Summer Storm

We did loose a great big walnut tree, ~ 

I saved a few nuts for a gorgeous design ...

University Club

University Club spring wedding ~ what can I say? The bride loved cherry blossoms!

Fabulousness in Easthampton; A wedding on the ocean, and reception in a marquis, ~ gorgeous day, gorgeous couple, gorgeous Wedding!

Cathy Chavkin Wedding ~ Rodeph Shalom

A simple, but effective Chuppa, in

the gorgeous Temple at Rodeph

Shalom 
                             

And then downstairs for a fabu celebration!

Summer Rain

Well, last night took us by surprise!

What a thunderstorm we had!

How lucky for me to have picked this last bouquet of snowballs, azalea, and bleeding heart before the rains took them away! 

Well, now onto summer garden surprises.

Ahhh Summer!

I know it isn't Summer ~ yet ~ but I can barely wait for the buzz of dragonflies and the warm smell of a grassy field of wildflowers. As a child in Maryland, we used to always find ways to grow a world in miniature using a glass vessel like a pickle jar or such. It was tantamount to catching fireflies in a jar with holes in the lid...Don't you love those lazy Summer days? What are your best memories of the golden season of sun?

What's in a flower

When I was teaching @ Parsons School of Design on 40th Street in NYC, I learned that if you wanted to remember someones name, the simple rule was this; just say the name back to the person you've just been introduced to ~ like, " Amy, I'm so glad you're in this class".  If that doesn't work, try connecting the name to a familiar person, object or event, for instance, " Carmen" (like the opera Carmen) or "Carmen" (as in Miranda ~ the lady with the tutti fruity hat).

 Well, while that would work on occasion, I found a rather simple, if unorthodox system that works for me.

 Like many, I always remember a face, a name not so much. But what I can recall, even years after meeting someone, is the flower that they told me was their favorite.  

I wonder if there are people with passions in other fields that have a similar capacity (say, a chef with favorite foods or a mechanic with favorite cars).