FOREVER JANN

TOO FEW FOREVER HOMES

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Must be terribly hard being a dog/cat/ animal and finding yourself at a animal shelter. Feeling abandoned and having to live in a cage, sometimes for months. Wondering what you did wrong ? Knowing that your a good , loving dog/cat who only wants a loving , caring , forever home. Too few compassionate people who will come rescue you. And hoping your not one of the unlucky animals who just gets destroyed ...losing your life just because the shelters are over crowded , not enough money or that some people just don't care enough to help. PLEASE CONSIDER ADOPTING A SHELTER ANIMAL. PLEASE KEEP THE ANIMALS IN YOUR DAILY PRAYERS.

LISTEN ...BE WISE, AND KEEP YOUR HEART ON THE RIGHT PATH.-proverbs 23:19 NIV

Psalm 145:-9-10,13,15-21God loves all His creation .......

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and has made plans for all His children and the lesser creatures to enjoy His eternal Kingdom.

Sleeping beauty.

Today Mocha girl my half chow/half corgi is going to the Vet's for her shots and to let the Vet look at her mouth/teeth area. She has been having some problems with them.
At the moment my stomach is alittle upset but I know this will get better. Wishing all of you another FABULOUS day. Find some happiness and do something you love.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO ADOPT FROM THE ANIMAL SHELTERS

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ANIMAL SHELTERS ARE IN GREAT NEED OF MORE PEOPLE ADOPTING THE ANIMALS.
MANY ARE AT FULL CAPACITY AND MANY OF THE DOGS/CATS ARE HAVING TO BE KEPT FOR MONTHS IN THE CAGES. OVER POPULATION DUE TO MANY OWNERS NOT NEUTERING OR SPAYING THE ANIMALS.
THIS IS A MATTER VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART, THE SHELTER ANIMALS BREAK MY HEART....IT IS A EXTREMELY SAD SITUATION . PLEASE HELP IN ANY WAY YOU CAN.

FOREVER JANN RETURNS

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AFTER A LONG BREAK I've RETURNED...I HAVE MISSED ALL OF YOU.
HAVE ANOTHER GOOD SUNDAY.

Summer's going fast, night's growing colder. Children growing up, old friends growing older. Freeze this moment a little longer.

SONGS

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GATHER YE ROSEBUDS WHILE YE MAY

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Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May - Oil painting - John William Waterhouse - c. 1909
( I love his paintings )

Luna - Evelyn Pickering De Morgan (1850 - 1919) - c. 1885

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ORCHID POSTCARDS

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A LITTLE VINTAGE HELLO

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Get yourself over to my new VINTAGE blog and check it out. It is so sweet and lovely with lots of Vintage images, sure need some followers on it over there.
Many pleases and thank you's for finding your way over there.

Some people are always looking to hurt someone else, in the end, they only hurt themselves.

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WE HAD SOME GLORIUS RAIN ON SATURDAY

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IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK

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KEEP CALM AND BE YOURSELF

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PINK DOLLS

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LOVE AND TELL

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LED ZEPPELIN

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MAY BEAUTY SURROUND YOU

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RAPTURE OR NOT TO RAPTURE ????

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Something around here is upsetting my allergy problems so I have still been dealing with slight headaches and the itchy poo eyes and such but I am feeling better. Went over on Tuesday to my BFF Dianne's house and she took us out to lunch and some fun shopping but it was just fab spending time together. We have been friends since high school days and that is rare I think now days. Well I know all you artists are busy out there in your artrooms and I truly hope the creating muse is flowing like crazy for you. To all my friends I hope you have a great week-end and I guess if the Rapture event doesn't happen I will still see you around. Just wondering what your thoughts on this might be ???

SAY ALITTLE PRAYER

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Just feeling somewhat freaked about my head starting to hurt every time I take my Cymbalta and darn it , I so dislike going to the doctor. Don't know what is going on . Oh well what can I do but go visit him. Guess blogger got all the bugs worked out but wasn't it annoying also. Sorry don't mean to seem in a bad mood but frankly it hasn't been going good for me for over two weeks.
Please keep my in your prayers :)
Thank you.

I have been having trouble with my blog ? It has been messin up....

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so if you can read this then that is good. someone sent me a email and said they couldn't post a comment ??????? any way , I'm sorry.

RAINY WEDNESDAY

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We got some much needed rain here today and that was so delightful. A pretty good down pour with lots of thunder, which of course scared my poor furrbabies so badly. Mocha my half chow/half corgie will jump into the bathtub and sit awhile and then jump out.She sits in the bathroom for a short time and then jumps back into the tub off and on. It is sorta funny to watch except I feel so bad that she is so nervous. Chiquita insists on being held while it thunders or just staying very close by my side. Sure was good getting the rain as we have been suffering from drought conditions , I'm so afraid this is gonna to be a very hot summer here. Speaking of Chiquita, my sweet teeny girl is in heat again . She has never had puppies and I wish she could but she has gotten too old and I would be afraid of something going wrong, I guess she will just have to make do Mothering her tiny dog toys. Speaking of being too old, I have been having some headaches and I'm thinking they might be from my cymbalta. Guess I will carry myself to the doctor soon. Sure hope you are feeling really really good and having a super day.

CELEBRATING MOTHERS DAY 2011

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HAPPY MOTHERS DAY ALL YOU DARLINGS !!!!

Three vintage postcards.

My Mom and my sister and me, early 1960's.

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VINTAGE TEXAS POSTCARDS

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FREE IMAGES FOR MOTHER'S DAY

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Since Momma's Day is fast approaching I thought I would share these lovely images with you. What are your plans for this special day?? I'm planning on visiting my dear Mother's grave in Arlington, Texas and leaving some flowers there for her.
My birthday is just a week later, sure wish I had her here with me to celebrate it.
Cherish your Mother, we only have the one who is so dear.

FEATURING HAPPY LOVES ROSIE , A COLORFUL BLOG TO VISIT

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Today I'm featuring images from a wonderful blog that I love to visit.
HAPPY LOVES ROSIE!! Many of you may already be familiar with her & the blog she does as it has been around for awhile. I must say I love her style, I love the colors she uses, lets face it this lady is very creative. If you are a lover of RED and blues and anything British you simply must check the blog out. There is a link on my sidebar as well as HERE . Hope you had a pleasant Monday and the very best days in your week ahead. Try to get out there and celebrate some of the last few days of this April month.

EASTER BUNNIES AND CUTE CHICKS

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Delightful images of pretty chicks with the Easter bunny.
Credit via FILM NOIR PHOTOS BLOG.

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL MY FRIENDS

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HOPING ALL OF YOU WILL HAVE A JOYOUS DAY WITH FAMILY & FRIENDS AND MAY THE EASTER BUNNY BRING YOU ALL THE LOVELY EGGS YOUR BASKET WILL HOLD!!!!!

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I'm taking a much needed break from blogging. I have been doing this for several years and just feel like I need to do this. If you care to chat with me you can find me on Facebook , I still love to hear from you.

LOVE THE LOOK OF THESE IMAGES

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"By being yourself, you put something wonderful in the world that was not there before. — Edwin Elliot

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"Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers." ~ Veronica A. Shoffstall

SHIRLEY TEMPLE & DOLL

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858, “Red Riding Hood No. 3”, Henry Peach Robinson

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CORSETS DE PARIS

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1854, ‘The Garden Chair’, Henry White

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Lily Elsie

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Adore the roses and the color of this.

1897, “A Brilliant Idea”, Oscar Eagle standing alongside of Esther Lyon

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1850, “Classroom in the Emerson School for Girls”, Josiah Johnson Hawes

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LADY IN MOURNING

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ca. 1850, [Woman in Black Taffeta Dress and Lace Shawl], Josiah Johnson Hawes and Albert Sands Southworth

Fredrico Andreotti

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LONG HAIR

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The Sutherland Sisters

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Ballet Russes, Le Spectre de la Rose.

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LADY IN BLUE GOWN

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Lady in a Blue Gown (Lady Oxenden in a different pose) by Thomas Hudson

Duchess Marie

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Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin,
nee Windisch-Graetz (1854-1920)

Doris Mayday

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Isaiah 41:4 (NIV).

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Who has stirred up this king from the east, who meets victory at every step? Who, indeed, but the LORD? He gives him victory over many nations and permits him to trample their kings underfoot. He puts entire armies to the sword. He sca...tters them in the wind with his bow. He chases them away and goes on safely, though he is walking over unfamiliar ground. Who has done this and carried it through, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD -- with the first of them and with the last -- I am he.''...... Thoughts on This Verse... God is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. This is great comfort for us. We don't have to choose another deity in the course of our lives. We don't have to worry about our Father's leaving us as prey for other gods. We don't have to worry about his Word becoming obsolete or outdated. He will be with us always.

ST. Patrick's Day

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Yesterday came and went with me spending much time in bed. Was not feeling too well & very tired. When I was up around at lunch time and went out into the backyard with the dogs and it was such a lovely day. Actually was a really warm day ,we had the air on at one point to cool off some. My Land of Banks rose bushes are huge and covered in tiny buds that are ready to bloom the sweet tiny yellow roses, they only do this in the spring time and it is amazing. I want to get pictures this year, I'm always saying this but will try really had to captured this with Mark's blackberry! I never had a phone call last evening from sister so I guess she had her haircut and spent some time with Adrienne. She had her class ring made for her and probably ended up giving it to her to wear. So wonderful to be 17, a junior in high school and the whole world before you. I do remember that time in my life but I think Adrienne's is probably better than mine , wish I still had my high school ring, many regrets from my younger years. Happy St. Paddy's Day anyway.

SWEET & PRECIOUS - GOD BLESS THE LITTLE CHILDREN AND THE ANIMALS

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I'M A DREAMER BUT AREN'T WE ALL

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HAPPY TUESDAY

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HAPPY MONDAY , MAY THIS NEXT WEEK BE AS SWEET AS HONEY FOR YOU

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the one remaining,
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VIA SWEET NOTHINGS BLOG

EMMA WATSON

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Emma Watson photographed by Karl Lagerfeld

KATE WINSLET

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Lindsey Wixson & Hailey Clauson

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Vogue China by Willy Vanderperre, March 2011

Scarlett Johansson photographed by Mario Sorrenti

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Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953

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Rachel Hurd Wood by Erez Sabag, 2011

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VEIL

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Rachel Hurd Wood by Erez Sabag, 2011

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Daisy Lowe

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Photographed by Ellen von Unwerth for Biba Spring 2011

Lindsey Wixson

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The Right Lines - Vogue UK by Tim Walker, April 2011

One of my Artist Trading Cards Collage Art Piece

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This was a fun card to create. This was made from a vintage nudie girl playing card, originally the girl was nude.I used vintage music sheet as the dress to cover her.
The hair is painted with that matte fabric paint. Vintage french paper,
ink stamping, cut out flowers and a piece of vintage calendars.Sealed for protection. Size of card is 2.5 x 3.5 inches.
This ATC was sold on Ebay.

Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic Store in Soho

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For more info&credit about this post visit this blog.
HAMMERS AND HIGH HEELS

Constant use will not wear ragged the fabric of friendship. ~Dorothy Parker

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Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming. ~William Hazlitt

PAUL NEWMAN

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If we cannot be clever, we can always be kind. ~Alfred Fripp

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A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble. ~Charles H. Spurgeon

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.

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“It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.” – Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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"Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." — Mae Jemison
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Take a chance for once in your life and screw the consequences...Each day, each hour, each minute is special, live for today for tomorrow is promised to no one.
-Betsy Van Dyk
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"At times I'm so discouraged with problems of the day, I fail to see the joyful things that are along the way; When troubles overwhelm me it's then my nerves may fray, that's when I need to take the time to simply sit and pray; I must try to remember though problems come my way, not to miss the joyful things and the beauty of the day." ~ Author Unknown
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“Many humans are frightened of their own solitude. But only in solitude can we learn to know ourselves, learn to handle our own eternal aloneness.” – Han Suyin
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“If what you see with your eyes doesn’t please you, then close your eyes and see from the heart. Because the heart can see beauty and love more than the eyes can ever wonder.” – Unknown

FANTASTIC GRAPHICS

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ON THIS VICTORIAN PHOTO ALBUM PAGE. I LUV THE DETAILING ON THIS, SUPER COOL.
CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE & GET A BETTER VIEW OF IT.

RANDOM SUNDAY IMAGES I'M LOVING

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"I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the point." – Susan Sarandon

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"I remind myself that life isn't just what's handed to me, nor is it my list of accomplishments or failures, but it's what I choose each day to make of it. When I'm able to be with things as they are and accept the day's challenges, I feel as if I'm coming a step closer to being myself. It's when I get lost in the details or caught up in worries about what might be, that I miss the beauty of what is." - K. Kenison

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"Hold your loved ones close today, and whisper in their ear that you love them very much, and you'll always hold them dear. Take time to say "I'm sorry," "Please forgive me," "Thank you" or "It's okay". And if tomorrow never comes, you'll have no regrets about today." — Norma Cornett Marek

TIMEZONES

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by MONAVX

HEAL THE SICK

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AYERS, 1883

BUNNY AND LITTLE BEAR

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THE PRAYER

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Felice Casorati, La Preghiera , 1914

SALVADOR DALI

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WITH COCO CHANEL.

"A true artist is not one who is inspired,
but one who inspires others."

"There are some days when I think I'm going to die
from an overdose of satisfaction."

Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
"The world will admire me.
Perhaps I'll be despised and misunderstood,
but I'll be a great genius, I'm certain of it"

"Drawing is the honesty of the art.
There is no possibility of cheating.
It is either good or bad."

"Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing."  

"I have Dalínian thought: The one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous."

"Each morning when I awake,
I experience again a supreme pleasure:
that of being Salvador Dali."

"Give me two hours a day of activity
I'll take the other twenty two in dreams"

DALI ON THE SET OF SPELLBOUND.

"I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, neither does the person grow to look like his portrait."

TO READ MORE ABOUT THIS ARTIST and view a incredible blog where credit for this post comes from FASHION'S MOST WANTED.
SO WORTH YOUR TIME TO VISIT THIS BLOG.

"I'm not beautiful like you. I'm beautiful like me."-Joy Drop

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"Maybe the heavens were a kind of celestial grave, I thought, the way the earth is a repository for our flesh, and when we stared at the stars, we were really beholding a million lives twinkling back at us, asking us not to forget." — Tiffany Baker

HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FRIDAY

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ORIENTAL BEAUTY - PIERRE OLIVER JOSEPH COOMANS c.1879
(enlarge for lovelier details)

IRONING DOLLY'S CLOTHES

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FLEA MARKETS ARE INCREDIBLE PLACES

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INCREDIBLE ITEMS CAN BE FOUND AT FLEA MARKETS!

PROBLEM SOLVED

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“Vito and Giuseppe Bertucci, father and son, living at 3,103, South Twelfth Street, Tacoma, Washington, were equal owners of their house. The son was married. A short time ago the house caught fire and, as a result, became in need of repairs. But here a hitch arose. Father and son could not agree upon just what should be done. So, in 1906 the Bertuccis hired a carpenter to cut their house in two and literally became a divided family.”

HAPPY MARCH

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ROSALIND SOLOMON , THE BRIDE.

MOVING HOUSE

The extraordinary Jean Cocteau portrayed by the extraordinary Romaine Brooks:Romaine Brooks: Jean Cocteau à l’époque de la grande rue, 1912

“Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious.” — Cocteau

PERHAPS ALL THE DRAGONS..............

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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke

FAIRY TALES CAN COME TRUE , THEY CAN HAPPEN TO YOU, IF YOUR YOUNG IN HEART

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A Fairytale vintage card.

Annabelle Moor [Annabelle Whitford] star of early cinema,made several films for Edison and Biograph between 1894 and 1897

Still from Alice Guy-Blaché, William K.L. Dickson - Butterfly Dances (1894-1907)

ANNAMARIE'S ROMANTIC COTTAGE

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THESE AMAZING photos of AnnaMarie's cottage home
was featured on THE HOUSE IN THE ROSES blog.
CIELO IS THE VERY CREATIVE LADY WHO does a weekly
"SHOW OFF YOUR COTTAGE MONDAY", a blog party
that features the most amazing homes and cottages.

For any of you cottage lovers and shabby chic/vintage room lovers you need to visit this blog.

I adore how Annamarie has decorated with such elaborate, feminine,delicate
vintage details in every room. Heavenly rooms featuring such loveliness
of laces, roses, tulle slips, and creamy,dreamy shades of white. You feel like lightly floating through these rooms. How adorable. It looks like a fairy tale cottage and every little girl's and many big girl's dream come true! Breathtaking and heavenly romantic!
Truly would be like living in the clouds! I could make myself right at home in this beautiful cottage.

PLEASE take some time to visit THE HOUSE IN THE ROSES BLOG.

Nothing is Lost

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Nothing is lost - not a hair, not a breath!
The lilac that blooms today is made of
last year's crumbled leaves and this morning's dew.
It has in it perhaps the breath of a tiger and
minerals that were part of an ancient dinosaur.
The raw materials of that lilac have perhaps spent time in
a seashell, a wagon wheel, a butterfly and a hawk.

How old is this morning's lilac? - And how old are you?
You are as young as the morning, as old as the world,
You are as new as a raindrop, as old as the mountains.
You are forever a part of the world.

ILLUSTRATION

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Illustration by Jul. Hanriot

in Les nouvelles amoureuses by Charles Aubert

Chez tous les libraires, París,1883

Woman and girl by a brook - c. 1910, autochrome by Charles Corbet

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HUMAN STATUE OF LIBERTY

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18,000 troops depicting Statue of Liberty - Arthur S. Mole and John D. Thomas - c. 1918

To carry out this picture it took 12,000 men for the torch alone, but only 17 at the base. The men at the base are almost 1km from those of the flame.

JANE RUSSELL, GOD'S FINGER TOUCHED HER AND SHE SLEPT

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1921 - 2011
Jane Russell, the brunette who was discovered by Howard Hughes and went on to become one of the biggest stars of the 1940s and '50s, has died at age 89.
A beautiful lady right up to the very in. Heaven gains another angelic star

She was born Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell in Bemidji, Minnesota on June 21, 1921. Her father was a US Army lieutenant and her mother was a former actress. Jane was the only daughter; she had four brothers. Her father was stationed in Canada and the family lived there for most of Jane’s childhood. When he was out of the service, they moved to California.

Though her main ambition was to be a designer, Jane shared her mother's interest in acting. She appeared in many high school plays. She had to put her design career ambitions aside when her father suddenly died in 1937. After graduation, she took a job as a receptionist in a doctor's office to help support the family. She also did some modeling on the side

In 1940, hoping to break into film, Jane took acting classes, at first briefly at Max Reinhardt's Theatrical Workshop and then for a longer period at the Maria Ouspenskaya drama school. That same year, Howard Hughes discovered Jane and signed her to a seven-year contract.

In the late fifties, Jane created a successful touring solo act. She also made her first appearances in stage productions. In 1964, she attempted a film comeback in a handful of character parts. She was good in a brief cameo in “Born Losers” (1967, the first Billy Jack movie), but once again she was unsatisfied with the roles she received. She retired from films after making “Darker than Amber" in 1970.

Love had also been rocky for Jane in those years. She and Waterfield had divorced in 1968. Though she met and married actor Robert Barrett the same year, he died of a heart attack less than a year into the marriage. She finally found lasting love when she married John Calvin Peoples in 1974. They are together to this day and living in Sedona, Arizona.

In the seventies, Jane became famous to a new generation for being the spokesperson for Playtex bras. She also appeared in a handful of TV shows, but for the most part, she was finished with acting.

Though Jane’s contributions to film are worthy, her efforts on behalf of children are even more important. The Women's International Center (WIC) presented her with the Living Legacy Award in 1989, for her life-long work as an advocate for children. She was not only an adoptive parent herself (two children from an early marriage to her childhood sweetheart), but she had arranged for the adoption of approximately 38,000 children through her own organization, WAIF.

The assets that inspired Howard Hughes to bring Jane Russell to the screen will always be associated with her, but in her life, she has proven herself to be a truly remarkable person and far more than a pin-up girl.

Jane with Elvis,

Christian Bale & Reese Witherspoon

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Oscar Press Room
They make a handsome couple.

MICHELLE RODRIQUEZ

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Michelle Rodriguez attending a post Oscars party last night

PAULA MALCOMSON

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PAULA MALCOMSON AS TRIXIE ON HBO'S DEADWOOD.

Dita von Teese

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CREAM IN MY COFFEE

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VASILISA THE BEAUTIFUL

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Vasilisa the Beautiful at the Hut of Baba Yaga - Ivan Bilibin.

GERTRUDE POWYS

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Miss Gertrude Powys as The Angel in the pantomime Sleeping Beauty at the Theatre Royal, 1886 / photographer J. T. Gorus, Sydney via State Library of New South Wales

Francine du Plessix

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Francine du Plessix Gray in Paris,c. 1947