Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Antic lace, ribbon embroidery vintage bodices.

 



















Today's Quote from Mahatma Gandhi. - An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.









 

Monday, May 24, 2021

Fashion sketches - “You can never be overdressed or overeducated.” ― Oscar Wilde

 












Leslie Caron - "The most important thing is to remain active and to love what you are doing."

Born in the suburbs of Paris, France, Leslie Caron is an actress and dancer. Gene Kelly got her into the movies for the film An American in Paris (1951). Got a world-wide reputation for her roles in Lili (1953) and Gigi (1958). Most recently Caron has appeared in British TV series The Durrels 2016.










  • "In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?" ...

Sunday, May 23, 2021

“Do not deprive me of my age. I have earned it.”


                                       “We have to break the mirror to be ourselves...”

                                 ― May Sarton, The Poet and the Donkey: A Novel








Stone and sand Sculptures






Abandoned angel as part of a family vault in Italy









 




THE SERENITY PRAYER

GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY
TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE;
COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN;
AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME;
ENJOYING ONE MOMENT AT A TIME;
ACCEPTING HARDSHIPS AS THE PATHWAY TO PEACE;
TAKING, AS HE DID, THIS SINFUL WORLD
AS IT IS, NOT AS I WOULD HAVE IT;
TRUSTING THAT HE WILL MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT
IF I SURRENDER TO HIS WILL;
THAT I MAY BE REASONABLY HAPPY IN THIS LIFE
AND SUPREMELY HAPPY WITH HIM
FOREVER IN THE NEXT.
AMEN.

--REINHOLD NIEBUHR