These are my favorites among the thousands of photos I took in the past year in Italy, Canada, aboard the Celebrity Constellation, and in the United States (New England, New…
This website is dedicated to art that’s inspiring, thought-provoking, skillfully executed, and/or breathtakingly beautiful. Once a year, I stretch that to include fabulous events, decorations, clothing, and jewelry on display during…
For more on the Ca' d'Zan, the Sarasota home of John and Mable Ringling, see this post. When I visited the Ca' d'Zan for the first time, the upper floors…
For more on Olana, see part 1 of this series. You can see this as a video at https://youtu.be/ZhUlygHPAGE. Olana: grounds Church worked on the landscaping of his home for…
The video of this post is at https://youtu.be/djr9uBpextM. Olana is the home of Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), one of the most prominent members of the Hudson River School. Like all…
These are my favorites among the thousands of photos I took in the past year in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Florida. To make the cut, the subject of the…
On the history of Beauport, see last week's post. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/evxgzEEpFdM . This week: some of the upstairs rooms, and the harbor-facing facade…
And now for a complete change of architecture and style from Wharton's The Mount (on which, see first post of 6 here) - even though it was begun only a…
For more on The Mount, see the first post in this series. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/3pYpKcmp5o4. Informal gardens We go through the lime allée and…
Background: The Mount The Mount, Edith Wharton's home, was completed in 1902. This post is available as a video at https://youtu.be/V0a3Xc_6BXc. In 1897, at age 30 - long before she…