Photo of the Day: Snowmen

Hartsdale Train Station, as viewed from the train, February 1, 2017

Sometimes in transit, when you look up from your phone at just the right time, you see public art as it is meant to be discovered. This installation at the MetroNorth Hartsdale Train Station is located between the north and south-bound tracks, as part of a system-wide public art works project.

~ photo by iPhone, some filters.

Photos of the Day: Snow Cap'd - January 30, 2015

Caramoor's Greenhouses

January 30, 2015

~photos by iTouch

Photos of the Day: Rural Retreat of the Rich

 The moon was rising and the sun was setting 

when we left our annual winter work retreat today.

We threw around a lot of ideas. 

It was a pretty Herculean amount of talking and planning. 

Now to keep practicing and refining our techniques.

Fundraising is not a sprint, or a marathon.

It's like a decathlon:

lots of different skills, honed over time;

you have to cross-train;

 and while you may medal in one thing --

it's the combined total of all the events which wins you the gold.

Backyard of the guest house of a Trustee

In Greenwich, CT.

~photos by iPhone

Photo of the Day: Serenity Now

Buddha at the Rosen House, Caramoor, Katonah, NY

Deep breaths!

Just remember to breathe.

photo via iTouch

Photos of the Day: Sun, Sand, Sculpting

 

 Cape Cod, October  2013

Whilst we wait for Mother Nature to put on her nightly show, Mother waits, and I take Nature's bounty and create more of a tribute in the sands - with streamers, ribbons and purses from the sea.

Retroblogging: What is Art? or "F-Art"?

 There were a variety of artful moments on the cruise. Some avoidable. Some staged.

  Some were amusing.

 Most on board were painfully awful - so much so that we wanted to forget it. Forgettable + Art = FArt.

 These birds were roosting in our room - causing pain to Ms. Christine's eyes.

In fact, 99.9% of the art on board was so awful that I didn't even waste digital space documenting them for posterity. Except for these three, which I used more for landmark and navigation guides than anything. I even made up a sad back story for the girl with the violin. Love or music? Love or music? I know she chose love, because she doesn't have the neck callus/hickey of a true string player.

If Matisse knew that his stuff was being ripped off for bad bathroom art he would be appalled. As would the Egyptian gods holding up the on-board casino.

On land, things were more aesthetically pleasing. I liked the art found on the streets better than the FArt at sea.

 Someone please make me a stuffed L(l)amacorn. I could spin the hair into warm clothing and be MAGICAL!

 I now realize why I bought so much real art from various street artists and independent shops in New Brunswick and Halifax. I was trying to balance out the FArt I was exposed to with the REAL stuff.

Photo of the Day: Devil, er, Angel in the Details

Thursday, August 8, 2013, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Old Burying Ground

Look at the detail in the feather fletching!

Sacred art indeed.

Photo Flashbacks: Sculptures in the Shadows

Nighttime photos

Caramoor, c. 2009

It is amazing what you find in your photo archives when looking for other things. I forgot I took these one night at Caramoor, when I was experimenting with an older Nixon and trying things with just the ambient lighting.

I took these before I even watched the Doctor Who episodes with the Weeping Angels. Would I wander around Caramoor in the dark now, taking photos of the sculptures, by myself?

Probably not.

Retroblogging: Falling for Crafts in Chelsea

Now that spring has sprung, the proliferation of street and craft fairs has blossomed. I'd like to keep exploring the various festivities, but time gets away from me. (Plus I am being careful with the budget for future fun - so if I don't go to "window shop" and "idea browse," then I won't accidentally end up purchasing anything.)

What I really like are the little crafty homegrown events, where you can really get close to the vendors and makers. Fairs like the one Jane and I went to in October in support of P.S. 11 partially sponsored by Etsy.

Crafts in Chelsea, Fall Festival 2012

We picked up buttons, brochures, and stickers, oh my.

It was a beautiful fall day, a warm, delightful, perfect Indian Summer day. It was almost perfect weather for sandals. Isn't this display adorable?

Since the funds being raised were for P.S. 11's arts curricula and other vital education programs, I just loved this vendor - who re-purposes old musical instruments and cases into a variety of lights and shelves.

I know of at least one saxophone and trumpet that could be put to good use. If my brothers even still have them.

The light was just so great in spotlighting the various jewelry displays. I had to walk away from some gemstones, minerals, and glass art pieces  - like these.

These little critters kept calling our names. Displayed adorably in old vintage suitcases and trunks, these stuffies are made from old cashmere sweaters - and considering the materials and hand-crafted-ness, were pretty affordable. Jane almost rescued a few friends. I had to stiffen my spine and walk away. My attic is already filled with a flock of stuffed friends.

There were other adorable re-purposed sweaters on display from other vendors at the market. The dress on the left was super cute, with a frilly lightweight skirt added to the top. A very similar scarf to the one one the right made its way home with Jane. The fleece leaves were warm and a season accent to otherwise boring fall coats.

As fun is it to look at the wares, remember to look at the "set decor" too.

Fun buntings

Bestowed with buttons

Finally, we almost missed this display with a vintage sewing machine, bobbins, and sewing table.

It was a really a great day, including a bout of dress up ... with fripperies ... and fascinators.

An Evening in the Garden

Blue Skies! Finally!

These were so scrumptious.

 

It's always so crowded in the Orchid show, and it's hard to get photos around other iFruit fotographers and those with enormous lenses, but look how things climb vertically in the Conservatory.

I just wanted to go back outside and soak up the sun.

Flirting with Galatea

Saturday, March 31, 2013
New York Botanical Garden
Orchid Exhibition

About the Exhibition
Manolo Valdés: Monumental Sculpture comprises seven bronze, cor-ten steel, and aluminum sculptures sited throughout the Garden’s dramatic landscape in locations that showcase the relationship between art and nature and promise visual interest during the changing seasons. In this exhibition Valdés has employed his signature monumental female heads in sculptures towering up to 17 feet tall and more than 50 feet wide. Each figure is enveloped by inventive floating headdresses inspired by shapes and forms found in nature, including ferns, palm fronds, and butterflies.

Middle Small:
l: 3 statues on the lawn in front of Conservatory; Acadia in the distance; Alhambra in middle; Galatea 
r: Ivy in the Reflecting Pool
Middle Medium:
l: Alhambra framing the Conservatory
r: Acadia
Last Large:
Galatea