like a rainbow

...Translucent purpling clouds drifted against a backdrop of spell binding oranges, reds, and yellows...

 from the book Last Light Over Carolina by Mary Alice Monroe

Winter 2009, in my favorite room

...The stars shone cold in a black sky, and she remembered reading how stars collapsed into black holes, losing their brilliant light to the vast darkness...

 from the book Last Light Over Carolina by Mary Alice Monroe

Left: Summer 2012
Middle: Winter 2010
Right: Autumn 2010

...The sun was a fireball in a blazing orange red sky.

 from the book Last Light Over Carolina by Mary Alice Monroe

Cbanel Spring RTW 2013

 
The great flaming orb took center stage, glorying in her resplendent beauty as she descended

from the book Last Light Over Carolina by Mary Alice Monroe

Cbanel Spring RTW 2013

My nieces and nephew: Lil Bug, Baby JJ, and EJ

My nephew Speed Racer

Furniture I liked at Hobby Lobby

My art journal page from February 27, 2013
inspired by
this in the mood to scrap video by wilna furstenberg

Expect the best from the universe
Cultivate curiosity, optimism,
and perseverance.

slowly, delicately, soundlessly into the ocean.
The sea welcomed her, absorbing her colors reflecting her brilliance in its shimmering water. The sky and sea danced a duet of unsurpassed beauty and incomparable grace...
 from the book Last Light Over Carolina by Mary Alice Monroe

just like broccoli

When I was little my favorite vegetable was broccoli. Yes, I'm serious.

My vest was thrifted.

I liked when my mom cooked it in quiche,
 or broccoli chicken casserole.


I would also eat broccoli cooked
as a side vegetable.

My purse was thrifted.

My dad would put lemon juice on his broccoli.

Left: Alice + Olivia Spring RTW 2013
Right: Betsey Johnson Spring RTW 2013

My brother is the opposite of me.
He doesn't like vegetables.

Chanel Spring RTW 2013

Now I like to eat broccoli with rice,
on pizza, in pasta, or with rice wine vinegar.

Journal my friend made, and gave me for Christmas




I have never liked broccoli raw.

My nephew Speed Racer

My twin nieces and nephew

I think of an airplane flight when I was sitting next to a woman from Texas,
 but she no longer lived there.

My art journal page from February 26, 2013

She told me she knew she was home when she looked out the airplane window and saw that the trees looked like broccoli.

photo  by my guy

Now I associate broccoli trees with Texas.
That's always stayed with me. Then I thought about when I felt like I was home.
When I looked out the airplane window and saw mountains.

give me some white

Today my outfit is based on Style Imitating Art.
That's when Salazar from 14 Shades of Grey chooses a work of art to inspire an outfit.

Here's my version of the look. 
To see how others were inspired
go to: Style Imitating Art: Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog

Today's art inspiration is:

Wanderer Above the Mist by artist
 Caspar David Friedrich.

I wore white like the clouds and the mist of the painting. 
Which could also appear to be white snow, or ocean waves.
The shades of blue are the sky, mountains, and his coat.

My shawl was thrifted.

Now for some all white ensembles.

Left: Blumarine Spring RTW 2013
Middle & Right: Bottega Veneta Spring RTW 2013

Left: Chanel Spring RTW 2013
Middle & Right: Chado Ralph Rucci Spring RTW 2013

Wearing all white is my nephew Speed Racer,

in his Luke Skywalker  Halloween costume with my brother.

Wearing white socks are my twin nieces and nephew.

 I learned my 2 year old nieces are teaching their 10 month old brother, Baby JJ, how to jump on their bed.  ;)

My art journal page with white and blue
 from March 15, 2013

inspired by Art Class with Wilna Furstenberg.

Dear Sunshine,
I miss you when you are gone.
I get happy when you come back.

Love, Teddi :)

The Gaslight Anthem speaks to my soul. I adore them so.


..."The radio spoke to a good friend of mine.
And I could feel it coming up as the nights getting warm.
Saw your summer dress hanging on the back of the lawn.
Like a dream I remember from an easier time.
With the top rolled down on a Saturday night"...
Old White Lincoln by The Gaslight Anthem

soft powder blue

Chanel 2012 Spring Couture 

Chanel 2012 Spring Couture 

Chanel 2012 Spring Couture 

Chanel 2012 Spring Couture 

Chanel 2012 Spring Couture 

Chanel 2012 Spring Couture 

Chanel 2012 Spring Couture

Me with my nieces EJ's on my lap.
Lil Bug is on the rocking horse.
My sweater & fingernails are powder blue.

My niece Lil Bug with the
 blue comb in her mouth.

More Lil Bug.
The blue comb has glitter.

EJ with snowflakes on her pants.
Her tooth brush is a blue animal.

Can you see Lil bug in the mirror?
EJ's saying cheese.

The powder blue sky at sunset.

The snowy mountains, in February.

My Art Journal Page with powder blue.

It says:
Sometimes the wind in her hair
was the closest thing to flying.

Song Three Blues by Alberta Cross

carousel

Carousel horse
I too move forward
on familiar ground
by source

I drew this with colored pencils.

On the backs of animals

Spin me 'round again
by Jillian McCoy

http://www.etsy.com/listing/69147263

by Johnny Wheeler

Brightly painted horses prance 
On poles made out of brass 

http://www.etsy.com/listing/57017566/

The jumpers and the standers 
With their eyes made out of glass

http://www.etsy.com/listing/57017566/
They roam around on wooden decks
Of finely painted wood 

http://www.etsy.com/listing/52663423/

The sound of the calliope 
The clanging of the bell 

http://www.etsy.com/listing/67243307/

The children know the ride will start
A whoop, a scream, and yell! 

http://www.etsy.com/listing/67287814/

A blur of colored horses
As the carousel gains speed

http://pinterest.com/pin/155684/

As little girls and boys sit tall 
Upon their wooden steed 

http://www.etsy.com/listing/33412256/
The days of old will always be
The pride of Keansburg's past

http://www.etsy.com/listing/67242224/

The golden days of carousel
Into my heart are cast 

photo source

by Floyd Albert
If I weren't so frenzied and frantic,
So foolish and fol-de-rol,

photo source
I'd give up this dizzying antic,
I'd get off this carousel.

http://weheartit.com/entry/4181015

But the circle is stronger than I am,
And my head is all in a whirl.

http://weheartit.com/entry/5356170
I cling to the dashing pink horses,
My vision wound up like a curl.

http://weheartit.com/entry/5479106
I will ride while the music is playing

And the bell goes on Ding, Dong, Ding.

http://weheartit.com/entry/5797061

Oh, I'll never get down from this merry-go-round
'Til I've captured the last brass ring.

http://weheartit.com/entry/5842602
When I've captured the last brass ring, boys,

And silenced the last brass bell,
Then I'll drop from my horse like pink applesauce
And be done with this carousel.

The Replacements photo source click on link to see their video Merry Go Round by The Replacements

http://weheartit.com/entry/5953816

Merry Go Round Lyrics

Artist: The Replacements
Hush was the first word you were taught
and they watched you wear

http://weheartit.com/entry/6137663

the clothes they claimed that they bought
they brought you down

http://weheartit.com/entry/7556981

to watch the merry-go around

http://weheartit.com/entry/7853242

In fall, you knew how much it cost
a trouble doll

http://weheartit.com/entry/8612279

around your neck when you lost
you wouldn't make a sound

photo source

but I could hear your little heart pound
and I watched your feet slip off the ground

image source
Merry go round in dreams
writes 'em down, it seems

photo source
when she sleeps, she's free
merry go round in dreams

photo source

You wake to another day and find
the wind's blowing out of key with your sky

carousel guitars photo source
only you can see
and the rain dancing in the night

chanel fall winter 2008
everybody stands around in delight

chanel fall winter 2008 source

Merry go round in dreams
writes 'em down, it seems

chanel fall winter 2008 source

when she sleeps, she's free
merry go round in dreams

chanel fall winter 2008 source


and everybody thinks she's sick

she's got two worlds she can pick

http://pinterest.com/pin/3706143/

and she's sad
Hush is the only word you know

and I stopped listening long ago

photo source

they ignored me with a smile
you as a child
but the trouble doll hears your heart pound
and your feet they say goodbye to the ground
Merry go round in me

photo 
Empty carousel
Even my kids
Aren't kids any more
by Paul David Mena

 click on blue link to see their video on a carousel the hollies

http://weheartit.com/entry/7982524

To see an old post of my mom and me on the carousel in 2009 click here.