Amanda Prior...

I have to do a little shout out!! Been checking out Amanda Prior's Photography, and I just had to share!! I adore the iron balcony above (I would loovvvee to have one of these!!) and I'm dreaming of having that most perfect green kitchen below - totally fresh and bright, this is the only way I could have a kitchen so small!!! And well, who doesn't love chalkboard paint??!!

Polaroid Humor...

I think I've found one of the best Flickr sites ever! Esoule knows her way around a polaroid camera, and I just love what she does! Her sense of humor is right up my street!! There's too many to post them all, but here are my favorites from her 'Little Zoo' set!! I'm loving the fish and the bear one above, and the ostridge below with it's head in the hole in the wall, I think these are my top 3!!

Do check out her 'Letting the Horses Loose' set - those are just great too!

Here are Esoule's Flickr Site, Etsy Site, and Website!!!

Oh, To Be Grey...

So I've been seeing a lot of grey around recently, and I feel it only my duty to participate! Some might think it strange, but I've liked grey for quite a long time! I do love how it can flip flop from being cool to warm, and masculine to feminine, either by it's tones or just by the right accessories... 

Most of all, I love grey with earthy warm tones, natural woods and stone, and with metallics, creams and bright whites, it's just beautiful! The mix of textures in the accompanying pictures is what I love the most!

So here are a few of my favorite grey interiors and still life photographs. Clockwise from the top left, Living Etc, (sorry, I don't know this one!), Skona Hem, Shootfactory, House to Home, and Glen Proebstel.

Tim Walker... more of!

As promised, here is some more Tim Walker Photography! I particularly like the two Vogue ones above, and adore the two whimsical one right below! The one thing that really draws me to Tim's photography is his use of light and shadow, through this, he can make an image really powerful and quite striking, like the one right below on the left - LOVE this photo...

Hooked...

Today I checked out Tim Walker's Portfolio again, my last post of his work was here in November!

I was thrilled to see more of his photography shown on his site (I'll post more of his work soon!), but this one made me think of a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson...

"Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait"

My favorite white stuff.

It's been snowing again in NYC - and if you didn't already know, I LOVE the snow.. and as there isn't much winter left (I think!) Here's just one more snow post... :)

(Above - Cavalli!)

Wish One...

these two photographs from Taverne Agency

A few weeks ago, by chance, I watched 'The Bucket List' with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson (whom I think is a great actor). Anyways, without delving too much into the plot, it's basically about two old men who, sharing the same hospital room, find out they have only a few months to live. In finding this out, they make their 'bucket list' - all of the things they want to do before they die.

This got me thinking, as I'm sure most would, what would I do if I found out I had only months to live? Some answers came right away, others over time... so, I'm going to post them here - in no particular order. The things I want to do, places I want to go... and maybe I'll never have a deadline to keep to.

So - here's one, I want to ride a beautiful horse along an endless beach, and at times, really fast so I can feel the wind on my face. Late in the afternoon too... so I can watch the sun set as I trot alone the sandy beach.... an absolutely beautiful, peaceful, and invigorating moment to be lived.

Thinking about how beautiful and powerful horses are, and how much I admire their beauty, grace within that strength. I couldn't help but think of the photographer Tim Flach, who's 'Equus' book project, displays his entire horse series. For an article and interview with Tim Flach on this, see this link.

 These photos say it all, and are so breathtaking, they are so visually descriptive in their simplicity, I am quite captivated.. Here are some of my favorites, I particularly like the one below on the right - which was taken as this horse was racing down a track at 30 mph, and then pulled to a grinding halt... it's a powerful image...