spring

"Give me books, fruit,

French wine and fine weather

and a little music out of doors,

played by someone

I do not know."  

john keats                              

"Can words describe the fragrance

of the very breath of spring?"  

     neltje blanchan

                              

"Set wide the window.

Let me drink the day."

           edith wharton

"Never yet was a springtime, 

when the buds forgot to bloom."

      margaret elizabeth sangster

"She wore the scent of early

spring on her delicate neck and

every kiss I stole tasted of bright

yellow flowers and buzzing bees."

       michael faudet

photos thanks to what about breakfast at tiffany's, kristy wicks, handful of treasures, 

maison sarah lavoine, shop sweet things,

 herz-allerliebst, blulilly, moonshine and wool, organizationally impaired,

 carolyn quartermaine, an eternal delicacy, 

french country cottage, catskill-merino, f-o-t-o-s, 

the real anastacia, pure vegetarian, martha stewart weddings, zsa zsa bellagio, magnolia merryweather,  the knot

haunted beauty

"Listen to them, 

the children of the night. 

 What music they make!"

                                       Bram Stoker

"The moon has awoken, 

with the sleep of the sun,

the light has been broken,

the spell has begun."

                                  Unknown

"Here in the forest,

dark and deep,

I offer you eternal sleep."

                                    Eleanor Gates

           

"You have witchcraft

in your lips."

                                            William Shakespeare

"Tis some visitor, I muttered,

tapping at my chamber door -

Only this, and nothing more."

                                         Edgar Allan Poe

photo thanks to

 flickr, emma craft / d-reamythings, what about breakfast at tiffany's, x-fate of faye, 

journal of a nobody, we heart it, the ballet blog, tumble word, simonesque, anischuria,

 newyork-witch, the black nurse, infamous insomniac

noir et blanc

"What I like 

about black and white photographs

  is that they're more like

 reading the book

 than seeing the movie." 

                              ~ Walt Whitman

"When you photograph people 

in black and white,

you photograph their souls." 

             ~ Ted Grant

".....I wish my eyes 

could take photos."

                  ~ Unknown

photos thanks to  ~

   emma craft,   zsa zsa bellagio,    prettypicsdelightfultips,   journal of nobody,    jozienf,    gsfrenchshabbylife,   nofatnowhip,    alices_adventuresinwonderland,   abduzeedo

dreaming

this lovely painting by renowned artist

 nancy schaff 

makes us long

 for beautiful spring

and the fashion that goes with it!

xo

pop over to

 'nancy schaff, the art boutique' on facebook 

to see more of these beautiful works!

www.facebook.com/nancyschafftheartboutique 

we are one

Thank you, Paris, for inspiring the world ~