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Day 31: Seek

Day 31:  Seek 

Replace "i" with "we" and even "illness" becomes "wellness".  Seek to connect.

 

Day 30: Mountain Tops

Day 30:  Mountain Tops   (*click on image for full resolution)

Today.

 

 

Day 29: Penny

Day 29:  Penny

My dog has many jobs, to love me, to make me laugh and to keep me company...  Today she made difficult morning a little brighter... 

Day 28: California Dreaming

Day 28:  California Dreaming

 

 

Day 27: Goodbye Palm Springs

Day 27:  Goodbye Palm Springs

I was a little unsure of Palm Springs when I first arrived, after just a few days this desert oasis has won me over.  I would like to return- a photoshoot here would be pretty amazing!    

 

    

Day 26: 1940's Palm Springs

Day 26:  I love learn about the history of the cities I travel to...  Maybe I romanticize these days gone by, but I can't help myself.    

 

 

 

       

Day 25: Palm Springs & All That it Means

Day 25:  Palm Springs & All That it Means

This is day two of my first trip ever to Palm Springs (I really should of come to Coachella when I first heard about it- it's too late now), I have to admit I was a little confused as to the draw to Palm Springs.  It's not a pretty drive here, it's in the middle of nowhere- the houses are amazing but why come here?..  So I didn't know that in the 50's contract studio stars could not go more than 200 miles from the studios and they had an obligation to be photographed pool side at a lot of the hotels here.  So this became the playground to the stars- make sense now!  

This morning we went for a walk around the neighborhood we are staying in (I'm totally clueless my surroundings), I thought the houses seem nice, but the hedges are so big it's hard to tell.  Then we went on a tour- umm...  I find out this morning I walked by Leonardo DiCaprio's home, the Stewart home, Lily Tomlin's, Elvis and Pricilla's honeymoon hideaway and all these other star homes without knowing.  As we had walked this morning I thought it was eerily quite but at the same time the neighborhood felt very wholesome- very Brady (Bunch)...  Maybe it's the time period of homes!  Palm Springs is starting to grow on me, I just don't like the feeling of chasing stars down.  I like the idea of a small town with great food, art and amazing weather.  

My photo is original design items in the home we are staying in.  

 

 

Day 24: Old Blue Eyes

Day 24:  Old Blue Eyes

Well this might be considered a cheat day, a photo of a photo...  For the next few days we will be staying in Palm Springs between two of Frank Sinatra's house and guest house.  The photo above is an image from the bedroom of Frank Jr. (I just loved everything about this image)  The room was filled with photos of Frank Sinatra with Elvis, JFK, Marilyn, Mia Farrow, all The Rat Pack and many others.  Talk about squad goals!  As I walked around today I can't help but wonder if all that our "butler" is telling us is true about all that supposedly happened here.    

We are here celebrating my father-in-laws 80th birthday with him and several of his friends from high school.  As I sat around listening to stories about them as young men in New York during the 1950's with friends that have names like, Henry The Horse, The Don and Bear and run ins with Joe DiMaggio as well as wise guys, I realize this pack of friends is I want to learn more about...  But I'm still not 100% sure of the stories.  

 

 

     

 

 

Day 23: Saturday Rough Housing

Day 23:  Saturday Rough Housing    

 Nothing but giggles from the basement today...  

Day 22: To The Moon and Back

Day 22:  To The Moon and Back    *please click to see full resolution*

 

There is a part of my life that for a very long time has been a full on tornado.  The idea that I could place that aside and continue life as normal- was dishonest...  After a decade of attempting to control the uncontrollable and feeling as one would expect to feel when up is down and down is up.  Although this disruption was not present in our daily lives, it crept and changed many relationships- not anymore...

  

P.S.  Thank you M&P for loving me to the moon and back. xoxo.  

 

 

 

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