weekly glee #7 2009.

hello m'dears, it's time for gleeful things again!

i decided to split this project in 3 parts which will be 'desertions', 'photogenius', and 'diversity'.

because every week i find something wonderful in those sections.

1. desertions.

# decaying detroit by caseyj. metropolitan building and a warehouse in the warehouse district. beautiful compositions! i especially loved the chair ones and the one with the toilet ( poop here! haha ).
# montzen by elektrocute. handsome abandoned trainstation or depot! i love the details in here, like the bird nest or the blue doors.
# three shelters by dj_axle. i have a huge interest in all kind of churches, because the architectural work is one of the greatest humans ever invented. this church is situated in buffalo and called church of transfiguration. and oh, and what a church it is. truly gorgeous in its decay.

2. photogenius.

# keira knightley by annie leibovitz for vogue us 2005. a wizard of oz-based photoshoot by the wonderful annie leibovitz! oh the colours in these! purr-fect!
# mariacarla boscono by peter lindbergh. i really think that mariacarla boscono has some features you can't forget. her face is very remarkable to me. not that average beautiful face of a model, but something different, more subtle and hidden.
# photography of hedi slimane. he's doin' the greatest portaits ever ( including jethro cave, remember? there's LOTS of jethro in this mix of photographic works. ) and don't be put off by the many young man at the beginning of the post! there's a lot of better ones in the middle and at the end. especially the ones about the army and the ones that are punk-inspired! ( oh, of course i can't seem to ignore those gorgeous guys, haha! )
# photography of denis rouvre. his photography is similar to hedi slimane's, very minimal but with a huge focus on facial expressions. i love that!
# and again, i have a most favourite ( which is shown as a picture above ) of helena bonham carter shot by bryan adams ( is it really the singer bryan adams? yes, it is him! ). i love helena bonham carter, she plays the most quirky and strange woman in her movies and it takes a lot to be so authentic in a role. i loved her in the new harry potter movie ( the movie itself had great style by the way! ) as well, as in her older movies and my most favourite one of her is 'a room with a view'.

3. diversity.

lollipop pies by luxirare.

this is the most fantasting and precious and useful thing ever: pies on a stick! oh my, i should try this out, but i KNOW that it will not turn out as good as these! what an invention, for me as a pie maniac, this would be heaven!

the ansley park glass house in atlanta.

visit this fantastic site: the contemporist! it's a treasure! modern architecture and clean styles mixed with furniture making. my heart bleeds so much when looking at these houses! well, at least i can dream.

and now some videos.

blitzen trapper - furr

this video is first: amazing, and secondly: a great listen! the songtext is the best.

Chocolate Bunny from lernert Engelberts on Vimeo.

and to see this chocolate bunny melt, is kind of sad, but still my mouth gets watery looking at this!

hope you have a nice week!

love,
mari

may '20: seeking modernism.

super pink rhododendron buds emerging! i start off this post with some flower images to appreciate and praise the time of spring, especially the month of may, which is the most abundant spring month to me personally. all the blossoms, all the fresh greens amass during may, and my heart and mind are hardly ever able to not frolick & gush about it all! for this post i am returning to one walk i did with the sole purpose to find a special mid-century villa in königstein ( which would ultimately prove to be a failure - i did find it, but i couldn't approach it properly to have a good look at it and only ever saw a tiny bit of the garden/forest side ). the whole walk was not a letdown, though, as i did find some other mid-century & brutalism gems and thoroughly enjoyed walking through the old spa town in the taunus mountains. rhododendron shrubs yield all kinds of different blossoms in myriad colours, they are easy to breed, therefore a wide variety can be found all over the wor...

autumn impressions.

a selected assortment of autumn related things. ( or things that don't fit into a 'bigger picture' ) i will get around to posting my autumn vacation photos as well. my parents and me visited france a second time and i think it was almost as wonderful as the first time. but i'll get to that soon. moth in front of a vinyl shop window. i bet you know who's smile it is that strikes at you from the record. elvis! i went mushroom hunting again, this time with jasmin, the best mushroom finder i have :) but we didn't have a lot of time together this past autumn, i am very sad to admit this. she's one of our apprentices in the serving area in our market, but recently she's on exchange in a different outlet until january. but soon we'll have her back and our sporadic meetings will stop being sporadic. i think times like these make me realize that there's something worth living for. mostly my life is very grey and i'm so thankful to s...

of dragons & critters and yin & yang kittens.

my cat shadow is a very prolific cat and gives birth to baby sweethearts annually. we always let them grow up until they're old enough to be given away. growing up in a huge garden where they can roam around freely - isn't that the best way to grow up? it's always a joy to visit my parents and my cat in that time of the year. i have also included some pictures of a little rhine trip i made in the middle of may. and the occasional random ones that didn't fit somewhere. rhine wood dragon. sitting on the rhine beach enjoying the beautiful day. my stone collection of the day. ( i seriously have a lot of stones in my home. i love to collect them! ) the river rhine near eltville. random skull assortment ( shot this at the naxoshalle in frankfurt - i was there for a japanese movie festival ) rosey roses. they also smelled heavenly. raindrops on my window. chameleon tail. i adore spirals. baby kittens drinking momma m...

ghost of nature.

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