Summer's Close I 2010

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Dear Everyone:

Summer continues to

fade away on us as time

zips by. Mornings are getting

cooler now.

Hydrangea always signal

fall to me.

Here are 3 kind of edgy shots

of hydrangea.

I am really pleased with them.

Especially with the 3D depth effect.

Enjoy.

Helen.

Pleasing Image II 2010

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Dear Everyone:

This image of an outdoor

courtyard tugged at my

heart strings.

Wouldn't it make for

a perfect dream outdoor

space for a perfect dream

house.

The architect is

Andrew Batey.

See http://www.andrewbatey.net/.

A classicist building Palladian

style villas in Californian wine

country with over 30 years experience.

Educated at both Oxford and

Cambridge universities he

favours natural stone and stucco.

His buildings look built to

last. And avoid trends.

Enjoy.

Helen.

Something Green 2010

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Dear Everyone:

Summer is winding down.

I am struck less by the few summer

flowers left than by the green

foliage all around.

Here are some images of green-

-an office belonging to stylist Erin

Gates of Elements of Style

-3 photos of greenery

from a local neighbourhood

presented in a triptych

Enjoy.

Helen.

Pleasing Images 2010

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Dear Everyone:

Have 2 pleasing images to share.

I am caught up staring at them.

The first is my photo of a plant at the entry

of a home in a local neighbourhood.

It looks like an orchid but I am unfamiliar

with it and don't know the name.

I love the horizontal stripes of

the siding in the background

and the light coming in through

the window.

The second image is off a blog.

A pleasing dining room.
The table is sort of industrial

and a bit rustic. The chairs are

uber-modern. The blue in

the abstract painting is terrific.

All topped off with a glamourous chandelier.

See what you think.

Helen.

After Clemente II 2010

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Dear Everyone:

Here is a recent photograph of

painter Francesco Clemente.

As well, I've enclosed a painting

from his series "A History

of the Heart in Three Rainbows".

Note the symmetry of the painting,

the jester clothing and the meditative pose.

Is the figure offering the hearts to

the gods or to a lover.

Enjoy.

Helen.

After Clemente #1 2010

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Dear Everyone:

This latest image was inspired by

the work of painter Francesco Clemente.

Born in Italy in 1952 he is famous for his

dreamlike figures and portraits.

He currently resides in India, New York

and Italy. Married for over 30 years

to Alba Clemente he has 4 children.

He has asserted that he is

a "painter by default". He

didn't want to do anything else for

a living and so turned to painting.

Friends with Allan Ginsberg,

Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel

Basquait -he used to collaborate

with them.

His rainbows appear in an exhibit

of watercolours in 2009

"A History of the Heart

in Three Rainbows". Award-winning

St. Lucian poet Derek Walcott wrote the

introduction for the exhibit catalogue.

Hearts and rainbows dance across

the page with figures sometimes

being acted upon.

Hope that you enjoy my homage

to Clemente.

Helen.

Peggy's Cove Return 2010

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Dear Everyone:

Couldn't help but return

to Peggy's Cove a second day

in a row.

Repeated breakfast at

the restaurant and coffee

at Beale's Bailiwick, on

the deck.

Took a few more photos.

Enjoy.

Helen.