Category Archives: FLORA + FAUNA

Serpentine Honey

Thursday, March 11, 2010

(Photograph by Muhammed Muheisen) A street performer uses a snake in his act on a road near Islamabad, Pakistan. I do not know the provenance of this photo, unfortunately. I tried using TinEye, to no avail. Anyhow, it makes me inordinately happy to see such a tiny snake (and his giant friend, the berry.) Sometimes [...]

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Snowday!

Thursday, February 25, 2010

A very strange thing happened yesterday. Well, strange for Texas – because after a weekend of blissful balminess and riding bicycles in the sunshine and shortsleeves, it snowed! All day, big fat fluffy flakes fluttered down. It was magical, and bizarre. I didn’t believe the predictions, to be honest. Imagine my amazement to discover a [...]

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New Year’s Redux

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Ahoy! New photos have surfaced from our New Year’s Eve adventures in the Texas Hill Country, from Mr. Chip Warren, esteemed gentleman and fantastic photographer. Following are a handful of my favorites, but the full set can be seen here: Hill Country New Years 2009 I love the shots he captured of our exploits with [...]

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Stargazer Honey

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Our New Year’s Eve was truly magical. Despite a rocky start fraught with Mercury’s meddlings, we managed to create a really solid camp and the coziest tipi yet! In a pinch, duct tape, scavenged rope and a random dental tool can be used to quite ingenious effect – the skin was sewn by Francesca out [...]

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Indigo Honey

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

(Photo by Jane Aldridge) I adore this image captured in Coco Chanel’s gorgeously appointed apartment in Paris. What a dream come true, to explore her domain! I dreamt the other night that a was drinking Chanel No. 5 out of a big teacup. In my dreams, I have a golden indigo lacquered screen like that!. [...]

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Huexoloti Honey

Thursday, November 26, 2009

(Photo by Red-Star) Turkeys are such strange birds. Ugly-beautiful, and regal-ridiculous. Have you ever seen one flying wild? It’s like a giant feathered cannonball shot through the woods. Hilarious and shocking. We saw wild turkeys in Osyka Springs, Mississippi when we used to go camping there. They are huge! I feel bad about it, but [...]

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Magic Windows #5

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Creepy cute lion babies, you hypnotize me. I cannot look away. You have me under your power. I will now paint everything I own gold! We had this giant preserved Alligator Gar specimen in the window at Uncommon Objects for a little while, before it was snapped up. Wish I’d gotten a better picture of [...]

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Strange Season

Friday, October 16, 2009

One of the many things I appreciate about Texas weather is the constant mercurial shifting between extremes. Honestly! I am, in so many ways, a creature of habit. I can easily get bogged down in work and routines, so perhaps that has something to do with my insatiable craving for variety. I require a steady [...]

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Magic Windows #3

Friday, September 18, 2009

A quick Magic Windows update from afar, these are actually all Austin related images that I’ve been meaning to show you for awhile.. Don’t worry, the New York edition of Magic Windows is shaping up to be pretty great. Just you wait! A friend of mine from teenage days recently dug up some pictures taken [...]

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New York Redux circa 2006

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Oh my. It’s been a while since I was last in New York. I just dug up these pictures from the last time I was there, and I’m flooded by memories of how much fun we had.. Now I’m even more excited about visiting again- it really is one of my favorite cities, and I [...]

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