Saturday, May 29, 2010

In memory….

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Only in Key West does the American flag ...have a hint of Hibiscus flower and Palm trees for stars…Oy.

In memory of those who serve…

and served.

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

~Maya Angelou

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Summer moves in with ego in Florida…

Not shy…

more like a pusher… it’s rising barometer

daring us to inhale it.

Smirking at times.

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And yeah… we push back

in the beginning.

Because we think this may be the one that saunters in slowly…in our time. Not it’s.

This is the year we’ll get everything done so we can enjoy.

go ahead...laugh away.

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But we can never push it back…It comes, and seeps in cracks…and warms everything

to hot. To scalding...even.

Old tired pools beckon…plead

…even beg.

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Work never ends…it slows…

In the heat.

But never ends…

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albeit hot under black fur.

even though they do have cute white sneakers.

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but...Pleading all the same.

Then… evening rolls in

in pink and purple and Gray

cool colors

calming colors

healing colors

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And we beckon another day.

gratefully.

"In summer, the song sings itself."

~William Carlos Williams

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Private jungle reserve could be yours…or mine…

Join me on a little excursion…deeper South…Belize

The heart of the once Mayan empire

where turquoise waters lap up to the jungle’s edge...

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Where relaxation is fairly effortless

like maybe a big toe in the sand to move the slowing hammock

kan Heading toward what is reminiscent

of Mayan huts

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Only a small spit of sand separates the cool pool

from the warm Caribbean waters

ahhh

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We can each have an individual round cabana

thatched in Palm.

With windows picturesquely crisscrossed with local branches

to prevent neon-colored tropical birds

so bright they look gaudy

from stopping in

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Trees…in their entirety…make chairs, railings, lamps.

The walls are colored by rubbing natural dyes into them with cloths

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Kanantik reef

This resort is conveniently for sale…and could be yours for the asking.

Well… 8 million clams…

and the asking.

Images of Kanantik

Images: Michael Calderwood

In?

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Little tropical diversion…

Today was just aBeautiful day in the subtropics!

It CAN get killer hot fast...but today we entertained a flirtacious cool breeze

workin' weather.

We happen to have a series of rooms we are working on...

in our yard

well…kinda sorta working on...the Freeze this past winter worked on 'em more...

Tropical…yes. trying

Big leaves.

check

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Kinda wacky and homemade

Check. Have that in spades, too.

oy

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color…

um hmm.

natures best palate

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riot of blooms...

yep...This week

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SO... Son #1 spent some time

working on another rock room in

front of the Grandma B house

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Need some more or different furniture…but a great start…

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So…that’s a little happening at our casa…

But...personally... I LOVE perusing the work of a real tropical artist

Like...let's say...

Davis Dalbok a California landscape designer and author.

His work and images, below

This chaise lounge below…Well...I want.

and throw in those fun balinese umbrellas in a big pot

wouldja couldja??

And if lime green and turquoise are not the most adorable tropical prom couple…

Who is?

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See those funky sticks below?

Mind out of the gutter folks.

fired ceramic bamboo shapes… stacked on rebar.

Just wild!

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So coifed.

sigh.

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Ahhhh Summer…

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Please stay sweet.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

This weekend…

…There is never enough time

to do all the nothing you want

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To a weekend full of nothings.

and everything.

Happy Mother’s Day

to all of the Mother’s

especially mine

Thursday, May 6, 2010

linen chair…

Done.

Enuf.

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Next: Painting Living room

Who wants to watch the paint dry?

Hello…tap tap tap…this thing on?

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Coconut Grove….I just LOVE the name…

I fell in love with this house

In my neck of the woods

kinda sorta…more sorta not so close...whatev

Coconut Grove FL

saw it recently on If the lampshade fits

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A veritable jungle of seclusion…

patterned after living spaces in Bali

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The architect, Max Strang tore down the original house...

and filled the footprint of it up with water

Cool pool? Cool pool.

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Taking advantage of year round outdoor living,

the whole top floor of the house is just that…

Treetop relaxation.

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The tropical modern indoor has cement floors

and clean lines

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frame the lush green beyond.

Natures art.

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Bali high…

yes’m.

sink into it here

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Today…

… I am

trying to figure out how to fit everything I want in the Living room…then paint.

Honestly…I will offer anyone a dollar who helps me figure it out

a dollar people…

I won’t even ask you to wash the windows.

I’m waiting for the deluge of emails…and calls as I write

{cough}

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…Working on re-upholstering a chair…finding it not quite as simple as it seems this time…

and it needing more fabric than I thought…

Dayum chair

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Cleaning out the garage… Not because I want to…

but because the freezer decided to expire…full of frozen- turned to mush food…

yeuuuck...and leaking out of said fridge.

Thank goodness for the help of my Mom who came over armed with gloves and shoes...

although she would have rather been at the beach…really? Why?? Can't imagine.

…and a leetle bit O’ help from some teenage people…

that happen to live here.

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Not my garage…but COULD be…threw it in for your visual pleasure

you’re welcome.

My Hubby seems to be on the other side of the planet…above Iran…near Iraq…

....and just informed me he lost his phone…and credit cards

Goody.

What was I NOT doing…

NOT relaxing in the pool…like some …

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I call a do-over.

You?

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