Elizabethwix

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• Tricks

  

  Nothing so much fun as manipulating photos --well, obviously there are lots of things but you know what I mean. Here are some weeds beside the road on Lake Plac... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2011 CREATIVITY, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• 42nd Street

  

  I have been let loose with a new (free) phone app called Instagram. This may not be a good thing but fun anyway.... Life on the bus in late rush hour. 8th Avenu... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Stuff We Keep and Stuff We Throw Away

  

  A friend brought me this cotton boll from Alabama. I think it is very beautiful though I rather doubt I would have thought so if I had to pick cotton. I... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2011 CREATIVITY, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• San Gennaro, Little Italy

  

  The Feast of San Gennaro is always fun in an overwhelming sort of way. All these photos taken on Mulberry Street. Lots and lots of tasteful t-shirts and piles... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Fun With Colors, a Flea Market and We Try Again with the Movie

  

  This is a dog whose ownerdecorated her and made her pink and mauve.This is a picture of Sid and we made him yellow and pink.This is me and I am a bit bluer... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• People and a Hot Dog Stand

  

  One of the great things about New York is that you can dress exactly as you please and no one will really take any notice. This is a pirate trying to get the... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Funny Faces

  

  I do not know if this is a dog or a rug. Haha.This dog was outside a shop. I was waiting too.I do not think he liked the look of me.He has got very weird teeth. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Interior with Fruit

  

  Forgive my obsession with this very green jug which lives on the windowsill and is used to water plants. I think of Giorgio Morandi who painted the same things... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Period Piece

  

  As LP Hartley so famously put it: "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there".When I set out to write a book about my two mothers ( my... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Fat Cats and a Baby

  

  When I went over to Jasper's house his cat was there.The cat looked at me and did not let me play with the tennis ball.This cat used to live at our vet's in a... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2011 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Garden of Nostalgia

  

  A friend was composting in the communal gardens at Penn South ( the garden I gaze into throught the chain link fence) and said she would hang on to the dog so... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2011 CREATIVITY, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Morning, Evening and Night

  

  On the whole, I'm interested in flowers and gardens and poems and cups of tea -- oh dear. A severe shortage of muscle cars and weapon of mass destruction in thi... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Domestic and Thinking About Harvests

  

  A jug and an unripe mango hanging out together on the window sill. My book shelf under plastic while the room is being painted. Plastic, like fog, renders the... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2011 CREATIVITY, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Movie at Last!

  

  This is Charlotte.Can you see how blue our pool is? There is a frisbee in it too.This is a movie of my friend Charlotte in our pool.It is not a good movie but... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2011 DIARIES, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Excursion to the Mysterious East Side

  

  I rarely venture much above 23rd Street,so this part of New York seems almost a different country full of very important people doing business type things. Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2011 DESTINATIONS, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Time of Year When Things Begin Anew

  

  On Friday, coming back from the beach we passed through Huntington where the historical society was preparing for a little festival --very end of summery/hint o... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2011 CREATIVITY, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ground Up

  

  This is the man in the street. Haha. Photographed one wet morning last week. This is a manhole cover (person hole?) in Huntington with just the least hint of... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2011 CREATIVITY, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stormy Day at the Beach

  

  I always find going to the beach in September extra sweet. The children are back at school. The light is changing and you know that the number of beach days is... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2011 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• My Family and Other Animals*

  

  * I know this is the title of a book, but it is a good title.Anyway, this is morning and I am licking Dad's plate that he had a muffin on.My sister came to... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2011 DIARIES, PETS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Vegetation Alert

  

  Anyone not remotely interested in grass may well want to skip this post. Ah, the joy of blogging! One can indulge one's petty obsessions with impuntiy. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2011 CREATIVITY, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION