I think it’s more than obvious that I love the look of fruits/berries on shrubs and trees!  I am so happy that my 3 dwarf crab apple trees are loaded with tiny apples  this fall.

I hope the birds let my little apples stay on the trees at least until the leaves are gone and the snow has fallen.  What a look that will be!

 

One of my favorite American painters is Joseph Decker.  Decker was a master painter of still lives.  Look at his painting of Queen Anne cherries:

While I’m on the Decker bandwagon, check out these other beauties by his hand.

                                    

 

So, I guess it is no wonder I love my crap apples!  I love it when nature imitates art (I know, that is backwards)!

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/world/europe/truffles-wine-barolo-italy.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news

 

In perusing my photos, this random visual association jumped out at me.

Patterns in black and white with flesh tones, sleek mammals, and created in Florence in the 60’s!  Just a few centuries apart, is all!  Florence: always stylish.

  

Benozzo Gozzoli    1460s                                                              Emilio Pucci   1960s

Well, who can blame me?  I mean, really, what is not to love?  I’ve binge-watched the entire first series of ITV’s Victoria this week!

 

Victoria is a hit!  Gorgeous sets, incredible costumes, fine acting.

Shot in luminous, almost impressionistic, lighting and color.

 

 

Victoria will be on PBS in 2017.  You won’t want to miss it!  Contact me if you want to know how to watch it online earlier than that.

 

 

 

 

My Rose of Sharon shrub wins my annual garden award for “most photogenic!”  I mean: look at this baby!

 

 

 

I even love the color of the dying blossoms!  Gorgeous blue.  Has dying ever looked so beautiful?

We are expecting the first frost this week.  This spells the end of my summer flowers.  Boo hoo!

 

Hillary Clinton logo typeface

posted by Jason Kottke Apr 14, 2015
Inspired by the logo for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 Presidential run, designer Rick Wolff created an entire uppercase alphabet for a typeface he’s calling Hillvetica. FYI, Pentagram partner Michael Bierut designed the logo.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/04/14/create-your-own-hillary-clinton-slogan-using-her-h-typeface/

The Washington Post made a little text editor so you can write whatever you want in Hillvetica. Here’s what I wrote in Hillvetica on WP site: