tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41271551866319117532024-03-06T19:33:06.491-08:00Passage ParadisA place for the fragile, the fleeting, and the misunderstood....Mlle Paradishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611437048393628633noreply@blogger.comBlogger1135125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127155186631911753.post-12865887159796466952017-08-07T13:12:00.000-07:002017-08-07T13:12:12.455-07:00Summer Sashays On By<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-small;">(Been busy with - still! - painting commissions and: that California garden. I'm learning so much!)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-small;">Photos above mostly via </span><a href="http://sabonhomeblog.tumblr.com/">SabonHome</a><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-small;">, </span><a href="http://inspirationsdeco.blogspot.com/">Home&Garden</a></div>
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I just can't get over how gorgeous this collection by Maria Grazia Chiuri is. </div>
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The fluidity and grace is just beyond.</div>
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The softness of the tones.</div>
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The femininity. But never frailty.</div>
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The harmonies of line and texture.</div>
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on a cool summer evening in L.A. That is not a frumpy-making cardigan. The answers to those wonderings are all here. If I hurry up and get out my sewing machine.</div>
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I know these pieces are supposed to reference 70 years of Dior, but I'm thinking cashmere shawls, kimonos, spiders webs, smoke, riding habits, the odd flapper - and this romantic movie: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/video/movies/100000003698610/far-from-the-madding-crowd-costumes-featurette.html">Far From the Madding Crowd</a> with Kerry Mulligan.</div>
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I need a little bit of romance just at the moment. Don't know about you. It feels a little like a necessary retreat.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">Here's my version of that old expression: <i>Dressing Well</i> is the BEST REVENGE. </span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">(So there you winds of austerity and horrid old Donald Trump!) </span><span style="text-align: left;">And you don't need Dior Couture money to achieve it. </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/livingetc/">Living Etc., the UK decorating magazine</a> says that "<a href="http://www.nestsf.com/">Nest</a>" is #19 of "the 50 hottest interior shops</div>
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It is insanely gorgeous (and a little hot) in Los Angeles these days.</div>
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Some of you may know, or remember, that the Paradis family has one or two attachments</div>
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in San Francisco Bay area, which prompt us from time, to time to make a break</div>
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for the North. Last weekend we were lucky to share our time with this little guy, named Eeyore <span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-small;">(of course) </span>at his home in Sonoma Valley. A hop, skip and dawdle from lovely Petaluma.</div>
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What a difference four months of rain make, the hills were green(er) again.</div>
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And from the little house in which we stayed, known as "<a href="https://www.airbnb.com.au/rooms/6293914">the Saddle House</a>", </div>
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at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CerroPampaPoloClub/">Cerro Pampa Cottages and Polo Field</a>, there were views of them.</div>
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It is a rugged and rustic place. So wear sturdy shoes. Your car will get dusty. Though inside,</div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-small;">(the above is not the Saddle House but another rental - <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/6105959">link here</a>)</span></div>
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There is a clay tennis court on the property, play-able - but at the time of our visit, suffering from a soupcon of benign neglect. Cerro Pampa is not quite a 5-star resort, if that is your expectation....</div>
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But an other sort of haven. For hares, ground squirrels, wild turkeys and other fascinating fauna.</div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-size: x-small;">(To work on your marriage, in utter privacy and seclusion - judging by the book supply in the house. There were also many cookbooks AND a Henry James reader at the time of our visit. Sorry - had to introduce just a hint of dramatic tension to my happy history - wink wink.)</span></div>
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Mlle Paradishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611437048393628633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127155186631911753.post-76088115526905154562017-05-16T09:49:00.000-07:002017-05-16T09:49:21.100-07:00Carrie Reichardt - Chiswick Renegade<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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renegade mosaic artist, feminist, disrupter</div>
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Frequent visitors to this site may already know of my love of flowers.</div>
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How much more could I love them if they never died?</div>
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In a more robust form? I first fell in love with ceramic flowers </div>
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placed at French <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/375980268871798685/">gravesites</a>. </div>
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What can be a more striking visual dialogue between fragility and durability</div>
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than this medium, in this form? With these results?</div>
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that has, and always has been, the lore and allure</div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-small;">(Molly Hatch also via <a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/02/hand-painted-ceramic-plate-installations-by-molly-hatch/">This is Colossal</a>)</span></div>
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You might wonder as my absences from this page sometimes prolong themselves........</div>
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Well it does have something to do with the season, to which a gardener must always be subject.</div>
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After a harsh endless summer and drought of 2016.....followed by five months of almost</div>
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constant rain. My recent cool stretch of L.A. spring has been very precious and demanding.</div>
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For planting and maintenance. It's meant</div>
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And there has been a fair amount of happy (or not) weed pulling, bug spraying, and leaf corralling. </div>
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Oh yes, and then there's been this one, who has required a great deal of supervision. <span style="text-align: left;">Because her time outdoors always involve plans. That seem to involve exits! I have titled this post "My L.A. in Bloom" but it might just as well have been called: "Elvis Has Left the Room."</span></div>
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And that's just nature. And the season. For better or worse. So you'll excuse me? I can make no promises about the little furry one. But me, so far, I'll keep coming back. </div>
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This show continues until May 7, 2017 at <a href="http://www.ftmlondon.org/ftm-exhibitions/josef-frank-patterns-furniture-painting/">London's Fashion and Textile Museum</a>.<br />
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Some of you may know that I have lived in Hawaii part of my life.</div>
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In fact, I started my life there and this exuberant version of color and nature is actually a</div>
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Glorious views of changing London. The Natwest Tower - at left - in the 80's and the "Gherkin" - at right - in the 90's once dominated the skyline. But the City is astoundingly different now, with no signs of construction - and thus change - stopping, if one is judging by the building crane count.</div>
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It's quite a pleasant place. If you love light, greenery, clean air, open views and.....cakes. <span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-small;">(Plus two bars and two restaurants.)</span></div>
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You must book your visit in advance. Do NOT though, think that it will be an inexpensive outing with the kids and bring your own food <span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-small;">(like <b><i>my</i></b> parents would have done)</span>. <b><i>THEY WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU</i></b>. </div>
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Leaving L.A. in Spring is hard as you might imagine - missing our epic wildflower bloom......</div>
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as well as developments in my own garden.</div>
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But missing Spring in England is hard, too.</div>
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Let's face it, there only so many numbers of Springs in any person's life......</div>
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And when the English do it so well in truly <b><i>c-u-l-t-iv-a-t-e-d</i></b></div>
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ways. It's such a gift. That asks nothing back.</div>
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Only that you stop and linger for a moment, or several.</div>
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Inhale. And celebrate.</div>
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Just came back from two weeks of sunshine and mild temps in London. Of all places.</div>
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How is Spring going where you are? All pics above, <a href="http://www.studio-legohead.com/aboutme/">Jo Chambers of Studio Legohead </a>via <a href="https://printpattern.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2017-03-23T07:59:00Z&max-results=20&start=19&by-date=false">Print and Pattern</a>. More L.A. and London pics soon!</div>
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Check out his <a href="http://ricardoabreceda.com/">web page</a> and that amazing, happy smile. The guy has it totally figured out!</div>
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Mlle Paradishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611437048393628633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127155186631911753.post-3463487727642422312017-03-17T14:28:00.001-07:002017-03-17T14:28:46.941-07:00Lygon Street, Melbourne Australia - You Wouldn't Want to Miss It!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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nose into all the lovely Italian delis, pizzerie, and gelateria. Or sample some handmade pasta.</div>
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Here the blondie Rachel Hunter type Ozzies cede the sidewalk to rugged featured - rosy bronzed</div>
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movie-type Misters and Misses because Lygon St. is, effectively Melbourne's Little Italy.</div>
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"<a href="https://www.readings.com.au/">Readings</a>" should be your destination for those books and/or records for your vinyl-file</div>
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mates and "<a href="https://www.yelp.com.au/biz/poppyshop-carlton">Poppyshop</a>" for those in your life who are eternally young.</div>
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If you favor "pesci" over pasta - Melbournians have a genius approach to fusion eating:</div>
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to be consumed at the same table, should you choose....and HEY, NOW, EVERYBODY'S HAPPY!<br />
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Make sure to stop into <a href="https://www.zomato.com/melbourne/doc-espresso-carlton">D.O.C. </a><br />
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Christmas seasons notwithstanding, <a href="http://brunetti.com.au/">Brunetti on Lygon Street in Melbourne,</a> is a place of cakes. </div>
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For <i>every</i> season, for every occasion - cakes to please every taste</div>
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you'll learn that Brunetti is also about pastries - of the Italian <i>and</i> the French styles</div>
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of savory lunch morsels,</div>
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TEAS. AND COFFEES.</div>
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<a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g255100-d722676-Reviews-Brunetti-Melbourne_Victoria.html">Brunetti's is a palace of Italian gustatory fabulousness</a>. It will not disappoint you. </div>
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There are some things they just don't tell you about Australia that you have to find out on your own.</div>
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That pub management can be a bit stroppy and selective about the customers they welcome ("<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "open sans" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">this is no gentrified ale house or hipster-filled gastro pub</span>") </span>- or not. And they might not even bother to open AT ALL during your visit to OZ......which is something that must be considered - but more on that later.</div>
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They don't tell you that in Melbourne a single modest door can be a portal to a universe of entertainments.....oh, maybe o.k., the tourist books DO tell you THAT. But you'll have to see it, to believe it. <span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-small;">(Brunswick St., Fitzroy)</span>.</div>
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when and where you're least expecting it on the coldest January 2 in 20 years in Melbourne. <span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-small;">(They also didn't tell the Paradis family that you can experience all four seasons in one day in Melbourne - apparently that is not uncommon. Whereas we spread our seasons out over six days - going from 100 degrees Fahrenheit on a Wednesday arrival through torrential rains on the weekend, to 60 degrees and drizzle the following Monday.)</span></div>
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Finally what "they" REALLY don't tell you.....is that even though the middle of the Australian summer seems like a great time to visit OZ, many businesses close for the week before Christmas. And/or, the week between Christmas and New Year's. <span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-small;">(When the Paradis family were there.)</span> Or the weeks right the way through to Australia Day on January 17! <span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-small;">(For crying out loud.) </span> It makes perfect sense because it IS. THEIR. SUMMER VACATION. </div>
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Mlle Paradishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611437048393628633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127155186631911753.post-52381590204398173302017-02-12T22:33:00.000-08:002017-02-12T22:34:08.772-08:00Persistence, Eleven Ways. And Commentary Thereto.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It may be the buzziest breakfast destination place<br />
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in all of Melbourne.</div>
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With its mix of glam and global vibes.</div>
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from her Goldrush days, when she was the richest city in the world......</div>
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Gertrude St. has an arty bent.</div>
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and a fashion-ey flair.....</div>
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If you are looking for Australian fashion design</div>
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with a bloomingly nostalgic profile</div>
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or a blowsily romantic one....</div>
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a blocky-n-boyish allure.....or</div>
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full-on fantasy</div>
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Bounded by Brunswick St. roughly to the West, and Smith St. to the East-ish</div>
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Gertrude Street's vibe is happy, adventurous, communitarian</div>
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It has a particularly bright and approachable</div>
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flavor - a characteristic that Aussies are known for the world over, it seems.</div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-small;">(<a href="http://www.spacecraftaustralia.com/">Spacecraft's</a> uber-glammy, dressing alcove)</span></div>
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But it wants to remind you that Australians are also hip and able to leave home and soak in all</div>
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the very best the globe has to offer. Then come home and fashion those influences into</div>
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ATTITUDE and PERSONALITY and WELCOME with GREAT STYLE.</div>
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This you will find on Gertrude Street. </div>
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If the lines are too long in the mid-summer heat for that breakfast......can we suggest that you tame the savage beast and simply treat yourself to a nice cup of <span style="text-align: center;">COFFEE?</span></div>
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What the guidebooks tell you, and what at least one Melbournian had told me.....</div>
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was that I HAD TO VISIT THE LANEWAYS.</div>
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plunking the New York City's Greenwich Village right into the bowels of mid-town.</div>
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Or the post-Christmas shoppers. Some of the laneways are traditional purpose-built pedestrian passageways and elegant arcades steeped in history and Empire. In short, there is something there in Melbourne's "Central Business District" (the "CBD") for everyone. If you are the kind of someone who enjoys variety, the buzz of a lively crowd and probably, great coffee. Because Melbourne has some of the best coffee outside of Italy. More on that soon.</div>
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In last August 2016's Economist Magazine's Intelligence Unit's Liveability Ranking, Melbourne retained it's top ranking among major cities in the world for overall liveability. For the sixth time. </div>
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Its score of 97.5 is based on the five broad categories cited above. Melbourne earned a score of 95 for stability, 100 for healthcare, 95.1 for culture and environment, 100 for education and 100 for infrastructure. So you don't have to believe me, Mlle. Paradis, that it's a very enjoyable place to visit and probably, an even nicer place to live. Take it from "Experts".</div>
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Mlle Paradishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611437048393628633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127155186631911753.post-18564507455214157462017-01-15T22:51:00.002-08:002017-01-15T22:53:55.955-08:00Australia's Impressionists at the National Gallery, London<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So happy to discover these paintings and painters of Australia</div>
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at the same time as my first visit there.</div>
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This artwork is part of an exhibit now on view</div>
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These paintings for me capture so well the light, and the freshness of Australia.</div>
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a population <span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-small;">(on a landmass nearly the size of the U.S.) </span>of approximately only 24 million</div>
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Some highlights for you all......</div>
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I'm still recovering. Soaking it all in. Remembering. Regretting.</div>
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How little time I had to wander Melbourne's pretty little neighborhoods.</div>
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The meals I missed in cozy, authentique, gemutlich bars.</div>
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I'm still marvelling over the exuberant creativity.</div>
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The plethora of neighborhoods with history and charm.</div>
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The best of the new world and the delights of some older ones......</div>
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The food of uniformly high standard, and freshness.</div>
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The mix of the exotic and the mundane.</div>
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Did you know that OZ would look like this? I did not. Oh the wonder, the wonder......!</div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-small;">(Peoples got it allllll going on!!!!)</span></div>
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Mlle Paradishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611437048393628633noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127155186631911753.post-11973537749110063212017-01-08T10:23:00.002-08:002017-01-08T10:23:43.415-08:00Happy 2017 - With Greetings From Australia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Happy New Year! How were your holidays?</div>
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The Paradis family went on an amazing adventure to OZ. Have you been there?</div>
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Mlle Paradishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16611437048393628633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127155186631911753.post-86522813005611792962016-12-24T09:34:00.000-08:002016-12-24T09:34:01.890-08:00Happy Christmas. All The Best for 2016<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>W</b></span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">ishing</span> <b style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-size: large;">y</span></b><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">ou</span> <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><b>G</b></span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">ood</span> <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><b>C</b></span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">heer</span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: x-small;">(Petersham Nurseries link <a href="http://petershamnurseries.com/">here</a>)</span></div>
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