A little break

My dears, I'm taking a little break from the blog for the rest of July and August. I wish I could tell you that I'm going away to somewhere marvelous. But I'm not. Just staying put amid my ongoing family matters. (Nothing terrible has happened. My dad came home from the hospital today.) I'll still be carrying around my Blackberry, so email me! Meanwhile will you promise to meet me back here after Labor Day? Will miss you...

Norma Jeane DiMaggio

Life is on newsstands this week with a new commemorative issue on Marilyn Monroe. The editors of the magazine certainly have a huge archive to draw from. The photos of the star with husband Joe DiMaggio are so charming. But the most exciting bit of ephemera is this:



Monroe's old passport is signed "Norma Jeane DiMaggio." I love it!

Camellia, twice on film

A Polaroid of a camellia, and a Polaroid of the Polaroid...



I love to take pictures of pictures, even though they never come out in focus. I found these the other day when I was looking for material for my new little Polaroid blog, Cloud Society. I have a very big announcement coming soon regarding that blog, so stay tuned.

In the meantime, please visit the beach photos I posted on Cloud Society tonight. My dad was doing better and we were able to make a trip to Newport Beach on Saturday. Our luck ran out on Monday however, with yet another setback and hospitalization. But tomorrow will be better.

That's how it goes, I guess, with a chronic illness. It's up and down. In between are days in the sun with a Polaroid camera packed with rare, expensive and expired but gloriously wonderful film.

Reflection

I love this photo, although at first I thought it was a giant bubble. It's actually a mirror....It's very clever...

Found over {here}

Announcing!!

First I want to say that I realize I'm looking for ways to distract myself from my woes. I can't really afford to shop. So why not blog? And why have just one blog when you can have, say, three or four?

Of course I don't expect you to visit all my blogs (I'm very happy you're on this one)... But in case you want to see more Polaroids and Holga pics,
here's the latest: Cloud Society. There are only two posts on it right now and it has zero followers. And I can't promise I'll update it very often.
But here it is!

A Magazine Favorite: Camping with Style

Normally I would be posting on Domino tonight, but I got distracted by these photos in the newest issue of Country Living. It was the Cath Kidston tent (above) that did it...



Or maybe it's because my secret dream is to live in a little cabin somewhere...



I just flipped over these photos...



I'm really longing to go to our little rental cabin in the High Sierras.



I don't know if I'll make it this year, but I'm so daydreaming...


(Photos by Marcus Nilsson. More details about that Cath Kidston tent and other things on the Country Living website!)

Girls in Flats

Our Facebook group, the International Society of Girls in Flats, has now grown to 680 members! Check it out here! (Don't forget to join!)

Hope you have a lovely Saturday. Depending how my dad is feeling, we might try to make a little trip to the beach for lunch.


(The photo above is from an old Anthropologie catalogue.)

Happy Weekend

These beautiful photos of Huntington Gardens in San Marino were taken by my friend Scott Martelle, journalist, author and blogger.



The Huntington is one of the most beautiful places on earth. It has an extraordinary English rose garden, a Japanese garden, an Australian garden and a Chinese garden...



I want to go (and take my Holga 35 mm camera!)

What are you up to this weekend?

Dazzling Diptychs

I love these diptychs fashioned by the uber-talented Neville Trickett of the Saint Verde blog. Neville is the creative director of a large fashion retailer in South Africa, according to sfgirlbybay (who is also an amazing diptych creator.)



Inspiration, doubled.