blog is amazing, one of my new faves…find the recipe here

rubber & lace

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

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i love these rubber and lace coasters by jansen & co……if i could just pick a color???

found on gretel

 

marie antonietta…

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

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the marie antonietta ceramic collection inspired by hairstyles of the 18th century.

designed by marta giardini

found on gretel via handmade charlotte

silhouettes…

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

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love these silhouette portraits by ellothere.

curious about what mine and chris’ would look like….

anonymous hug…

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

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who doesn’t need one! am i right?? everyone can use a little extra love!

this installation was found here

see more amazing work by keetra dean dixon.

i also love these by her as well….

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graham cracker layer…

Wednesday, April 28th, 2010

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i found a new great foodie blog called seven spoons.  this yummy cake is made of fruit, whipped cream and graham crackers which made me immediatly think of a dessert my grandma fisher makes with pudding and graham crackers that i so love.  yum!!!

found via cup of jo

wee chicks…

Friday, April 9th, 2010

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last sunday morning chris and woke up to a pink chick infestation….SOOO Sweet!!!  we have a sneaking suspicion as to who the secret bunny was but they won’t give =)   thank you, thank you, thank you, for sharing the love with these wee little pink chicks…….what a fabulous surprise.  these little chickees make our day everytime we leave the house. we probably have 30 of them all over our front porch.  nothing like a little pink to brighten your (my) day!!!  i think they are multiplying =)