Heat Haiku..as in William Hurt..

                 Sharing with  Haiku Wednesday and recuerda_mi_corazon

For some reason my mind went directly to the movie "Body Heat" with William Hurt and 

Kathleen Turner, a re-make of "Double Indemnity", I believe.  There is a provocative scene with them on 

her terrace, similar to the one below, only dozens of  wind chimes are tinkling eerily as in an Alfred Hitchcock movie..

Approaching the night

 deep layers of orange blossoms 

fuse with linen scent


Lit paper lanterns

sway in the nocturnal breeze

glass capiz shells chime

Sultry daphne pairs 

with summertime soft blue notes

body heat rising

Waltzing me around

beyond the fountained terrace 

under lunar beams

Pool water ruffles 

touching places in my soul 

borne of the season


by klr

Architecture ...Vintage 1891 home..

This weekend's prompt for Bonnie's Photo Art Friday is the word 'architecture' of which you will find many amazing photos to peruse on her web-site.  The sepia tones and a few other minor steps and this is what it looks like...

 Early pioneer, merchant, and sailor E. R. Rogers settled in 

Steilacoom , Washington in 1863.  For his wife, Catherine, he built this mansion in 1891.  

Over the years it had several owners, was a boarding house for many, and most notably became 

renowned for it's elegant restaurant simply 
called E. R. Rogers'. 

 The beautiful facade and interior have been restored to the period by caring historians.  It sits on a hill overlooking Puget Sound and it's islands and ferries.  The community boasts many treasures from the early pioneers who first lived and traded here in 
their Historical Museum.

Button , button...

A half full old bottle of buttons...with and without a splash effect...

Chocolate anenome -Which is better?

Posted on The Creative Exchange

by klr

by klr

Beachy collage

When we ended our e-course at Simply Hue for the Raining Umbrellas class we each sent another person a small handmade creation as a gift.  This was made for me, with care, by Sylvia Latham of Seasons + Change = Life blog and I love it!  Her photographs are a collage of items found by the sea.  Knowing that is my favorite thing in the world, she put them together in this collage....shells, more shells in a bottle, the texture of a stone wall and some green foliage in the background.  A rustic lantern containing shells and a more rustic wall with a graffiti like message to remember. 

I really like the balance of the photographs as well as the colors:  creams, browns, and golds.  My scanner did not pick up the full beauty of it as it is really a square collage with a nice black border and the copy above is rectangular. It will go perfectly with other "beachy" items in my guest bathroom.  I only hope that the gift I sent to another classmate will please her half as much as this

does me.  Thank you, Sylvia.

Colors of summer...

I simply love the way these various artists enhanced their photos.  Today one can use any one of umpteen "aps" or Internet photo sites to add, subtract, or otherwise affect a photo. The craft has more widespread appeal than ever before.




There is a lot of "eye candy" out there on flickr, photobucket, picassa, etc.  I am particularly drawn to these softly hued colors right now.  Perhaps because of the instructor of the class I took recently.  Below you will see just one grouping of many from her shop at etsy.com called Simply Hue.  The photos work in a group as one or, just as nicely, singly.

I am hoping to get a new camera up and running soon and, if the photos are decent, post them here.  If you go to flickr be sure to leave comments as any encouragement is appreciated by the artists.  I cannot hold a candle to any of  the talented photographers.  I do have a couple of favorites locally.  They are Rosemary Bannon Tyksinkski and David Perry...and my instructor for this class, Vicki Dvorak.

                                                          by Vicki Dvorak

Balloon Adventure

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Woodinville, Wa

"Balloon Ride 2008"

                                                                                                                                                              adventure...

In 2008 my daughter photographed my balloon flight from below and I took pictures from the basket. It was an adventure from the middle of my bucket list. Ordinarily afraid of heights this didn't bother me. I felt safe. This post is for the exercise on "adventure" we were asked to do in the Raining Umbrellas e-course in its first week. However it took awhile to get the slide show going...

A home is a "Home"?

This exercise from Vicki Dvorak of Simply Hue about what the word "home" signifies to us had me looking in the thesaurus:  We know a home can be anywhere or anything where your heart is and where one dwells. It could be a mansion, a cabin, castle, apartment, condo, or a cave.  Homes are also known as abodes, habitats, a nest, and to some of us older gals, a "pad" or the "digs".  It could also be a state of mind and spirit.

By definition I like that it is a place that feels familiar, intimate, restful, easy and a refuge.  My picture collage was easy to do, but I wanted to convey what I think makes a home a "home" and would be some must haves. Singling out only a few, these are what I chose.  And, in the center is a painting of where we all might feel we want to be if we are sick...at home, in bed.

                      *  A garden gate, a path to the door, a window box
                      *  An farmer's sink and, as my grandmother used to say, a rooster in the
                          kitchen brings good luck.
                      *  A large cabinet in the dining room, a hot cup of tea.
                      *  A comfy sofa and a place for heirlooms
                      *  Bookshelves
                      *  A fireplace
                      *  A bedroom that opens to a garden court and a window to the sea
                      *  Candlelight and a welcoming bathroom
                      *  A door to a secret garden
                               ..........and music to fill the air

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