BUTTERFLY OF THE UNIVERSE

It is with great sadness that I tell you of the passing of my dear mother. She died on Wednesday night in the arms of myself, my husband and daughter. With peace and dignity.

"The caterpillar dies so the butterfly could be born and yet, the caterpillar lives in the butterfly and they are but one. So when I die, it will be that I have been transformed from the caterpillar of the earth to the butterfly of the universe."
-John Harricharan


Helen Dorner Shechtman
June 28, 1914 - May 20, 2009

HAIKU FESTIVAL

brick wall in spring
graffiti blooms -
the museum is open


Thank you, Elizabeth!

FRENCH FLEA MARKET FINDS

Flea market
The origin of this term, which first appeared in English in the 1920's, most probably lies in Paris, where Le Marche aux Puces (literally, 'market of the fleas') was a popular shopping venue. Le Marche aux Puces took its name from the semi-humorous (and probably at least partly accurate) popular perception that the market's ragtag goods were more than likely to be infested with fleas.


No fleas here.......and for those of you that have been here before.....it's not from Target!!!! I was in Paris three weeks ago.

The piece at the top of this post is my favorite. I believe it was a belt buckle of some sort. Maybe.




This lady is the top of an old lamp that had a fire of some sort, in it's electrics. I fell in love with the details on the top of her dress. Do you know what she is thinking? I can tell you. "What in the world is this blogger going to do, with all of these wonderful things?"

TIME IS A DRESSMAKER

"Time is a dressmaker that specializes in alterations."
-Faith Baldwin

Thank you Seth, for a jewel( better than Target) of a project.









Results-

*Ribbon stretched out, barely holding it up. The tree is helping.
*mold and dirt on paper......now the the lawn is being mowed add grass clippings
*rusted metal wire
*extreme paper warping paper was heavy grade water color paper
*enhanced patina on metals, copper and brass
*Target brooches............sigh, still intact.

Before-
After-

PARIS OR MY SHOULDER..

so yesterday i had my shoulder operated on to repair a torn labrum. i am typing with one hand, so please forgive my lack of caps.

i returned from an amazing trip to paris last week. i figured that it would be better to post some of my trip photos than my shoulder mri or xrays......ha, ha.




line for tickets to the top of the eiffel tower....it reminds me of an edward hopper painting


we went to the top of the eiffel tower at midnight......oooo la la

the opera

paris comes alive at night

an assemblage by picasso at the picasso museum

a special treat, the vanves flea market, escorted by tara bradford of paris parfait




the magnificent flying buttresses of notre dame


an amazing international graffiti exhibit at the grand palais



everyone wants to be french in paris.......duh.....the berets




bike sharing.......an excellent idea


beautiful day at luxembourg gardens



great friends to share it with

so i know i was there and it wasn't a dream

FOUND-IN THE YEAR 2109

" I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich as an expression of life as growth." - Henry Miller

Hey everyone, I am just giving a little update on my disintegration project, a la Seth over at Altered Page.

The copper and metals are aging very nicely, thank you. I DO love that copper. The patina of "life" just works so well.

The paper is curling and getting moldy......WOO HOO. Some of the wire has rusted.

If you look closely, you can even see some of the mold. What fun......


The "BLING"? Well that's another story. They are left overs from a time when I was making jewelry and adding brooches to necklaces. The brooches were purchased at Target!! I was hoping that they would rust.....that the stones would fall out........discolor, bend, fall off, break...ANYTHING!!!! I figure, when archeologists come to my neighborhood someday, 100 years from now, 1000 years from now, those damn Target brooches will still look as good as new.

Happy Holidays to everyone!!!

See you next week after I've been........here.