Author Archives: pearlsandprose
Height
This is inside the lobby of the Willard InterContinental Hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. It’s on Pennsylvania Avenue, just a stone’s throw from the White House, and was opened in 1901. The hotel fell into disrepair and was closed in … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, photography
Tagged ceiling detail, Christmas tree, high heel, lobby, metro stop, red stiletto, Union Station, WashDC, Willard-Intercontinental Hotel
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“Rust”
Taking a photo every day has been good for me. I’m taking more chances and learning along the way. I’m also noticing things I once missed, like this old fence. We’ve walked by it hundreds of times, but one morning … Continue reading
Red leaf
The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Tea for Three
I bought these cups and saucers about a month ago at a cool antique store. They remind me of the beautiful cups my mother and grandmother used for coffee and tea. No ordinary ceramic mugs for them–it had to be … Continue reading
Random Florida, part II
Flowers on the Edison estate, Fort Myers, Fla. Verandah looking through to Caloosahatchee River, Edison summer house Wader in the Caloosahatchee River Display, Edison museum, Fort Myers, Fla. Happy Monday, everyone. I’ll be going back to one photo a day … Continue reading
Posted in photography
Tagged bottles, Caloosahatchee River, Florida, Fort Myers, pier, purple flowers, Thomas Edison summer home, verandah, wading bird
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Random Florida, part I
Mel’s Diner, Cape Coral, Florida Display in Edison Museum, Fort Myers, Florida Meyer lemons, Thomas Edison summer home Verandah, Edison summer house Part II on Monday. Great weekend, everyone!
Posted in photography, Travel
Tagged Cape Coral, chrome, Edison Museum, Fla., Florida, Fort Myers, Mel's Diner, Meyer lemons, neon, Thomas Edison summer home, verandah, vintage
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Thomas Edison and fried gator tails
While in Fort Myers, Fla., we stopped in at the summer home and laboratory of Thomas Alva Edison. These beautiful bottles were used in his lab…. They had just restored the lab, so all the bottles were temporarily displayed on … Continue reading
Posted in photography, Travel
Tagged bottles, Edison summer home, flea market, Florida, Ford summer home, Fort Myers, fried gator tails, laboratory, Meyer lemon, office, Thomas Edison, victrola, vintage typewriter
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Summer and winter in November
So we went to Florida for Thanksgiving this year. It looked like this photo the whole time. Rain came the day we left. I don’t know what it is, but whenever my husband and I travel, the weather is always … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged beach, beach house, dementia, fish, fishing pier, Florida, Naples, palm trees
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I ♥ Southwest
Sorry about the humongous size of this photo, but I wanted to show the quality of the iPhone camera. I know I sound like a broken record, but I love this phone! I shot through a lousy airplane window somewhere over … Continue reading
Posted in photography
Tagged airplane wing, blue sky, clouds, iPhone4, Southwest Airlines
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Pearls & Prose 