Cloudy white breath of heaven billows in the wind.
My garden is glowing with abundant white blooms: cloud-like clusters of breath of heaven, fragrant peppery freesia, regal Calla lilies, towering over furry lamb’s ear. The chorus of birds announced the coming of spring today and I feel the excitement of spring’s promise of renewal, beauty, abundance and change.
Regal Calla lillies tower above the ground.
Peppery Freesia
When we traveled to Paris in October of 2003 I took along the book A Place in the World Called Paris, edited by Steven Barclay and Illustrated by Miles Hyman, Chronicle Books, 1994. The book is a treasure trove of literary references to Paris and served as a lens for how I saw the city that trip. As I organized my photographs, the words I had read replayed in my mind, and I used the quotations to illustrate our scrapbook. I now share some of my inspirations here!
Rooftops and Dream Clouds of Paris
“Things felt oddly bigger to me in Paris. The sky was more present than in New York, its whims more fragile. I found myself drawn to it, and for the first day or two I watched it constantly-sitting in my hotel room and studying the clouds, waiting for something to happen. These were northern clouds, the dream clouds that are always changing, massing up into huge gray mountains, discharging brief showers, dissipating, gathering again, rolling across the sun, refracting the light that always seems different.
Ordinary and Iconic Paris
The Paris sky has its own laws, and they function independently of the city below. If the buildings appear solid, anchored in the earth, indestructible, the sky is vast and amorphous, subject to constant turmoil. For the first week, I felt as though I had been turned upside-down.
Under a momentary October blue sky, the Hotel de Ville is illuminated.
This was an old world city, and it had nothing to do with New York- with its slow skies and chaotic streets, its bland clouds and aggressive buildings.
The beauty of an urban park as seen from Notre Dame.
I had been displaced, and it made me suddenly unsure of myself. I felt my grip loosening, and at least once an hour I had to remind myself why I was there.” from The Locked Room, by Paul Auster, 1986
The everchanging light of the sky in Paris, as seen from Notre Dame
The sunlight illuminated the Seine, if only for a moment!
Sacre Coeur keeps a watchful eye over the city of Paris
Looking through old photographs I am inspired by the beauty of Paris. Come along with me, let’s dream we are there!
Fauchon Window Treats
A grand entrance into a private courtyard invites us to dream of what's behind the door!
One of our favorite Paris restaurants for cassoulet, sadly now gone.
Our entertainment on the train to Charles de Gaulle!
Sunset in Paris 2003
Are you the one who kisses or the one who turns the cheek?
Trish Vernazza Venus in Bloom will be featured this Friday, December 4th, 2009, 4:30-7:30 along with craftswomen and artists in a celebration “All About Me”, @ home of Leslie Denny, 236 Del Mesa Street, Oceanside, Ca 92058. Please contact Leslie (760) 716-2815. New Tshirts, coutured tshirts, Paper Crowns for Celebration and Angel Toppers will be featured. Trish has been celebrating her feature in Altered Couture for her Rose’s R Red organic Tshirt and Vintage Camisole! She was also featured on the inside cover of Haute Handbags winter issue, advertising the winter issue of Altered Couture!
Venus in Bloom is having a show and an art sale on November 14, 2009 from 11am to 4pm.
Feel free to visit this fun-for-everyone event.
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2131 Oceanview Rd Oceanside, CA 92056
For more information about Venus in Bloom visit our website [link]
Hope to see you there!
