31 Sunday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
Folks still remember the day ole Bob Riley came bouncing along that dirt road in his pickup. – Jack Handy
Every time I pass this abandoned truck, I try to imagine all the places it visited in its glory days.
31 Sunday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
I myself am quite absorbed by the delicate yellow, delicate soft green, delicate violet of a ploughed and weeded piece of soil. – Vincent van Gogh
I turned away from the shore and discovered another kind of beauty in the riot of flowers bounded by a weathered fence.
31 Sunday Jul 2011
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My life is like a stroll on the beach…as near to the edge as I can go. – Thoreau
This morning, I passed this crab washed ashore along with tangles of kelp.
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30 Saturday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
Everybody would like to be an oak tree, that’s very strong and very pretty.
Katharine Hepburn
Early this morning, when I was inspecting the jumble of leaves and pink peppercorns that the California Pepper tree had deposited on the roof and in the gutters of my new home, I thought of Katharine Hepburn’s statement that she would like to be a great oak tree.
After having lived in New England for fifteen years and spent a good part of every fall raking and bagging thousands of leaves from white and red oak trees, I would not wish to be a tree that was so burdensome – no matter how beautiful. I think Johnny Carson was on the right track when he said he wanted to be a tumbleweed.
29 Friday Jul 2011
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© Olga Lacosta Photography
Am I making believe I see in you,
A man too perfect to be really true?
Do I want you because you’re wonderful,
or are you wonderful because I want you?
from Cinderella by Rodgers & Hammerstein
My list of favorite love songs from musicals…
1. Cinderella – Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?
2. My Fair Lady – I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face
3. Oliver – Where is Love?
4. Phantom of the Opera – All I Ask of You
5. Crazy for You – Someone to Watch Over Me
6. Passion – Happiness
7. A Little Night Music – Send in the Clowns
8. South Pacific – Some Enchanted Evening
9. Sound of Music – Something Good
10. Camelot – If Ever I Would Leave You
Model: Lauren DiMarco
24 Sunday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
A great trip in a car is like watching a first-rate movie — but a great trip on a motorcycle is like living the movie. – CNN, American Road Trips
This lucky Harley man and his Blintze Boys buddies (below) stopped in Half Moon Bay before cruisin’ up the coast.
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23 Saturday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
I’m not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We’re talking about a Mozart of rock music. – Sean Lennon
My father’s shoes are too big for me, as well.
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22 Friday Jul 2011
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© Ryuuzaki Julio
He wants to remain within her, to lie blind in the furls of her flesh. – Anaïs Nin
I am in need of a sincere apology…
Models: Lauren DiMarco & Oleg Galagan
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21 Thursday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
It is a peculiarity of knitters that they chronically underestimate the amount of time it takes to knit something. – Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
Although I am not planning to give up my present love (Rowan yarn), I have to confess that I am smitten with two others: Ozark Handspun and Be Sweet yarns. I plan to use all three when making Christmas gifts this year for my daughters.
British royalty fans will want to check out the July 20th posting of the Be Sweet Blog and the instructions for the shawl that Kate Middleton wore recently.
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20 Wednesday Jul 2011
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© Joan Currie
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme,
Remember me to one who lives there,
He once was a true love of mine.
by Simon and Garfunkel
I found myself singing Scarborough Fair as I readied my pots for an indoor herb garden.
Hayley Westenra’s version of the song is much more compelling.
Satin & Sand 