tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88849143217557684252024-03-08T11:06:06.524-05:00Little Red HouseMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11799729997229744515noreply@blogger.comBlogger1050125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884914321755768425.post-53676459754234130612014-08-07T10:01:00.001-04:002014-08-07T10:01:20.868-04:00Mosaic Monday Change<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Just a reminder: Judith, of <a href="http://www.lavendercottagegardening.com/" target="_blank">Lavender Cottage</a>, will be taking over Mosaic Monday beginning this Sunday. She will be posting around 2:00pm EST. </i></b></span><br />
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<i>And a quick thank you to all of you who left such sweet comments for me this week! I wish that I could answer each and every one individually. However, I've been experiencing a lot of pain the past few days from too much Photoshop. But please know that I am so grateful for your thoughts and words! xoxo</i>Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11799729997229744515noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8884914321755768425.post-3913216921030493382014-08-03T14:10:00.002-04:002014-08-05T10:22:30.168-04:00Mosaic Monday: Goodbye<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm a little sad, and yet a little relieved, to say that this will be my last Mosaic Monday post. For the past several years, I have found it hard to keep up with this weekly duty -- first because an overuse injury to my hand has kept me from commenting on other blogs, and secondly, because of time constraints. I have found that I'm not taking as many photos purely for my own enjoyment as I used to, and that is something that I need to work more on in the future. For whatever else I do with my camera, I want to make sure that I am always following my heart.<br />
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So I have removed the advertising from my blog, and I am giving up Mosaic Monday. If anyone wishes to take over and keep it going, please email me, and I will announce it on the blog later this week. I will be keeping the blog available, though I'm not sure how often I will be posting. Hopefully, that will be only when I have something worthwhile that I wish to share. In the meantime, I have to say thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for all your comments and encouragement throughout the years. You have been such a large part of my life! xoxo<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Edited to add: </b>Great news! Judith, from <a href="http://www.lavendercottagegardening.com/" target="_blank">Lavender Cottage</a>, has offered to host Mosaic Monday. Please join her next week. She will be posting around 2:00pm EST.</i></span><br />
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<i>Buckingham Palace</i></div>
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We had such a wonderful vacation in London in June, that whenever life gets particularly stressful the first thing we say to each other is "Let's go back to London!" :)<br />
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On our first full day there, we walked a great deal, just taking in all the sights. Here are a few photos that I don't think I ever shared with you. I love the beautiful and historic architecture, and the fabulous parks. One of my absolute favorite cities!<br />
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I took a little time to wander around Frelinghuysen Arboretum last month. We are so lucky to have such a beautiful garden nearby. Here is a little bit of history, as written by the Friends of Frelinghuysen Arboretum:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">George G. Frelinghuysen, a patent attorney and son of Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State under president Chester A. Arthur, was married in 1881 to Sara Ballantine of Newark. She was the granddaughter of the founder of the P. Ballantine Brewing Company.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">In 1891 the couple commissioned the Boston architectural firm of Rotch & Tilden to construct a summer home and carriage house on property they named Whippany Farm for the river nearby. The Colonial Revival style is evident in such details as the Federal urns and swags, Ionic columns on the porte-cochere and the large Palladian window on the second floor landing.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The family only lived here during the summer months. In the winter they resided at 1 Sutton Place in New York City. The property was a working farm. Vegetables and flowers were grown for the family's consumption and sent to them in New York City via train. There were greenhouses, several barns and some smaller houses on the property. Some servants lived on the property year around.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">George Frelinghuysen died in 1936 and Sara Frelinghuysen died in 1940. This property was left to their only daughter, Matilda (1887-1969). Miss Frelinghuysen had an interest in gardening and was a member of the Garden Club of Morristown. In 1964, she began plans for turning the estate into an arboretum. Upon her death the land and house was bequeathed to the people of Morris County for the use as a public arboretum. The Frelinghuysen Arboretum was dedicated in 1971.</span></div>
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As some of you probably know, I have a small portrait photography business here in New Jersey. I thought I would share a little bit of this session with you, as I've been very busy shooting and editing for the past few weeks. <br />
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Belle is only four years old, but she is a wonderful model, and a real sweetheart! We went through several costume changes, as you can see, and she was so patient and polite through it all. Thank you, Belle, for helping to make my photographic vision come true! :)<br />
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I don't know what is wrong with me lately. I keep forgetting about Mosaic Monday! This week, I do have something of an excuse -- with the holiday weekend here in the United States, I just forgot what day it is. :)<br />
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Anyway, here are a few photos from our trip to London last month. This is Kensington Palace -- specifically, the King's State Apartments, sumptuously decorated in the reign of George II and Queen Caroline. The Queen's State Apartments were closed for renovations, so I will just have to go back to visit them, right? ;)<br />
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Our Chinese Dogwood tree was absolutely loaded with blossoms this year. I guess maybe it was all the precipitation we had this winter? Anyway, I'm so glad I got the chance to go out and shoot them while they lasted. :)<br />
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Last year when my daughter and I went to London, the rose garden at Hyde Park was not quite in bloom yet. This year, it was blooming with exuberant abandon. The fragrance was amazing! My family took a short break from our epic, eight-mile sightseeing hike to let me shoot a few photos. :) Such a beautiful garden!<br />
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So we took a last-minute trip to London at the beginning of June, and here are some photos from the Kensington Palace sunken gardens. We stayed in a <a href="http://www.onefinestay.com/london/argyll-road/" target="_blank">fabulous flat</a> that we rented from onefinestay, located a few blocks from the palace. I would highly recommend <a href="http://www.onefinestay.com/" target="_blank">onefinestay</a> -- they provided great customer service, and living in a flat for a week makes you feel like a native. It was a wonderful experience!<br />
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I love the fact that anyone can walk right up to the gates of the palace in Kensington Park, too. There were families picnicking, office workers walking through the park on their lunch hour, and tourists like us just enjoying the beautiful day. We couldn't actually go in the sunken garden, but you could view it from above. I do have some photos from the King's State Apartments in the palace itself. I will share them at a later date.<br />
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It's been a crazy busy spring here, between our little "weather event" and my daughter's college graduation, not to mention a weekend filled with three portrait sessions. <br />
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I feel like spring is passing me by.<br />
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I took a few minutes earlier in the week to take the camera out and shoot some of the flowers currently blooming in our garden. We've got pink rhododendron and white azaleas, Siberian iris in both blue and white, and a shrub with little white, highly fragrant flowers. I think it is sweet olive, but I'm not sure. All I know is that it smells divine, and it's fragrance wafts in the bedroom window at night. <br />
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I love spring. <br />
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<b><i>I'm going to take the next two weeks off to regroup, and to enjoy the rest of spring. See you on June 15th. :)</i></b><br />
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First of all, thank you for your understanding and your concerns about our crazy weather last week. We were very lucky that the three trees which landed on our roof did no lasting damage. All together, we lost eleven trees, all in the same general location. To say that our view to the east is markedly different is an understatement. We were without power for seventeen hours, during which time both our battery backup sump pump and our generator were not working. Luckily, we did not have enough rain to gather in the cellar. So glad that is over!<br />
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We have white azaleas, lily of the valley and purple bugle flowering at the Little Red House right now. The lily of the valley smells amazing. Wild sweet olive shrubs are starting to bloom as well. Earlier in the week I picked a few stems and placed them in one of my many milk glass containers. Instant bouquet! I love spring. :)<br />
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The advent of spring is always a happy time for me, but this year, after such a horrible winter, it has been nothing short of pure joy. I have watched with fervent gratitude as every green shoot, every bud and every flower has appeared. And, of course, I decided to make up a few still life creations. I was inspired by my dear friend <a href="http://www.katynoellephotography.com/" target="_blank">Katy Noelle</a> to include some moss in these photos, along with spring flowers from the garden. Happy Spring!<br />
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Just a few iPhone photos today... It's spring in my neck of the woods! <i style="font-weight: bold;">Finally! </i>These were all taken at our local park last week. I love the forest in early spring, when the marsh marigolds and skunk cabbage begin to appear. That green is nothing short of glorious! I am a happy camper. ;)<br />
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I think I may have missed the ranunculus season this year, but I managed to find some parrot tulips last week, which I promptly brought home to brighten the kitchen and ultimately to photograph. :)<br>
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So, until we get a few more spring-like days here in New Jersey, I will be shooting cut flowers. And after this winter, I cannot wait to go on some garden visits this summer! As you can probably tell, I'm running out of things to post about here. ;)<br>
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Making little still life creations with old books and flowers has become sort of my "thing." When it's cold and dark and snowy, I pick up some flowers at the supermarket, and they get me through the winter doldrums. Last week, I found these beautiful hyacinths, and they have been perfuming the entire house. They started out blue, but faded to a sort of pale lilac as the week went on. Finally, after five days of enjoying their sweet scent, I decided that I needed to take some photos. The weathered "table" is actually a foam-backed photo by Sarah Gardner -- one of her<br />
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I had to troll through my archives this week to find something for Mosaic Monday, and I finally came up with food photography. I really feel as though blogging has ushered in a golden age of food photography. There are so many wonderful food blogs these days, with fabulous eye candy. A few of my favorites are <a href="http://www.honeyandjam.com/" target="_blank">Honey& Jam</a>, <a href="http://www.cannellevanille.com/" target="_blank">Cannelle et Vanille</a>, <a href="http://www.savorysimple.net/" target="_blank">Savory Simple</a>, and <a href="http://www.tarteletteblog.com/" target="_blank">Tartelette</a>. If you are interested, you might want to follow my Pinterest board called <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/maryrc/beautiful-food-photography/" target="_blank">Beautiful Food Photography</a>. I have collected wonderful examples there from around the globe. And if you are interested in learning more about food photography, check out this article in Lightstalkers about l<a href="http://blog.photoshelter.com/2013/05/back-to-basics-food-photography-lighting-styling/" target="_blank">ighting and styling food photos.</a><br />
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It was a winter for the record books here in our part of New Jersey. We have had more snow, and more extremely cold temperatures, than I can ever remember. And I have lived in this house since I was a little kid. The first days of spring have finally brought some warmer temps however, and most of our snow has melted, except for a few dirty piles. It is so wonderful to see the ground for a change, even if it is now mostly mud. Yesterday, my husband found a newspaper from February 3rd on our front lawn, still in it's plastic wrapping. It must have been thrown there from the driveway by the snow plow, and remained buried under the snow for nearly seven weeks.<br />
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So far, we only have a few snowdrops up and blooming, so I celebrated spring with some supermarket flowers. And of course, I couldn't help taking a few photos. Happy Spring!<br />
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"Life is better at the beach" -- it's true. There are wide open spaces. The air is crisp and clear. The sound of the surf is a peaceful background as the wind caresses your face. And it's even better when it's empty of other people. ;)<br />
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Just a few of my shots from the beach at Carlsbad, CA, taken in February.<br />
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When we were in California a few weeks ago, we woke up one morning to a beautiful fog. Most of you know how much I love a good fog, right? I wandered around for about an hour with my camera, and had a great time. I'm so glad to share the results here today, as we are in the ugly stage of our snow here in New Jersey -- everything is dirty and sort of melting... And I will be SO happy when it has melted completely, which at this rate may be sometime in July!<br />
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As promised, here are some more images from our visit to the San Diego Botanical Garden. My husband is a sucker for bamboo, and there were some fabulous bamboo groves to walk through. There was also a beautiful Japanese tea house, and some gorgeous rosemary. Living in New Jersey, I have never seen rosemary growing in bushes the size of boxwood. The scent was heavenly! I was also charmed by the figures created with moss, ivy and succulents. And of course, being kids at heart, we had to walk through the children's garden as well. :)<br />
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Driving from the airport in San Diego, the first thing that struck us was <i>green leaves and flowers! </i>Having come from single-digit temps and snowy prospects in New Jersey, I cannot tell you how wonderful it was to see signs of life. :)<br />
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During the week, we visited the <a href="http://www.sdbgarden.org/" target="_blank">San Diego Botanical Garden</a>, which was actually located close to our hotel, in nearby Encinitas. The garden falls within Zone 10A, which meant that there was a wealth of new and different plant material to explore. These are just a few of my photos from our visit.<br />
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A week ago Saturday, we went from 14 degrees and snowy in New Jersey to 65 and sunny in southern California. My husband had to attend a conference in Carlsbad, CA, and I went along for the ride. What a blessing it was to see blue skies, and sunshine, and flowers in February! These are just a few of my cellphone photos from the trip. <br />
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<i>Top row: Balboa Park in San Diego.</i><br />
<i>Middle row: Balboa Park, the view from our hotel in Carlsbad, beach at Carlsbad.</i><br />
<i>Bottom row: beach at Carlsbad, Midway Museum (aircraft carrier) in San Diego.</i><br />
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We had the most marvelous time, including two extra days in San Diego, courtesy of a blizzard which dropped over a foot of snow in our hometown. It was snowing again when we arrived home, and the first thing we did after emptying our suitcases was to shovel the driveway. :(<br />
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It's been so cold and snowy here in New Jersey this winter. We haven't had days on end of below-zero temps like some of the midwest, but we have had temps in the teens for at least the past two weeks. <br />
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Spring will be much appreciated this year.<br />
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In the meantime, we had a warm weekend. The mercury rose to 45 degrees
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Saturday was my birthday, and I spent it in New York city with my husband and kids. It was snowing, and the city was bustling. We went to the <a href="http://whitney.org/" target="_blank">Whitney</a>, and the <a href="http://www.frick.org/" target="_blank">Frick</a>, and I took absolutely no pictures. ;)<br />
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So today, I thought I would share just a few of the many still life photos that I shot last year. I can't wait till spring, and I get to visit some gardens again. In the meantime, we are getting lots of exercise shoveling snow, and I have to enjoy my flowers indoors... :)<br />
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