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Queen Califia’s Magical Circle, Part II
Back to Queen Califia’s Magical Circle. This time I’ll focus on de Saint Phalle’s totem-like sculptures surrounding Queen Califia. The “totems” are covered with symbols and forms from Native American, Pre-Columbian, and Mexican art as well as the artist’s own … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Escondido, Kit Carson Park, mosaics, Queen Califia's Magical Circle, totem-like sculptures
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Queen Califia’s Magical Circle, Part I
About a year ago, we went to see a sculpture garden created by artist Niki de Saint Phalle. It’s located in Kit Carson Park in Escondido. Unfortunately, the garden was closed and wouldn’t open for another year due to vandalism … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Kit Carson Park, Niki de Saint Phalle, sculpture garden
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Found Some Bikes in Amsterdam
For years I’ve been seeing photos of bikes in Amsterdam with one of the many canals in the background. So of course I was hoping to capture my own. No worries, bikes are everywhere. Not as many as in Copenhagen, … Continue reading
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Tagged Amsterdam, bikes, Cafe Hansel and Gretel, canals, flowers, Holland, The Netherlands
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Norwegian Blue
A blue door in the old town of Stavanger, Norway. It was raining when we first walked around, but stopped long enough so I could take some photos. A really lovely area. Thanks so much for the kind words, emails, … Continue reading
A Pause
Hi everyone, I’m back from our trip to Amsterdam and Norway, but my brother passed away on Sunday and it’s left me flattened. He was ill for a long time, but this was still an unexpected surprise. I hope to … Continue reading
Happy Friday
A ranunculus for you this fine summer Friday. After May Gray and June Gloom, we are having perfectly gorgeous weather. It’s so nice to be able to eat outside again. We are going on a trip next week and won’t … Continue reading
Travel Scan: Dream Garage in Aix
We spent only two days in Aix-en-Provence, France, but it was long enough for me to realize this was one of my favorite cities in the world. Dreamy, golden light everywhere with soft breezes blowing through plane trees. Not to … Continue reading
St. Isaac’s from the Bridge
Somehow I overlooked this shot of St. Isaac’s Cathedral in St. Petersburg in my original post. I don’t know what the building is next to it, but I think it’s beautiful. There were so many structures like this along the … Continue reading
Thinking of the U.K. Today
Sorry this post is arriving so late, but my husband and I spent the evening watching the news about the U.K. leaving the EU (the “brexit”). Pretty historic. I hope this all works out for them and the rest of … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Hathaway House, climbing roses, England, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Tudor architecture
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Ladurée New York
Since I haven’t been able to shoot much the past two weeks, I thought I’d dig into the archives for this post. I’ve never been to Ladurée in Paris, so during a past trip to New York, I decided to … Continue reading
Pearls & Prose 