Stahl House

Architect: Pierre Koenig 1959

This California Dew Is Just A Little Heavier Than Usual

Gene Kelly is one of the greatest performers of all-time. He was a singer, dancer, actor, and director.

Here he is in two of the GREATEST scenes in the history of film.

Tap dancing on roller skates in Its Always Fair Weather..

(Be careful watching this, his joy is infectious)

I Need a Dollar - Aloe Blacc

aloe blacc from LA

Jules Arthur

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drawings by Jules Arthur

Photo Roundup

Navis Photography

Jessica Hilltout

Toni Frissell

Esther Bubley

Leroy Grannis

The Danish Poet

Torril Kove is great.

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Adam and Eve

I saw Cranach at the Uffizi in Florence - one of my favorite pieces.

Nashville Sunset etc.

Sunset in Nashville

Little kid looking out the back of a convertible..

California Clouds

Irvine's sky was nice today.  Check out those California clouds

Hello, I'm Robot!

Wonderful illustrations by E. Beyaminson for a Russian kids' book called "Hello, I'm Robot!" by Stanislav Ziguen

Fairuz

I found out about Fairuz in my Arabic class - she's a famous Lebanese singer who popularized arabicized jazz in Beirut in the 50's.

This song is called: I Love You In The Summer

This song is called: I Believe

This is what she is saying...

I believe that behind the beads Allowadat boasts gardens
I believe that behind the night above the waves Alati SE
I believe that the heart is placed into mourning deliver compassion ... Full of faith
I believe that behind the cyclone winds lips reciting prayers
I believe that the universe locked in silence to listen to me
I am yearning for my eyes as the sky cleared the lights above tunes ... Full of faith

How beautiful!

Japanese Patterns

via tengds

The Man Who Couldn't Stop Running

A collage by Joo Mo Kang about a man with extreme will power and astounding stamina- his name, Louis Zamperini.  

Time Magazine writes about him, "...by high school, Zamperini was a phenomenally gifted miler with astounding stamina and a hip-rolling, ground-eating seven-foot stride. But long before then, it was apparent that he had something even rarer and less easily explicable inside him: a chronic restlessness, something beyond even willpower, that wouldn't allow him to give up even when going on was no longer endurable."  He later fights in WWII and survives a Japanese POW camp.  Read more here.

Vogue Star Signs

From Vogue UK. Photographs by Tim Gutt

Featuring my favorite model Siri Tollerod

Ducky

Oil on linen
by Kathy Morris

love the look of antique toys