a fair at the beach.
go, see beth's magic
highly recommended gifts
3.12.10
imperfect postcards V
a little christmas from mary randolph carter:
"Last Christmas day my sister Nell and I dragged in this long weather-worn trestle table from outside and set it up in the front hall of Muskettoe Pointe Farm. There would be forty of us for our sit-down holiday dinner, so it was a last-minute solution! My father had built it and another years ago for one of our weddings. Mother said no one would sit there because it was off the beaten track, i.e. not in the main dining room near the tree and open fire. Her instincts are usually right, but not that night. It was the most popular seat in the house. I think because it was something new and totally improvised. A few hours before dinner began, my son Carter caught the imperfect table perfectly!"
photo: carter berg
2.12.10
imperfect postcards IV
"This photo of my Mother and Father was taken in the sixties by a good friend who would often visit Muskettoe Pointe Farm, our home in Virginia. It is the most romantic image of them caught in the fields beyond our house. They were in love from the time they were 12 years old."
1.12.10
imperfect postcards [and splendid lovely style court]
from mary randolph carter:"This pic from the book (page 213) was taken by my son Carter Berg in his blue Ford pick-up that he lets me borrow to go junking. From the looks of it and the smile on my face it was a successful hunt! I am wearing my favorite old torn-up black and blue checked flannel quilted work shirt that I bought over twenty years ago in a local work wear kind of store. It's so comfortable and comforting."
[there's a truly wonderful post
at style court today. courtney
has chronicled mary randolph
carter's holiday workshop, here.
imperfectly magnificent holiday fun.
style court's earlier & equally
superb post is here.
a pure delight!
vt]
imperfect postcards from mary randolph carter (a series)
"An old windup clock
that has sat on my desk
in NYC for years and years.
It's never ticked a tock!
(note the dust!)"
29.11.10
from yuyi morales: ways to give a book
yuyi has a brilliant spirit that absolutely
shines through her work and her being.
she also has a blog, and the latest post is
delicious. i believe we can always give
books, and her ideas for accompaniment
are simply splendid (as is all the art yuyi
creates and generously shares with us).
photo: the purl bee
& mimi kirchner
28.11.10
whew
i cannot tell a lie; i still haven't
caught my breath since the tangy
cranberry sauce set to boil (it's
always the first thing we make
on thanksgiving). a small whirl
wind here, and just picking up
a few pieces. in the meantime
(speaking of pieces) i need to
share a blog i have been loving
since seeing somewhile ago a note
mr. basemen left at mag. yhbhs.
enjoy, please. i certainly do.
photos: andrew baseman
26.11.10
trilling
today i will not shop, but will listen to carols.(which i could do all year long, given the rightones.) sweet ribbons & boxes above: bell'occhio.
{among our first highly recommended gifts}
photos: bell'occhio
24.11.10
over the river and through the woods
over the river and through the woodsto grandmother's house we go/the horseknows the way to carry the sleigh/throughthe white and drifty [that's how we sang it]snow/over the river and through the woodsoh how the wind does blow/it stings the toesand bites the nose/as over the ground we go
one of our first highly recommended gifts
imperfect postcards from mary randolph carter
it's been busy here,
dear reader. but stay
stay tuned! as soon as
the stuffing's stuffed & the
turkey is basted, there's
something fun in store:
imperfect postcards from
the inimitable m. r. c.,
author of the treasured
(which is sitting on the
desk beside me as we
speak). worth waiting for.
talk to you soon. happy thanksgiving!
photo: mary randolph carter
p. s. carter will be at oblong books friday 11.27
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reverie
honestly, if min could just come wave a magic
wand in my house and take care of all the things
that needed to be taken care of (wallpaper? fresh
fabrics on the well-loved chairs? assorted odds &
ends?), i'd be quite happy to just go read to young
ones all day. the traveling story-lady, or some such
thing; we could make dioramas. and books. and...
a girl can dream, right?
gorgeous rooms, papers, fabrics: min hogg
(and i am realizing that even without most
excellent min & her way with a home, this
reading and book-making is what i will do,
anyway. time to take a dream and make it
real? the chairs, in their old fabric, smile.)
how much i would have
wanted this victorian
doll bed, back in the day?
a. lot. a. lotalot.
(it's close to perfect, isn't it?)
so tempting.
here. nickhausetsy.
image: nick haus
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