House Love | Outside, Inside, and Up In A Tree

Delightful images of house love. Don't you admire the spiral staircase for the tree house? I like the blue glass backsplash in the kitchen. The arts and crafts cottage in the first photo is nice. The landscaping in the last photo is spectacular. Be back later, Rosemary.




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Byzantine Floor Mosaic With Portrait

Fragment of a Floor Mosaic circa 500–550. The rod that she holds, the measuring tool for the Roman foot, identifies her as a personification of the abstract concept of "Ktisis," or Foundation. How suitable for a floor.
Read more: Mosaic Floor Fragment with a Personification of Ktisis




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Hatley Castle

An amazing photograph of Hatley Castle in Colwood, Greater Victoria, British Columbia. Too beautiful for words. [Hatley Park National Historic Site]
Hatley Castle by Brandon Godfrey via Pixdaus




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Goodnight Moon | Outside My Kitchen Window

Go outside and look at the moon. This is the night sky outside my kitchen window taken just a few minutes ago. It is very beautiful. Goodnight moon. 

Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show #134

This Weimaraner named Sizzle is enjoying some well-deserved lap time. I guess you're never too big to be a lap dog. I love this breed. They all seem to be so comfortable in their own skin.

Pets on Parade : The New Yorker: "Contestants, their handlers, and admirers at the events surrounding the 134th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, at Madison Square Garden. Photographs by Landon Nordeman." Click on the link to view the slideshow.




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Snow Treescape With Sun

The sun has turned the trees in this forest into bars of gold. Stunning. I hope you have a wonderful weekend, Rosemary.

via Pixdaus


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HMCraig Art | Thanks For The Mention

HMCraig Art: Rules to Live By (borrowed edition)

Thanks so much for the mention. This is the only way I could think of to contact this talented artist and blogger to thank her for mentioning me on her blog. I wanted to leave a comment but they aren't enabled and there is no email contact information. You need to fix this. Let me know if you need help. Thanks, Rosemary
PS...You should follow her.




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Wonderful Antique Windows

Now that's what I call a window. I don't think I've ever seen a better one.

These interior windows are wonderful too.

Abandoned windows. I could never walk away from these, could you?

Curved window alcove with ice crystals on the glass. Nice shutters and fabulous carved millwork. I'd love to have some frozen windows to photograph today. These would be perfect.

I've always liked windows that opened awning style. Love the vines too.
Enjoy the last weekend in February.


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English Squirrel In The Snow

Here is another one of those wonderful English squirrels. It's very fitting for him to be in the snow since so many of us are as well today.

via Pixdaus


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Victorian Photocollage | Playing with Pictures

Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage | Current Exhibitions | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Playing with Pictures: The Art of Victorian Photocollage
February 2, 2010–May 9, 2010
The Howard Gilman Gallery at The Met

This looks like a fun exhibit. Maybe you'll get some ideas for what to do with that shoebox or drawer full of old family photos.


Discovered while reading Nibs


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Architecture At Dusk

I love to see homes at night when the all the lights are on. It is supposed to be good feng shui too. No bad Karma can hide in the dark nooks and crannies.

I like these modern interiors too. You know I love the bookcases in the upper one and the amazing view in the last one.


modern_ranch (first photo)


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Two Photos | Eight Minutes Apart

The clock in my camera is not accurate. I must fiddle around with it to see if I can reset the time. Anyway...these photos were taken 8 minutes apart and now about 10 minutes after the last one was snapped there is not a single patch of blue in the sky. We've had every kind of weather today except rain.




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Logging Before Chain Saws

I love old photos like this. Can you believe the size of those logs? All cut by hand in the era before power equipment. True man power! It must have been very dangerous too. How did they tie down the logs? How did they get such perfect measurements?

"Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice." Henry Ford

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Icicles

I had a small window of opportunity shortly before noon to go outside and shovel the walk, clean off my car, walk Webster and add a few seeds to the bird feeder. The sun came out for a few minutes too. The short-lived opportunity quickly turned into another whiteout. Now there's sun. Mother nature really can't make up her mind. The icicles were just beginning to form on my copper gutters in this photo taken from inside the cottage. Be back later, Rosemary




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