Materfamilias Writes

Travel Sketch. . . Trogir Putto

Travel Sketch. . . Trogir Putto

I sketched this cheeky putto in Trogir (croatia), in the chapel of the Blessed Giovanni Orsini (by Donatello pupil Fioren) in the very beautiful St. Lawrence Cathedral, and I remembered him this past week when Hamish…

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Balenciaga Noir at the Paris Bourdelle . . . Continued

Balenciaga Noir at the Paris Bourdelle . . . Continued

 As promised in that teaser of a“postcard” I sent you earlier from our visit to the sumptuous Balenciaga exhibition in Paris’ Musée Bourdelle, here (finally) are more images for you. I apologise for the combined…

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Venice in Three Days? Impossible! But Well Worth the Doomed Effort, Truly. . .

Venice in Three Days? Impossible! But Well Worth the Doomed Effort, Truly. . .

Sweet Pater, he took five or six shots to get this one for me, first trying to figure out how he’d got stuck on a black-and-white filter, and then trying for an angle that minimised…

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Paris Windows, Whimsy and Wonder

Paris Windows, Whimsy and Wonder

 Finally, my photos are rolling in and out of their cyber-tunnels as they should be, and now the problem will be sorting through them all and deciding which to share. All as we’re getting ready…

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Balenciaga Teaser. . . . A Postcard from Paris

Balenciaga Teaser. . . . A Postcard from Paris

 Technology is holding me back in posting (slower Wifi, photos not transferring as quickly as I’d like from iPhone to Cloud and then to my MacBook), so instead of sharing the myriad brilliant window displays…

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