Wednesday, December 10, 2014

"First Snow"



Christmas is only a few weeks away.
We may have White Christmas ?






Tuesday, November 25, 2014

"something about this Collection..."


Gareth Pugh / Spring 2015 Ready to Wear Collection











I usually don't like too theatrical presentation.  But something about this collection caught my attention.   I'm not sure what about those clothing gets my eyes.  I just love this Black & White Collection.  I don't know much about this designer, but I can see he knows about draping.  When I see theses ready to wear pieces I can see how well they are made.  Now I can't wait to see them in the shops in the Spring.


Monday, November 17, 2014

"Wooden City"











Metropolitan Cityscapes Sculpted by James McNabb

Mcnubb descrides his artistic process as "Sketching with a band saw"  Each element of the exhibit displays intricate building-like forms shaped from woods of different light and dark tones.  McNabb says his initial intent was not to build skylines, but individual wooden pieces which resembled tools of other strangely familiar objects.  After he build realy 250 of them in a day he noticed that they began to resemble a miniature city, and from there The City Metros Series was born.

Saturday, November 1, 2014

"The Day After"



I heard that last night's Halloween Parade in the village was big one, even if last night got quite cold.  I didn't go there to see what people became for one night.
I used to spend so much time making my costume to be part of the parade.  Those days are over.  In recent years, I don't even watch it on TV.  I feel "Halloween" got too commercial.  But, I love walking through my neighborhood seeing decorated town houses and children having fun collecting candy.
I woke up this morning with the sound of rain.  I guess the rain goddess waited to visit us the day after.  Every street and house had been cleaned by it.  Everything looked fresh and almost like nothing happened last night.








I wanted to show you how people decorated their houses in Chelsea.
All these houses are within 3 blocks from where I live.  Even after the rain those spider webs, ghosts, skeletons, witches are still on staircases and in front yards, I wonder when they will be disappearing...






This is the first year I eyewitness what happens to pumpkins after Halloween Night.   In my neighborhood Chelsea in Manhattan, people are moving carved pumpkins to the local park to be discarded.  This is sponsored by a local organization to make them into compost.  I think this is a great thing for children to learn.  Everything is done with great care, and you can have fun from beginning to end...