Night Forms

Last night after work I drove up to Grounds for Sculpture to see Night Forms: Infinite Waves. The weather was perfect because it wasn't unbearably cold to be outdoors yet was chilly enough that kept most people away. It was nice to wander around and take tons of mini movies to capture the experience. I'd love to go back one night with Jackson. We'll see! This one was my favourite piece:

ABOUT NIGHT FORMS: INFINITE WAVE

For the second Night Forms season, we partner with Klip Collective to present a reimagined after-hours, multi-sensory light and sound experience designed to engage with the Ground For Sculpture art and horticulture collection.

Building on the success of last year’s exhibition, Night Forms: Infinite Wave is unique, offering a new route through the grounds as more than a dozen installations punctuate the dark.

Night Forms: Infinite Wave on view through April 2, 2023.

BONUS: My favourite piece at Grounds for Sculpture - Gloria Vanderbilt's Dream Box Heart's Desire

Without a Trace

Rewatching season one of Without a Trace on HBO Max took me back to the early aughts when Marina and I, and pretty much our whole family, were super into this series. I messaged her to remind her of this fave from our younger days and it made me wish I could time travel back to 2002. Back to before old age started to set in with all its aches and creaks, before parental responsibilities and all the other crapola that stresses out us grown-ups and just go back to worrying purely about when we would next get to hang out together.

Umbrellas of Anne Lane

One afternoon in Dublin I walked to Anne Lane to see the lovely umbrellas which hung overhead. It was a bit of a gloomy day and the bright colours cheered up the dreary little lane and made me love Dublin even more. It's the art of the city that I adore most. 

Cerpts Quizzie

From the old coneyislandbaby blog - 25 January 2007:

1. Boxers or briefs? boxer briefs

2. Bert or Ernie? bert

3. Laverne or Shirley? laverne

4. The Beatles or The Rolling Stones? beatles

5. Frankenstein or Dracula (the books)? frankenstein

6. Frankenstein or Dracula (The 1931 movies)? dracula

7. The Godfather Part I or The Godfather Part 2? godfather(i heart sonny corleone)

8. Star Trek or Star Wars? star wars

9. Alton Brown or Rachel Ray? alton brown!!

10. The Sex Pistols or The Clash? sex pistols

11. Twister or Independence Day (the movies)? twister (phillip hoffman cracks me up!)

12. Bela Lugosi or Boris Karloff? bela

13. Superman or Batman? ooo....superman for comics and michael keaton for batman

14. The Flintstones or Scooby-Doo? scoob

15. Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan? ella

16. Bath or Shower? bath-always

17. Day or Night? night

18. Dogs or Cats? dogs

19. Marvel Comics or DC Comics? marvel

20. Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly? astaire

21. The Fantastic Four or The X-Men? x-men

22. The Brady Bunch or The Partridge Family? bradys

23. Spring or Fall? spring

24. Elmo or Grover? grover

25. Britney Spears or a kick to the head? kick to the noggin' fer shure!

26. Elton John or Billy Joel? billy joel

27. Chocolate or Vanilla? chocolate

28. Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin? dean

29. Coke or Pepsi? coke

30. Cake or Pie? death?

31. Pen or Pencil? pen

32. Ralph Waldo Emerson or Henry David Thoreau? thoreau

33. Monsters Inc. or Finding Nemo? monsters, inc

34. Baseball or Football? baseball

35. Coffee or Tea? tea, unless it's ice cream, then it'd be coffee flavored

36. Potato Chips or Pretzels? chips

37. Pirate or Viking? pirate

38. Gone With the Wind or Casablanca? casablanca

39. Little Richard or Chuck Berry? little richard

40. Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon or Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen? the maltese falcon

Clara Jean Design

I stumbled across this sweet Snowy Cabins print on Instagram by Clara Jean Design and I just love it! In my ideal home I would have a room with four walls, each dedicated to a different season and this would absolutely be the Winter wallpaper. 

Reminiscing

One of my all-time favourite blogs was the joys of being pure at heart. Sometimes when I feel blue or need a little pick-me-up I scroll through old posts. I was reminded of the post about Margaux Kent's gorgeous book necklaces. 

The original store on etsy has moved to Peg and Awl where the necklaces are still for sale. This one is on my personal wishlist. It's lovely.

No More Sweet Caroline

Saw this in December at PJ Ryan's in Phoenixville and it made me smile.