Columbus Circle NYC

‎"WE ARE ALL INVENTORS, 

each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, 

guided each by a private chart, 
of which there is no duplicate. 

The world is all gates, all opportunities." 

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Columbus Circle, NYC

@ 12.30PM

viewed from 36th floor of Mandarin Oriental Hotel

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Gingko Leave

 inspired from gingko leaves 

CLAUDE LALANNE (NEE EN 1924) Fauteuil Gingko

Gingko card holder 

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Architecture @ West Village NYC

‎"ARCHITECTURE should speak of its time and place, 

but yearn for timelessness." 

- Frank Gehry

"QUALITY is simplicity, 

understatement and clear lines." 

- Ciro Paone

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New England Barn

Millbrook, New York.

Quintessential New England Barn

‎"LOST time is never found again." 

- Benjamin Franklin 

‎"PEOPLE grow through experience if they meet life 

honestly and courageously. 

This is how character is built." 

- Eleanor Roosevelt 

* Peeling paint gives this old red barn character.

 

Bondfire

‎"WHEN you arise in the morning, 

think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive 

- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." 

- Marcus Aurelius

‎"TREES are beautiful in their peace, 

they are wise in their silence. 

They will stand after we are dust. 

They teach us, and we tend them." 

- Galeain ip Altiem MacDunelmor

“DON'T WALK in front of me; 

I may not follow. 

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. 

Just walk beside me and be my friend.”

- Albert Camus

... two majestic trees together for life

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Month of July

Millbrook, New York.

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"Looking Good"

“Looking good and dressing well is a necessity.” 

- Oscar Wilde

 

Summer is here!

:Maison Kitsuné Spring Summer Women 2012 

designed by Masaya Kuroki

:Ralph Lauren Men Summer 2012
:Gucci Bike

A magnificent Louis Vuitton ‘Malle Armoire’ 

(wardrobe trunk). France Circa 1920's

:Handmade GTO 250 soft cowhide wallet

:Audemars Piguet Millenary 4004 Watch
:London BlueBird Cuff links

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Garden

"A garden is a friend you can visit any time."

"A garden is a delight to the eye and a solace for the soul."

"Always remember the beauty of the garden, 

for there is peace."

“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. 

It will never fail you.” 

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Travel Journal

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read
only one page.” 

– St. Augustine

"Art is everywhere, except it has to pass through
a creative mind." 

- Louise Nevelson

Architecture

“Space is the breath of art.”

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French Ormolu Keyhole

Some of these ormolu around the keyhole 

are so beautiful and extravagant

in the French antiques.

Ormolu is an 18th-century English term for applying finely ground, high-carat gold in a mercury amalgam to an object of bronze. Craftsmen principally used ormolu for the decorative mountings of furniture, clocks, lighting devices, and  porcelain. Ormolu mountings attained their highest artistic and technical development in France.

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Canosan Pottery

 “The world is a book 
and those who do not travel read only one page.” 

- St. Augustine

This pair of pottery at an auction house caught my attention - I realized it was the the vibrant colors which seem to be quite unusual!

Canosan Pottery Volute-Kraters

Apulia, circa early 3rd Century B.C.

Each decorated in bright polychromy over white slip, the obverse with a winged Nike driving a quadriga to the left, the goddess' wings and her chariot box in blue, the horses with varies coats, one with its head turned back, ovolo on the shoulders, a scale pattern on the neck, vertical lines on the rim; the reverse with a winged head of Nike amidst scrolling tendrils, with blue wings and dark red curly hair, wave on the shoulders, laurel on the neck, pink and blue rays along the foot, the volutes molded with mascaroons on both sides.

Height 20 3/8" (51.8cm)

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