18 Wednesday Apr 2012
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© Khrystynana Kazakova
She will never close her eyes
And she does not let me sleep
And her dreams in the bright day
Make the suns evaporate
And me laugh cry and laugh
Speak when I have nothing to say
from Lady Love by Paul Eluard
I miss the sweet intoxication that comes with first loves.
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Hot Tin Roof
19 Sunday Feb 2012
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© Khrystynana Kazakova
Tangled with love in the moonlight she welcomed the anarchy of her lover.
from Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Love looks different in the moonlight.
Model: Khrystynana Kazakova
28 Saturday Jan 2012
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© Pat Ramos
Helen, thy beauty is to me
Like those Nicean barks of yore,
That gently, o’er a perfumed sea,
The weary, way-worn wanderer bore
To his own native shore.
To Helen by Edgar Allan Poe
I wish I could savor the first blush of young love over and over again.
Model: Ukushu Khrystyna
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Believe It
22 Sunday Jan 2012
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© Khrystyana Kazakova
The rain of a night and a day and a night
Stops at the light
Of this pale choked day. The peering sun
Sees what has been done.
from After Rain by Edward Thomas
This is a day for blissful solitude.
Model: Khrystyana Kazakova
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Ten Beautiful Things I Use Every Day
16 Monday Jan 2012
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© Khrystyana Kazakova
Just as he has chosen the color of his tie to give her pleasure, so did she choose her perfume, every part of her toilette, her finest lingerie, although she knows that for the time being he will but surmise. For when all senses surge and pursue one another, she knows the sorcery of the unseen. – Emil Ludwig
The art of love is in the details of seduction.
Model: Khrystyana Kazakova
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12 Thursday Jan 2012
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© Ukushu Khrystyna
You can’t always get what you want
But if you try sometimes well you might find
You get what you need
Rolling Stones
We are just over a month away from Valentine’s Day. This year instead of being disappointed by all the romantic marks my Valentine does not hit on the Big Day, I am going to think about all the little things he does to demonstrate his love for me all year long. Things like changing a flat tire, lighting the pilot light on the wall heater of my new home, crawling under the foundation to check the plumbing, climbing up on the roof to fix the chimney flue, teaching me the finer points of power tools, driving me to visit my ailing parents a thousand miles away, and going along with my foreign film choices count for a lot. Maybe giving me what I need instead of what I want is the most romantic gift of all.
Model: Ukushu Khrystyna
01 Friday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe. – Pierre Burton
Happy Canada Day, eh?
Model: Khrystyana Kazakova
29 Sunday May 2011
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© Khrystyana Kazakova
I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture.
Henri Matisse
I was surprised how few of my favorite artists painted portraits of women wearing red dresses. Here are some beautiful ones I found:
1. Lady in Red by Murat Kaboulov
2. La Femme en Rouge by Giovanni Boldini
3. The Lady in Red by Giovanni Boldini
4. Madame Juillard in Red by Giovanni Boldini
5. Mrs. Charles E. Inches (nee Louise Pomeroy) by John Singer Sargent
6. Portrait of a Lady in Red by Sandro Botticelli
7. Woman in Red by Jacqui Faye
8. Portrait of a Woman in Red Dress by Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz
9. Portrait of a Lady in Red by Jacopo Pontormo
10. Study of a Woman in Red by Jean-Jacques Henner
11. The Small Cowper Madonna by Raphael Sanzio
12. Helnwein Child by Raphael Sanzio
13. Portrait of a Woman in a Red Dress – Pierre Auguste Renoir
Model: Khrystyana Kazakova
15 Sunday May 2011
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© Khrystyana Kazakova
Children are made readers on the laps of their parents. – Emile Buchwald
I love the illustrations in children’s books. Tasha Tudor fans may be interested to know that the Medici Society in London published some of the most beautiful paperback picture books that I have ever seen. They may still be found in used books stores, particularly in Britain and Canada. Many of the authors’ work is still for sale in the form of posters, postcards, and prints.
Here are the books my children liked the best from the series:
1. An ABC For You And Me by Margaret Tempest.
2. An Alphabet by Molly Brett
3. Katy Laura and The Dream Boat by Elizabeth Foster
4. Poems illustrated by Sandy Nightingale
5. The Margaret Tempest Picture Book
6. Tom and the Enchanted Flute by Jean Gilder
7. The Adventures of Plush and Tatty by Molly Brett
8. Let’s Meet Some Baby Birds by Ella Bruce
9. The Racey Helps Picture Book with verses by Celia Barlow
10. Freddy the Teddy by Audrey Tarrant
Model – Khrystyana Kazakova
15 Friday Apr 2011
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© Laura Tillinghast
Anne Shirley: You know something, Diana? We are rich. We have sixteen years to our credit, and we both have wonderful imaginations. We should be as happy as queens.
[gestures to the setting sun]
Anne Shirley: Look at that. You couldn’t enjoy its loveliness more if you had ropes of diamonds.
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, screenplay by Kevin Sullivan and
Joe Wiesenfeld
We are temporary stewards to all that surrounds us.
Model: Khrystyana Kazakova
Satin & Sand 