Virginia is for Love(rs)

I'm down in the Virginia Delta for the long weekend
(and a few extra days), enjoying a slightly 
(understatement) slower pace than I'm used to.  
Not far from where I'm staying is the pretty little town of 
Urbanna, which puts its feelings right out there. 

[Linking back to Ruby Tuesday 
and Our World Tuesday.] 

a bouquet of blue balloons

I could make up some romantic story about the 
balloons, but they all say "Team Kenneth Cole," 
so my best guess is that this spot near the
Conservatory Gardens in Central Park was the starting
point for a run for charity.  Lots of companies 
in NYC do that (mine included).

[Linking back to Blue Monday at Backyard Neighbor.]

Shadow Shot Sunday

Another image from Manus x Machina, on
display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art until
mid-August.  These gorgeous gowns are
from Christian Dior, c. early 1950s
(and both great examples of the postwar 
exuberance in fashion).

[To see more Sunday shadows, go here.]

The Weekend in Black and White

"He who plants a tree is a servant of God.
He provides a kindness for many generations, and
faces that he has not seen shall bless him.
—Henry Van Dyke

[To see more b/w shots, visit Dragonstar's meme.]

moon over Manhattan

When I came out of the Metropolitan Museum
last Friday, the moon—big and hazy— 
was rising over the city.

[To see more Skywatch pics from
around the world, go here.]

Thursday Challenge—"barrier"

When you ride a boat along the Canal St. Martin,
in Paris,  you do it for the experience—not to 
get anywhere fast.  Those locks take their sweet 
time filling up to the proper level . . .

but eventually the gates open
and the barrier is breached.

To see more of the Thursday Photo
Challenge, visit Dale's meme.]

ABC Wednesday—T is for "Tiffany"

Three turn-of-the-century Tiffany lamps
on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
a chandelier with "blossom globes,"
a standing lamp with a peony shade, and a
table lamp with a lotus shade.  I hope that whoever
got to live with these lamps at the time
had the good grace to fully appreciate them!
(Louis Comfort Tiffany made the little 
oak and bronze table too.)

[To see more ABC posts, go here.]