Met Fridays.
May 14, 2016 § 2 Comments
Fort De Soto Park, Florida.
May 6, 2016 § 3 Comments
I love that some things haven’t changed. I remember fondly the trips my family took to Fort De Soto when I was a child. I’ve enjoyed getting reacquainted again with the park this Spring.
The largest park within the Pinellas County Park System, Fort De Soto park consists of 1,136 acres made up of five interconnected islands (keys). These keys are home to beach plants, mangroves, wetlands, palm hammocks, hardwoods and scores of native plants. -pinellascounty.org
Woman posed next to a large cannon. 1973. Black & white photoprint. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory.
The area of Fort De Soto for over 400 years has attracted a variety of visitors. Among the earliest was the Tocobaga Indians, who preceded the Spanish conquistadors who began the European entrance into the Florida peninsula. – wikipedia
With my always fashionable mother.
Best Florida Beaches: Winners – 2015 10 Best Readers’ Choice Travel Awards. – USA TODAY
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The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge, Abstract.
April 23, 2016 § 2 Comments
“Transitional Object (PsychoBarn),” By Artist Cornelia Parker|Metropolitan Museum of Art, Roof Garden.
April 23, 2016 § Leave a comment
Atop the Met, a Haunting House NYT 4/18/16
How perfect to run into these two young women. At first I thought they were part of the artist’s installation. 
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Cave Of The Heart, 1946 | Martha Graham.
February 14, 2016 § 4 Comments
A shattering study of the destructive power of love inspired by the story of Medea. – MarthaGraham.org
All photos courtesy Library of Congress.
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Alphabet | The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge.
January 17, 2016 § 1 Comment
Artist Ralph Barton | Woman In Dressing Room, January, 1915.
December 31, 2015 § 2 Comments
This morning wanting to get on the bandwagon with my Facebook friends who have been vivaciously posting New Years Greetings, I began to peruse the internet in search of my own when I stumbled upon the illustration here by artist Ralph Barton. The internet has a way of making you forget what you originally set out to do and before long I found myself swept away by his story and beautiful artwork. I hope you will take a moment and do the same.
~Wishing everyone a Happy New Year.
Courtesy Library of Congress.
A CASE OF MELANCHOLIA ~ The New Yorker
Ralph Barton and Charlie Chaplin.
On May 19, 1931, in his East Midtown Manhattan penthouse apartment, Barton shot himself through the right temple. He was 39 years old. His suicide note said he had irrevocably “lost the only woman I ever loved” (the actress Carlotta Monterey had divorced Barton in 1926 and married Eugene O’Neill in 1929), and that he feared his worsening manic-depression was approaching insanity. Almost immediately, his reputation dropped from sight; several years after his death, a caricature of George Gershwin sold for a mere $5. Ralph Barton’s ashes were returned to his native Kansas City and interred in Mount Moriah Cemetery. -Wikipedia
Carlotta Monterey.
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Artist Philip Laforest | Paper Shoes, 53rd Street.
July 4, 2015 § Leave a comment
I spotted these cool paper shoes outside MOMA on 53rd Street. They belong to Philip Laforest who was born and raised in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in the 1950’s. Philip is a self taught artist. Check out more of his impressive work at PhilipLaforest.com.
Women's Footwear in America 
