How would you go about finding nifty Christmas gifts for male and female friends who happen to be award-winning, fun-loving and discerning graphic designers? Would you head straight to the MoMA Store or Cooper-Hewitt Shop? Would you scour editor picks from Cool Hunting? Or would you offer a lump of coal in the name of […]
With the Thanksgiving food fest fast approaching, I’ve been thinking about how life, for better or worse, is often feast or famine. Like, take my job. My projects were in a lull for the past few months, but now, I’m crunching on two deadlines. Joy…
In case you haven’t noticed, people act differently when it’s oppressively hot. As the sweat starts to stream down your neck, your patience dries up. Tempers flare…
…I still wanted to acknowledge America’s birthday at least in a small way on this blog, so I decided to go with images of my favorite things right now that are red, white, and blue.
After taking a month and a half off from blogging, I went for a run yesterday and suddenly got an idea for a post. Now, to be fair, the latter part of my January and all of my February were consumed with a high-stakes, pressure-cooker of a project…
I spent the Christmas holiday with my mom. And one morning, I observed that she had many colorful vignettes involving vegetables, plants and flowers scattered around her house…
For the Christmas holiday, my mom was kind enough to host Andrew and me at her lovely home in Exton, PA. While she hasn’t put up a tree since my dad died twelve years ago, I thought she did a fine job of decorating her house with little festive flourishes.
I’ve always loved holly as a symbol of the yuletide season. (Maybe it’s because we had a lot of holly bushes around the house where I grew up.) The shiny, scalloped green leaves and eye-catching red berries look so festive when dusted with white snow…
I loved the look of this red-berried tree against the powder blue sky…
Here is another flora-meets-fashion observation inspired by my weekend photo safari. This time, autumn foliage made me think of spring…