Life is like a rose

This is the first year in over 40 that I have not had at least one carved pumpkin at my front door. I usually have 6 or more. Once you start carving, you just can't stop. 

I think with all that is going on with cleaning for my S-I-L, clearing up for upcoming moving in, just generally forgetting that the holiday is quickly approaching. Is it malaise? A brain disorder? A huge sense of being overwhelmed comes to mind. I do hope it is not here to stay, but as I have said throughout the year ... I am going with whatever I am feeling at the moment and accepting it. 

My heart is breaking for a great blogger friend who just lost her husband. I know we, in the blogger-sphere are all holding her close right now. 

 I stopped by the store yesterday after collecting the girls from school. Big mistake. I ended up with twice as much as was on my list ... but who can say no? My response while they are putting stuff in the cart ... "why not", "sure", "have had it" ... 

My S-I-L is suppose to be here on Friday which is why I am on a cleaning mission. But she might have Covid. 

I saw a designer talking about Rose Medallion plates. I have heard of them before and  this time I looked them up.

Desire for novelty and otherness

Chinoiserie is the interpretation and idyllic representation of Chinese and East Asian culture. The word derives from “chinois,” the French word for “Chinese.” The style movement is characterised by its romanticised, theatrical and playful perceptions of life in the Far East. As a creative style Chinoiserie can be identified by extravagant decoration, asymmetry, stylised Chinese motifs and a focus on the Chinese lifestyle. 

Born from orientalism, Chinoiserie started in the mid-to-late 17th century and became popular in Europe as part of the French Rocco movement around the 18th century, the style is widely seen as the last expression of the Baroque movement. Europe became fascinated with the East as a result of Chinese goods being imported by English, Dutch, French, and Swedish East India Companies. 

Wallpapers by Harrison Howard.

Furniture, interiors

Funiture

Evolution of theaters

Never heard of this term before, Googie architecture - is a type of futurist architecture influenced by car culture, jets, the Atomic Age and the Space Age. It originated in Southern California from the Streamline Moderne architecture of the 1930s, and was popular in the United States from roughly 1945 to the early 1970s.

Art Deco movie theaters are the best

 

 

This is where I went to the movies when I was in High School in Breckenridge, Texas. Lots of nice examples in Texas. PS Roadside Architecture is an amazing site!