Sunday, July 31, 2011

SWING Low...

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"This is my swing set.  This is my sand box. 
I'm not allowed to go in the deep end."

-Ralph Wiggum


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SUMMER is officially UPON us.
And
it is HOT, HOT, hot here in the South! 

AND
There is just NO way to ENJOY the outside 
right NOW without
getting sweaty or getting CREATIVE.

 
So it had me THINKING...

Back in the DAY,  
on the ol' PLAYGROUND,
we used to HIT the SWING set
 to get a BREEZE flowing through the AIR.

Oh the fun...


Not to mention the TIRE swing
(a.k.a. step BROTHER to the original SWING)....

Which created A BIT more of a RISKIER  
endeavour for the POTENTIAL SUMMER cool Down...
(i.e. getting stuck in the HOLE and/or
 BARFING from SPINNING in circles)

ALL things CONSIDERED,
the SWING has now BECOME a TRENDY and functional
FIXTURE for the HOME


Check out these TRADITIONAL and
NOT so traditional uses...


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NO...BUT a SUPER stylish PORCH indeed!

(and if YOU have NO idea what I'm talking about...
CHECK out the Neshoba County FAIR!
 A MISSISSIPPI tradition!)



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GLAM swing!!!
This looks LIKE a JONATHAN adler
"HAPPY CHIC" room!


 
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MY most FAVORITE swing... It is HUGE!

AND Who's the CHICK on the SWING?
 The Nashville, Tennessee DESIGNER,
 Rachel Halvorson. 

Check out her BLOG... NEST EGG.

 

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OH MY...HOW cool??? A SWING table! AH!

 
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THESE kids have the COOLEST parents EVER!
INDOOR swing AND a HUGE BEAN bag??

 
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a SWINGING BED?  LOVE it!
I wonder if THERE is a WEIGHT limit?


 
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PATRIOTIC and CLASSIC!


 
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WHAT I would DO to be on this
 BEACH SWING right NOW!


 
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ADORABLE!
 MY heart is SMILING!


 
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OH to be a CHILD again! 
GUESS I will just HAVE to PRETEND!

HAPPY SWINGING!


 
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Bye YA'LL!
Katie Nelson


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Sunday, July 24, 2011

MOMA marathon...

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“The strangeness will wear off and I think we
will discover the deeper meanings in modern art.”
+ Jackson POLLACK 


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WE just returned from a VERY quick trip to NEW YORK...
TRYING to do New York in TWO days was CRAZY...

Among "our" (not so much, JEREMY's)
priorities was MY favorite place on EARTH!

MOMA a.k.a. The MUSEUM of MODERN art! 

NOTHING gets me more EXCITED than
 entering into a
MECCA of ARTISTIC wonders!

WE had APPROXIMATELY TWO hours before we
were leaving NYC
and I insisted we take a QUICK gander inside!

HERE are a FEW of my most
FAVORITE art pieces from
our WILD and CRAZY MOMA marathon!

ENJOY!

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Bell-47D1 Helicopter

Arthur Young (American, 1905-1995)


SUSPENDED over the entry STAIRcase...

IF it was going to FALL... I would have
 been HONORED for it to fall on me!


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This GIANT airport departure SIGN cracked me up. 

HERE'S to air travel! 

 Check it out in MOTION here. 


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This POOL lounge has PALM SPRINGS written all over IT!


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TURNTABLE

David Gammon (British, 1933-2005)


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Le Corbusier LOUNGE from 1928!


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CHARLES and RAY EAMES chairs!!


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I LOVE Jasper John's Target PAINTINGS!

Target with Four Faces

Jasper Johns


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BEAUTIFUL OIL painting!

Flag

Jasper Johns (American, born 1930)


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LOOK close...These are PAINT BRUSHES!!!


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This was MIND blowing... ANDY Warhol is GENIUS!

Double Elvis

Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)


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This made me LAUGH...
so SIMPLE and creative!


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This PAINTING has a CIGAR sticking out of it! 

LOOK closely for JEREMY's REFLECTION!


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HAPPY Sunday Funday!


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Bye YA'LL!
Katie Nelson

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Time WARP...

"It becomes increasingly easy, 
as you get older, to drown in nostalgia."
  
+Ted Koppel

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The RECENT, sad NEWS of Sherwood Schwartz passing 
(The creator of the BRADY BUNCH
and Gilligan's Island, duh!); 
had me THINKING of my FAVORITE 
childhood TV SHOWS and movies.

SOoO...I thought I would SPARK your memory with a FEW 
of the FAMOUS houses from these SITCOMS and MOVIES...

SEE if you can guess what HOUSE the show is on...

AHHHH the memories...


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 Uncle Phil, CARLTON, Ashley, and VIVIAN Banks...


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 MARCIA, Marcia, MARCIA!




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Cameron's DAD'S Ferrari BREAKS the 
glass and SMASHES below...


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J.R. and Sue ELLEN at SOUTH fork RANCH...




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"Hey, I'm going to give you to the count of TEN, 
to get your ugly face out of my PROPERTY, 
before I pump your GUTS full of lead! 1, 2, 10!"



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The WINSLOW'S lived in this FAMOUS pad...




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Beaver and WALLY...




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Uncle JESSE...




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Brandon, Dylan, Brenda....



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The LUTZ family HAUNTING...


 (This PICTURE gives me the CHILLS...)




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The HUXTABLE house in BROOKLYN Heights...



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The SEAVER'S...
DAD'S a psychiatrist and MOM'S a reporter...





 How DID you Do?


OHhH to BE in the 80's again...




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HAPPY Reminiscing!

P.S. COMMENT below if I left out one of 
YOUR favorite TV or MOVIE house.


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Bye YA'LL!
Katie Nelson


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