10 Friday Feb 2012
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© Joan Currie – Red Shoes watercolor
Julian?
Yes, my darling?
Take off the red shoes.
from The Red Shoes movie (1948)
My red shoes for tripping the light fantastic on February 14th.
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01 Wednesday Feb 2012
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© Joan Currie – Seated Student sketch
There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as is his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. – Emerson
A diligent student at work…
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07 Saturday Jan 2012
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© Joan Currie - Watercolor of High Waist Underskirt
The dearest and tenderest girlhood dreams
I stitch into gossamer hems and seams.
from Song of a Sewing Machine by Constance Woodrow
As a child I was ensorcelled by the beautiful tulle and satin garments in my mother’s trunk.
31 Saturday Dec 2011
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© Joan Currie - My Copper & Stainless Steel Journal
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. – Emerson
My journal is filled with wonderful memories of this year.
Wishing you and your loved ones all the very best for 2012!
30 Friday Dec 2011
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I cannot say what loves have come and gone,
I only know that summer sang in me
A little while, that in me sings no more.
from What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, And Where, And Why by Edna St. Vincent Millay
But what a song it was – it mattered not how short!
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20 Tuesday Dec 2011
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© Joan Currie - Watercolor
Music is indeed the most beautiful of all Heaven’s gifts to humanity wandering in the darkness. Alone it calms, enlightens, and stills our souls. – Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky’s score for the Nutcracker ballet is my favorite music of the holiday along with a dozen classic carols.
18 Sunday Dec 2011
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Have a holly, jolly Christmas,
It’s the best time of the year,
I don’t know if there’ll be snow,
But have a cup of cheer.
A Holly Jolly Christmas by Johnny Marks – sung by Michael Bublé
Voilà – this year’s gingerbread house thanks to very thick royal frosting!
Photo: James Currie
28 Friday Oct 2011
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© Joan Currie
Hey if God will send his angels
And if God will send a sign
And if God will send his angels
Would everything be alright?
U2
My guardian angel in the corner of the room.
27 Saturday Aug 2011
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© Knitted by Joan Currie
I know well that happiness is in little things… – John Ruskin
I stayed up late finishing another throw – and really enjoyed designing the generous fringe! The inspiration for the colors came from Nirvana’s Come As You Are performance video – Rome 1991 (the green spotlight on Kurt Cobain’s hair, especially).
25 Thursday Aug 2011
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© Knitted by Joan Currie
Yarn spun in this luxurious way turns a simple knitting project into high art!
I just finished knitting this very textured wool throw and love the result! The King of Rock and Roll’s Blue Suede Shoes kept me on task.
Satin & Sand 