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(Illustration via Lolita.)

Thank you...

Hello Darlings,

I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for visiting my site and for leaving your uplifting, smart, thoughtful and witty comments! I love you! Today, From Betsy With Love put together a collage (above) of some of my previous posts. I'm so honored! (Thank you Betsy!) Unlike the actors you'll see Sunday night at the Oscars, I'll keep my remarks short. Ha! Please keep visiting my site. I'm so happy you found my little corner of the Internet.

xoxo

Tina


PS: The photos above are by a number of talent photographers: Irene Suchocki, Valorie Cox, Corrie Bond, Petrina Tinslay and Liquid Sky Arts. Their work appeared here in the following posts (please click for more yummy pictures!)

From top right: Enchantments; Life Through Viewfinder; Prize; Friday; Charms; and Saturday Tea, Anyone?

Rose

Beautiful girl, beautiful dress. Another gorgeous photo by Chris Nicholls. (See the gallery here.) The Oscars are on Sunday. I wish I could go to the parties in a dress like this!

Lucky Day

What kind of book do you want to write?

From Annabelle, of My Life...In To Do Lists, in Australia: "Haha I love it! I'd love to write a memoir of my life at about 60 years of age, I hope to have lived a lot by then!"

From Sara, of One Long Road,  in Cairo: "A reflective, contemplative autobiography!
one that would represent my culture in the context of being Egyptian :) "

(Photo credit: I Heart It.)

California

Such charming "roadside photographs" by Jen Zahigian of Oakland, California. (They're for sale in her Etsy store.) The palm tree photo reminds me that I need to make a trip to Two Bunch Palms to soak in the hot springs. There's so much to love about the California desert.

Dancing in the Light

This photo by Chris Nicholls for the New York City Ballet made my heart leap. So beautiful! (I so love the ballet...) See the full photo here. I imagine her dancing to Tchaikovsky.

A comment from Charlotte, lovely reader:
"More than any other choreographer whoever lived, Balanchine understood that the fascination of ballet was the motion of beautiful women. That was the glorious vision at the heart of the glorious company he created..."


From Whitney:
"I am a former pro ballerina and wanted to tell you that that photo is in costume for a ballet called "Vienna Waltzes". The music is, I'm sorry to disappoint, not Tchaikovsky but 3 separate composers...Johann Strauss primarily.

Also, the photo looks like the dancer Suzanne Farrell, but as the photographer appears (in his bio photo) relatively young, I don't think he took this at the time she was dancing (60's - 80's). Still, the face is hers I'm pretty sure.

Anyway, lovely blog. :)"

(Thank you!!! I so appreciate your wonderful comments! Tina)

Turquoise and Blue

I'm completely enamored with prop stylist Robyn Glaser's work, often showcased in Anthropologie catalogues. Her interiors are saturated with color. I love the picture of the girl, as seen through a cascade of clear beads. The blue velvet settee with the mismatched pillows is priceless. And I love the stacks of books with the blue china. (Ok, I'm still having my Oscar Wilde moment.) Lovely.

Édith...

Would you rather listen to Édith Piaf on a record player...

Or on a CD? Another beautiful dilemma, yes? I always think about the scene in Bull Durham when Susan Sarandon is blasting Piaf on her turntable. (And Tim Robbins calls her the "crazy Mexican singer.") There are certain singers who just sound more romantic through the speaker of a record player. What do you think?

(Poster of Piaf here.)

Stars, Unlit

The neon lights from a carnival ride, in sepia. I love this photo, found on We Heart It via the fantastically talented Dyxie.