A blog about vintage fashion, vintage jewels and art.....

Friday, September 30, 2011

Long Summer Blues


Back after a long summer of many happenings. I preferred to spend my free time swimming and in the meantime, I abandoned my blog for a good while, but am back with a bang and promising lots more to come. This is something of what I've also been doing for the past months....

Travelling....
 English Travelling, or The First Stage from Dover, aquatinted by Francis Jukes 1747-1812, pub. by T. Smith, 1785

Writing..... 
 Image by Pilarportela (Literacy in Oaxaca - 2005)

Studying gems.....

Mourning the loss of a relative....
In Memoriam, painting by Alfred Stevens, c. 1858-61, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston