Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Braveheart
True story: mere minutes after performing his conjugal duties with Jolly Laughter, champion stallion Rollins was fatally struck down by a freak bolt of lightning. A generation later, Jet Lightning ensured her legacy in turn, by producing our stallion, Jet Master — legend on the race track and five time champion sire. In a cruel twist of fate, Jet Master recently contracted the dreaded West Nile Virus, affecting his central nervous system. Dr. Barrie Grant and a team of vets from America have flown to the Cape and will perform a ground-breaking operation to his spine (Titanium Basket Implantation in the vertebral column - the concept alone truly blows my mind). Read his extraordinary story and details of the procedure here...
Painting by artist, Andrew Barlow
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
Accidental Placement
Good friends of mine are wrestling with the mother of all renovations - a real toll-taker, not for the faint of heart. But they are parting this red sea with admirable fortitude. I spent some time there today discussing color options, when my train of thought was interrupted by the temporary placement of the grand pier mirror - sun-drenched and patiently leaning against the wall, awaiting its command performance on the diningroom mantel...
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| Chandelier detail |
Images by Philippa Berrington-Blew
Sunday, November 6, 2011
My Baltimore (II)
Our family always likes a modicum of self-imposed mental flagellation (or rather it is imposed on us) and Saturday was no exception. Our car broke down in Roland Park. No plausible explanation, just obstinately refused to start. No problem, we thought... we would catch a bus home. No buses from that location on a Saturday. Then we shall walk, I stated. What about a cab, was my husband's response. No! I exclaimed in a knee-in-the-nuts tone that prompted a sideways empathy glance from my daughter to my husband. A few hours later, we were home with aching limbs. But, at least it was a perfect fall day. Along the way we stopped to gawk at the AMAZING window in the Hampden Junque Shop. Wonderfully off-center, slightly macabre and infinitely original...
Thursday, November 3, 2011
A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday. - Erma Bombeck
Luckily, that was not the case for me, as I got SUCH fabulous loot from family and friends... a cream porcelain 'food warmer' complete with coat-of-arms; a Thomas Paul Sea Life Turtle Tray from my daughter (a dead-ringer for our turtle Winifred, now known as Winston*); two exquisite goblets - also with heraldic shields; a vintage print of a sperm whale and a glass dome containing dozens of clothes pegs. Got a bit trigger happy with the pics, but had to include every detail...
*To my daughter's dismay, a recent gender investigation revealed that Winnie is, in fact, a boy.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
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