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Great Love…

11 Friday Feb 2011

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© Ryuuzaki Julio

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined…to strengthen each other…
to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.  – George Eliot

If I had known that he was going to be my only great love, I would never have let him go.

Model – Micha Borodaev

Beautiful Eyes…

10 Thursday Feb 2011

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© Moja Ma’at

The stars try to imitate the glitter in your eyes
But fail helplessly and cry for your sight
To pacify my heart which pounds and weep
To see you till its last beat.
from The Glitter in Your Eyes – C. N. Premkumar

This Valentine’s Day take a moment to behold your lover’s beautiful eyes.

Model – Erin Leeper
Photographer – Moja Ma’at

Kindred Spirits…

07 Monday Feb 2011

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© Antonio Genovia - detail

I think you may be a kindred spirit after all.  – Anne of Green Gables

I am a huge Lucy Maud Montgomery fan! Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe of the Anne of Green Gables series were my favorite fictional characters as a child, as they were for most Canadian girls. (And, thanks to director and producer Kevin Sullivan, they are for my daughters’ generation, as well. )

It was Anne Shirley who filled my head with the notion of how wonderful it would be for your kindred spirit and your love interest to be one and the same.

Models – Lauren DiMarco & Oleg Galagan

Train Yard…

06 Sunday Feb 2011

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© Joan Currie

No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else. – Orison Swett Mardone

I love to travel by train! My favorite train ride was during the summer after grade ten when I traveled with my best girlfriend from Calgary to Vancouver through the Canadian Rockies. We both fell hopelessly in love with a handsome university student who boarded the train in Revelstoke and spent more time looking at him than the glorious scenery all around us.

© Joan Currie

© Joan Currie

© Joan Currie

Stained Glass Window…

05 Saturday Feb 2011

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© Joan Currie

Stopped into a church
I passed along the way
Well. I got down on my knees
And I pretend to pray…
California Dreamin’ – The Mamas and the Papas

I stopped into a chapel and photographed this charming stained glass window located directly behind the altar (detail shown above).

First Kiss…

04 Friday Feb 2011

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© William Cardoza

I have found men who didn’t know how to kiss. I have always found time to teach them. – Mae West

The kids in my old neighborhood were mad about kissing! I am not sure whether this was due to a proximity to the 49th parallel, a noxious substance in the drinking water, or an abnormally high level of red dye in our bloodstreams from ingesting copious amounts of Jello, lollipops, and popsicles. Whatever the reason, nearly every game that we played, from flag to tag to hide-and-seek, had some kissing component connected with it.

The boy next door, two years older than I, was the dreamiest boy on the planet. He attracted not only girls but also boys to play in his backyard. It was he who conceived and organized all the games with a complicated set of regulations that always ruled in his favor and gave him the license to kiss any and every girl he pleased.

I would like to report that my heart throb neighbor was the one who had planted the first kiss on my lips. He had so much practice, that I am sure he had perfected the art of kissing to a “T.” Unfortunately, one of his protégées tackled me in a round of tag and pressed his lips against mine before I could resist. Since then, every time I see a slimy earthworm lying on the sidewalk after a rain, I am reminded of that first kiss.

Model – Lauren DiMarco

Ravishing Red…

03 Thursday Feb 2011

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© Joan Currie

Brevity is the soul of lingerie. – Dorothy Parker

This sizzling satin and lace slip from Rio de Janeiro heats up a romantic evening!

My fascination with the full slip dates back to a time when I watched old movies with my mother – particularly BUtterfield 8 starring bad girl, Elizabeth Taylor. Pillow Talk with Doris Day, and Niagara with Marilyn Monroe.

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37 Beautiful Love Songs…

02 Wednesday Feb 2011

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© Owen Buenaventura

As in the movie, High Fidelity, it can be very tricky coming up with just the right playlist to set the stage for L-O-V-E on Valentine’s Day. My list (a work in progress) is somewhat ecclectic, but I hope it will set the mood just the same!

1.  When a Man Loves a Woman – Percy Sledge
2.  Falling Slowly – Glen Hansard
3.  Kiss – Tom Jones
4.  Marie – Randy Newman
5.  Michelle – Beatles
6.  L’Amour existe encore – Celine Dion
7.  It had to be You – Rod Stewart
8.  Say that you love me – Loudon Wainwright
9.  Besame Mucho – Diana Krall
10. One Fine Day – Natalie Merchant
11. Mon Mec a Moi – Patricia Kaas
12. Jersey Girl – Bruce Springsteen
13. Southern Cross – Crosby, Stills & Nash
14. Back at One– Brian McKnight
15. Bring me to Life – Evanescence
16. Can’t Help Falling in Love – Andrea Bocelli
17. One – U2
18. Me & Mrs. Jones – Billy Paul
19. You are so Beautiful – Joe Cocker
20. Beauty and the Beast – Peabo Bryson & Celine Dion
21. Somebody to Love – Jefferson Airplane
22. Unforgettable – Natalie and Nat “King” Cole
23. More than Words – Eric Clapton
24. Addicted to Love – Robert Palmer
25. Strangers in the Night – Frank Sinatra
26. The Power of Love – Huey Lewis and the News
27. I Can’t Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt
28. Love Story – Taylor Swift
29. Love Me Tender – Elvis Presley
30. Love the One You’re With – Crosby, Stills & Nash
31. On Bended Knee – Boys II Men
32. Moon River – Audrey Hepburn
33. Ma Cherie Amore – Stevie Wonder
34. Stop! In the Name of Love –  The Supremes
35. Love is the Drug –  Roxy Music
36. L-O-V-E – Nat “King” Cole
37. Lady in Red – Chris de Burgh

Models: Lauren DiMarco & Tobi Klanner