Avid collector

Recently some items were auctioned that I feel I have a serious interest in:

♥ Marie Antoinette’s green silk slippers

Auctioned in 2012 on the anniversary of her execution on 16 October 1793, the slippers hint at the extravagant spending habits of the queen nicknamed ‘Madame Deficit’ during her lifetime.
Sold for about €50,000.

Must have...

Dying for Love

Yep, I do love Opera, the music, the voice, fantastic theatre that comes with it but by far I love the most the grand opera Divas.
For all my blog's accidental or intentional readers:
things improved sooo much since Joan Sutherland and Marily Horne performed it...


For those possums who have never heard the Flower Duet: do you remember the movie Shawshank Redemption?
Yes, this is the divine music played via the prison's loudspeakers 'til all "bad boys" stalled in the yard to a complete silence.

Elina Garanča, Latvian mezzosoprano and Anna Netrebko, soprano.

RELENTLESSLY Grateful

Yep, it seems that some people can be simply Relentlessly Grateful.
As we often now express the attitudes of entitlement, some people still remain grateful for the most basics gifts of life and freedom.

It is Mr. Gilbert Van Landschoot who stands out as the eternally grateful - upon his father's wish he commemorates the liberation of his part of Belgium by the Canadian and Polish soldiers.
In fact, he is so immersed in his mission of immortalizing the events of the time that he has initiated and build a whole museum devoted to the preservation of artifacts and memories of these men.

Colour therapy

It's so dark outside, really no signs of sprint any time soon..
We all need now: Colour 
Designed by graphic, interior and furniture designer, Kevin Boyd of Durban,
South Africa for the Colour Cafe in Durban.
Published by Elle Decor.
Found on Poppytalk.

Thanks, these people know how to kolor

Gregory Colbert - photography

The usual song: I love old magz, they are wonderful when they are great and new. But those that were great, when they get older - oh boy oh boy, thy turn sublime...

One high-end interior design mag that captured my attention then had an amazing photograph on the cover. I still keep it, stashed somewhere in the depths, but never forgotten... The scene was almost difficult to read at first, but I loved everything about it - who wouldn't.
I forgot to search who the cover photographer was.

Today, April Fools, my ignorance is forgiven.

Gregory Colbert

You must see his work because he is absolutely Wow, oh WowWow:  https://gregorycolbert.com/