photo challenge: happy – dreaming while working…

thinking jacket for this larger print med wt cotton

yummy cotton flannel caftan for lounging

maybe a wool cape…

he-he! can’t wait to do Vera Venus’ faux fur 50s stole tutorial!

another cotton flannel caftan? winter dress?? can’t decide…

bamboo-rayon jersey has to be a winter blouse

oops – forgot to reference the WordPress page…

 

and thanks for all you lovely folk who’ve liked this – can’t figure out why you’re not showing up here – everything’s checked & in its proper place… except your gravatars… must be a temporary hiccup on the system… gotta go back to work –

weekly photo challenge: solitary

solitary red petal

Had several things in mind, but finally settled on this.
All nature’s flaws are clearly visible, yet the essence of the rose isn’t harmed, in my humble opinion.
Nothing wrong with solitary, from this perspective!

Meanwhile, here’s the dictionary definition of solitary ~

SOL”ITARY, a. [L. solitarius, from solus, alone.]  Living alone; not having company… a solitary example…  In botany, separate; one only in a place

The original WordPress post…

weekly photo challenge: everyday life

movie set magic:
everyday life… 50+ years ago

More than 50 years ago things were very different.  By today’s standards and prices, the menu in this movie set’s bakery window looks ridiculously cheap, but in those days it probably wasn’t.  (Other set photos here.)

WordPress’ original post.

weekly photo challenge: free spirit

1900-style free spirit

From The Synonym Finder by J.I. Rodale (1978 edition)

free spirit, n.  nonconformist, maverick,… bohemian…

Reminds me of Impressionist painters, ateliers, Art Nouveau.  Would love to have afforded this gorgeous piece seen in a window several years ago…

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weekly photo challeng: urban

Washington, D.C. 2011

Shirlington, Northern Virginia 2012

Raleigh, North Carolina 2012

Three differing points of view, but all “urban.”

Here’s the definition:

Ur”ban, a. [L. urbanus belonging to the city or town, refined, polished, fr. urbs, urbis, a city: cf. F. urbain.]  Of or belonging to a city or town; as, an urban population.

Link to WordPress Challenge here.

weekly photo challeng: merge

like attracts like

I like that phrase.

Here’s the definition of merge:

Merge, v. t.[L. mergere, mersum…] To cause to be swallowed up; to immerse; to sink; to absorb.

When we merge into the flow of traffic, isn’t that what we’re doing?

Link to WordPress Challenge here.

weekly photo challenge: wrong

wrong way round rayon

What’s wrong with this photo?

Well, it’s rayon for one, and I’d sworn off rayon until I get the rayon seam binding to try for finishing off seams.

weekly photo challenge: growth

use all stages of flowers in arrangements, from small to large, and watch as they grow & develop each day, each stage having its own beauty

Did you know this week’s photo challenge word, growth, is related to green?   It is! 

weekly photo challenge: purple

WordPress photo challenge: purple

This week’s photo challenge is not a favorite colour, so imagine my surprise when ideas burbled up almost instantly.   Looking up the word “purple” in an online edition of Noah Webster’s 1828 Revised Unabridged Dictionary I found this:

PUR”PLE, a. [L. purpureus; purpura, a shell from which the color was obtained.]  1. Designating a color composed of red and blue blended, much admired, and formerly the roman emperors wore robes of this color.

Having just heard a rousing singalong of “Jerusalem” as part of the Proms being rebroadcast here on U.S. radio, and knowing the Olympics are beginning in London, the burblings continued.

“Royal purple” sprang to mind, and then the above month-old photo. Although not real stones, the color is!

weekly photo challenge: inside

Inside The Old Stone House
Washington, D.C.
2011

Soon as I got on line I saw a great photo on Cyclingrandma’s blog, and thought about my huge backlog of snaps….  After the weekend, this week’s topic reminded me of a photo I’d taken in Georgetown on a hot, humid day last year.