A few changes in the living room...

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How was your weekend? Mine was pretty good thanks.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made a few changes to the living room wall...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcXX7GJmPuNTdjHv-IyGUyYZmMq_FNz7VjM2n6GVORL6dAjOwnbRPAt-TvJgvMaXCeajNnSCaVFx6qtjtegxu5e-8XSStU8KbU91EYgCOyAJvdmwm__C-CBo_6uQWus7cy_6_URlWwYEv/s1600/living+room+mirror.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcXX7GJmPuNTdjHv-IyGUyYZmMq_FNz7VjM2n6GVORL6dAjOwnbRPAt-TvJgvMaXCeajNnSCaVFx6qtjtegxu5e-8XSStU8KbU91EYgCOyAJvdmwm__C-CBo_6uQWus7cy_6_URlWwYEv/s400/living+room+mirror.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...added the mirror (found at an op shop) and stuck up one of my 'K's using blu-tac. It hasn't fallen on anyone's head yet,  but I'm afraid the cyclamen is past its best. But no probs...I've got a hyacinth now...even if it does have a slight lean :)</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HVr97pXgbzXJPhwcOsIx_scg_loDegqLY6SRNmP0OEtBeYYVmAOiyFWDtQpoeio2djl3ddrmQaciDy3d-BvuMIMSdTx-gAtk_I3WuqVJI3CmLxZ2lrilL-QIv-1dUhBEa7nawxwYhWvl/s1600/living+room+hyacinths.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HVr97pXgbzXJPhwcOsIx_scg_loDegqLY6SRNmP0OEtBeYYVmAOiyFWDtQpoeio2djl3ddrmQaciDy3d-BvuMIMSdTx-gAtk_I3WuqVJI3CmLxZ2lrilL-QIv-1dUhBEa7nawxwYhWvl/s400/living+room+hyacinths.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-X1DKeGo9aUvKSCbcRIM7IUDRL-f8zrQEAhokFQwyvygjI9E7tIGLrgVrhQkLiz-QA7BTf7Ap5hl9q-ooZ7qOm4skToEt8tVrhSL6Jdzkl_KKdl3RT5XT4prFObHw-l7uC0ybXmpNcrbC/s1600/living+room+wall+night.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-X1DKeGo9aUvKSCbcRIM7IUDRL-f8zrQEAhokFQwyvygjI9E7tIGLrgVrhQkLiz-QA7BTf7Ap5hl9q-ooZ7qOm4skToEt8tVrhSL6Jdzkl_KKdl3RT5XT4prFObHw-l7uC0ybXmpNcrbC/s400/living+room+wall+night.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I framed and hung the New York poster...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and moved the <a href="http://tranquiltownhouse.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-creative-spacea-painting-thats-taken.html">ballets russes costume painting</a>. Sorry about the reflections.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmf0BiVfc_TRTAk0a1Yxu4yzlX0WWSPYVmDeoDf-AzVnBl1obrg5MO2i7JqUGsWOFwJKhC6D_o62znN0dR6r2_7sNvB3u4c4co5HFaVp2fxtvJkXgJdL_tk0iu8OsWRKkBzp6onFszuyj/s1600/living+room+large+wall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmf0BiVfc_TRTAk0a1Yxu4yzlX0WWSPYVmDeoDf-AzVnBl1obrg5MO2i7JqUGsWOFwJKhC6D_o62znN0dR6r2_7sNvB3u4c4co5HFaVp2fxtvJkXgJdL_tk0iu8OsWRKkBzp6onFszuyj/s400/living+room+large+wall.jpg" width="287" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My friend Chris suggested I need to fill the whole wall. Not likely, and certainly not without a bloody big ladder!  S</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ome things however, always stay the same...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WFq1BcNblkgVonBFcZHI1ziM8OkA0mW3MfSOr5IFauqaWa-LFxoG93pQCjzxEfJsshJ4GUvGd6NoVeq-LeDRbHHFD2RTkiIP4iQ7ZL2zJnmwKrgFhvPxwnWzlYWfygwzRP1qaH7aIflQ/s1600/living+room+buffy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_WFq1BcNblkgVonBFcZHI1ziM8OkA0mW3MfSOr5IFauqaWa-LFxoG93pQCjzxEfJsshJ4GUvGd6NoVeq-LeDRbHHFD2RTkiIP4iQ7ZL2zJnmwKrgFhvPxwnWzlYWfygwzRP1qaH7aIflQ/s400/living+room+buffy.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The vampire slayer wishes you a good week. I do too.</span></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

A few changes in the living room...

How was your weekend? Mine was pretty good thanks. I made a few changes to the living room wall... ...added the mirror (found at an op shop)...

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when janis says jump...(or 'art' and my studio begins to take shape)

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When <a href="http://pineconecamp.blogspot.com/">Janis</a> says jump, I of course say, 'not a prob Janis...how high?'</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Remember this mess...you can read about it <a href="http://tranquiltownhouse.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-creative-spacecertificate-iv-in.html">here</a>.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FCiKu_2MIPoQB7c84Gj2nqoSsUvFVymxF7hHO-wxG2ridlYTxn3XLum_io5eJSFxZL4djpKoLQRRh2PP-nxVEkyKNGVUj-0FXLx53BERYVcW1aI3Mw2h5OwrEp4WMoYX7SkVOmkqCVVv/s1600/cert+IV+cardboard+backing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FCiKu_2MIPoQB7c84Gj2nqoSsUvFVymxF7hHO-wxG2ridlYTxn3XLum_io5eJSFxZL4djpKoLQRRh2PP-nxVEkyKNGVUj-0FXLx53BERYVcW1aI3Mw2h5OwrEp4WMoYX7SkVOmkqCVVv/s640/cert+IV+cardboard+backing.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The very lovely and exceedingly clever (not the least because she had the good sense to marry an Aussie) <a href="http://pineconecamp.blogspot.com/">Janis</a>, said that I should frame it.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__7LZAu712E2s2b4IMUb_xKy_luA_YFTTzjqCMKvMyeXrt-3X025EcInKf1QNcyu5_nfiGXzZaPrruxu64AlZkw3FpzP_dYm5hPBIKa_6WAduS0f8sB9ngpg4GoeQBFNd3GtpQa7cSHep/s1600/paint+chip+art2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__7LZAu712E2s2b4IMUb_xKy_luA_YFTTzjqCMKvMyeXrt-3X025EcInKf1QNcyu5_nfiGXzZaPrruxu64AlZkw3FpzP_dYm5hPBIKa_6WAduS0f8sB9ngpg4GoeQBFNd3GtpQa7cSHep/s640/paint+chip+art2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So I did. It has even more 'mess' now, although I do believe it's slightly crooked. Oh well. Never mind.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QpQvF5tmc4QmEDZnQBBmwmk_nncbomFT4gZX3LpYHgQW3bC_KHphCmexMi2JEH3Aj6ViqtHmAAupr-R5BLWEsop0pQM3-kT6TbNNkWCUP5RhERuJ1dViFJSe6NdG6GTQpF4Djob07wuv/s1600/colour+chip+art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8QpQvF5tmc4QmEDZnQBBmwmk_nncbomFT4gZX3LpYHgQW3bC_KHphCmexMi2JEH3Aj6ViqtHmAAupr-R5BLWEsop0pQM3-kT6TbNNkWCUP5RhERuJ1dViFJSe6NdG6GTQpF4Djob07wuv/s640/colour+chip+art.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's now in my reclaimed studio inspiring me (a little) and reminding me that anything can be made into 'art' (*snort*) and that I really need to get cracking again on that Cert IV after two weekends away.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImz9Zri_DGxUNHLl2KynsocM-aiPHp6oNH0irqX-Kf8fkyGssSTM0b7ct_Vh5U8OrBoo4G26UvxDDENREHAa57Fx78HCU5Bw5UF9uBLGOGRZLxh07Nhrmtixl5XUsMh9QASfscRRw7u-Q/s1600/studio+early.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgImz9Zri_DGxUNHLl2KynsocM-aiPHp6oNH0irqX-Kf8fkyGssSTM0b7ct_Vh5U8OrBoo4G26UvxDDENREHAa57Fx78HCU5Bw5UF9uBLGOGRZLxh07Nhrmtixl5XUsMh9QASfscRRw7u-Q/s640/studio+early.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The studio is slowly (very slowly) turning into what it's meant to be. I'll keep you posted...as they say in the classics :)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Head over <a href="http://ourcreativespaces.blogspot.com/">here</a> for much creativity.</span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

when janis says jump...(or 'art' and my studio begins to take shape)

When Janis says jump, I of course say, 'not a prob Janis...how high?' Remember this mess...you can read about it here . The very lo...

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the archibald, wynne and sulman prizes...this week's de facto top ten

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I said to my friends Chris and Terry as they dropped me home after a weekend in Sydney that at least I knew where that weekend had gone. They go fast don't they!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Richard and I caught a lift to Sydney on the weekend to see the first born, whose birthday it is next Saturday, and while we were there took the opportunity to pop into the <a href="http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/">Art Gallery of NSW</a>...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKoOhdPcHwIEa0PNeLVfNTXLW5QiaeYEoQ2X6QwGK1jj1oYaBAscKAWWO4gnG9qzTJIZT16tZoheKbBesMYn5Vhjrg5WflzPRvIJ7BSxN4dOWVMph7m0BoFmnRcaBfWIsmd26UUoumlyRd/s1600/ben+quilty+winner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKoOhdPcHwIEa0PNeLVfNTXLW5QiaeYEoQ2X6QwGK1jj1oYaBAscKAWWO4gnG9qzTJIZT16tZoheKbBesMYn5Vhjrg5WflzPRvIJ7BSxN4dOWVMph7m0BoFmnRcaBfWIsmd26UUoumlyRd/s640/ben+quilty+winner.jpg" width="564" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">the winner: margaret olley painted by ben quilty</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The main event was the Archibald Prize for portraiture. Our tastes vary a bit...although we both loved the winner...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqdQvLJpSwKpICYLAS_Tq2utJZFEV3LX6qm6e65Z7nCSfMisO9pGHQ_guCcU6aUJ29y5UtOh1us999PjX8muZiOEvJw8FrYL7LmB9-MiubIVgz1dPtVZaZyw3j7kCUiz3Giq0dnftzw-g/s1600/andrew+mezei.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqdQvLJpSwKpICYLAS_Tq2utJZFEV3LX6qm6e65Z7nCSfMisO9pGHQ_guCcU6aUJ29y5UtOh1us999PjX8muZiOEvJw8FrYL7LmB9-MiubIVgz1dPtVZaZyw3j7kCUiz3Giq0dnftzw-g/s640/andrew+mezei.jpg" width="468" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">by andrew mezei</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but I love having the eye of a trained artist to tell me more about what I'm seeing...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrB8T4u6wa9UctF7jV2LfvxzURGgIVYx2FsiYw0zZpxZmsnMaXubzxUblpR093MZNr4Ihytjo9GsUpq2cSTatdM8OnHcr4XqeTo2yKsOqkLmO2M6DUsucWbE6JEVe1Lo-iqY8JNRR5YM6T/s1600/deidre+but-husaim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrB8T4u6wa9UctF7jV2LfvxzURGgIVYx2FsiYw0zZpxZmsnMaXubzxUblpR093MZNr4Ihytjo9GsUpq2cSTatdM8OnHcr4XqeTo2yKsOqkLmO2M6DUsucWbE6JEVe1Lo-iqY8JNRR5YM6T/s640/deidre+but-husaim.jpg" width="580" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">by deidre but-husaim</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...it helps me to appreciate the artists and their work even more than I already do.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDByE2AyyyHA80xbRa530LJSVkL9g-Clp2Q2H2u8bLMbW3lOyd_p-ZZiCMAncqyXSGpAlRjLM2q2IJWj5VX6Wt41tgB22awNkjSGqi6EuuWyEn4MbaNbQMyPOoaYgIhqPytbV4FdTdQsY/s1600/del+kathryn+barton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDByE2AyyyHA80xbRa530LJSVkL9g-Clp2Q2H2u8bLMbW3lOyd_p-ZZiCMAncqyXSGpAlRjLM2q2IJWj5VX6Wt41tgB22awNkjSGqi6EuuWyEn4MbaNbQMyPOoaYgIhqPytbV4FdTdQsY/s640/del+kathryn+barton.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">by del kathryn barton</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mind you, there are some on display that I think are appalling...and some that were very disturbing...but I'm not showing you any of those. You can look those up yourself and leave me out of it :)</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilC26-lpePcoi3cSphpsqV07bFhtXy9vIXe03iKtCaTkz80kTtQCkzK86HqSpQ0qGdFHz69trZhdoq1VIXf6tlp3s-Y1ACc-6YkMy1bLzxJj65M1m7XJWRMgejVVfg8t4Cc8pCbRcPExen/s1600/jiawei+shen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilC26-lpePcoi3cSphpsqV07bFhtXy9vIXe03iKtCaTkz80kTtQCkzK86HqSpQ0qGdFHz69trZhdoq1VIXf6tlp3s-Y1ACc-6YkMy1bLzxJj65M1m7XJWRMgejVVfg8t4Cc8pCbRcPExen/s640/jiawei+shen.jpg" width="510" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">by jaiwei shen</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The paintings you've seen in this post so far (and a few more to go) were my favourites from the Archibald Prize (for portraiture). The one you see below was only the size of a matchbox (really!) and the fine detail was painted with a pin...I couldn't believe it.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgVU2nB4AQkMRlxz903Co5ya8YFyP6CfsDIGAvEJTDSG8imqSwZo2CgReXq9s972jmAgrRdwC4NN0yFqrcaf9SWBQiKqME6wKlA_MOf-9S42yo-I6W1u9EMviE8EQXF39cx97GgJMdo-r/s1600/natasha+bieniek.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgVU2nB4AQkMRlxz903Co5ya8YFyP6CfsDIGAvEJTDSG8imqSwZo2CgReXq9s972jmAgrRdwC4NN0yFqrcaf9SWBQiKqME6wKlA_MOf-9S42yo-I6W1u9EMviE8EQXF39cx97GgJMdo-r/s640/natasha+bieniek.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">by natasha bieniek</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganFqnnSArGBP7NALisMQWBBdVDJpimfzZRpIUTQETsximXzQdlq_bRWe0F5U37fXmU5ZQXMbcBgt8ynXacJg74F3EAzEkCQDH36K3fHbyllvC1E2kf2UO7f5mHQTkh9j0DKU73Nt1Xpg3/s1600/sonia+kretschmar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEganFqnnSArGBP7NALisMQWBBdVDJpimfzZRpIUTQETsximXzQdlq_bRWe0F5U37fXmU5ZQXMbcBgt8ynXacJg74F3EAzEkCQDH36K3fHbyllvC1E2kf2UO7f5mHQTkh9j0DKU73Nt1Xpg3/s640/sonia+kretschmar.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">by sonia kretschmar</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next two are finalists in the Wynne prize (australian scenery or sculpture)...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDGHVh8L5gd7fFb03uNDjR6971zs90gUVlDBELVbnRRQICEahIQKPKPaKLaPq2E0-TpskSXtDOQur-RGlHDCU-s0LB0Q-B4NnT1pVvgG1N3sAbFdra6afE4DNJVf3X7lxtFkpEsr9Yf-P/s1600/neil+frazer+wynne.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnDGHVh8L5gd7fFb03uNDjR6971zs90gUVlDBELVbnRRQICEahIQKPKPaKLaPq2E0-TpskSXtDOQur-RGlHDCU-s0LB0Q-B4NnT1pVvgG1N3sAbFdra6afE4DNJVf3X7lxtFkpEsr9Yf-P/s640/neil+frazer+wynne.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"> by neil frazer</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdlo2J2hvzFHLR-csLaqhxACtb2CqkJHDpcHgkH_G3eVSwQ3pF2tt4bXUU2DDH_ZIsRhksQ7ZI4T3cYDFPANG9Lgo3z4bhCwwqFJ_ZXhmmBBgpt78kh_CxDokiso6djOEXeyGG55wRyPSW/s1600/alexander+mckenzie+wynne_picnik.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdlo2J2hvzFHLR-csLaqhxACtb2CqkJHDpcHgkH_G3eVSwQ3pF2tt4bXUU2DDH_ZIsRhksQ7ZI4T3cYDFPANG9Lgo3z4bhCwwqFJ_ZXhmmBBgpt78kh_CxDokiso6djOEXeyGG55wRyPSW/s640/alexander+mckenzie+wynne_picnik.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">by alexander mackenzie</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And finally, a couple from the Sulman Prize (for subject, genre or mural...I'm still trying to work out what that means!)...these made me smile, especially as this next one is called 'royal mount'...I love a bit of smart-alecky whimsy :)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPo6Ye_XAEDoYTkzdn7TQ7QqVSynOAE-DI4adKGZ36WaE-fSNdRf35LeoPLuQRsF10igGV2E_bOryNYCFhXTAXbk6r6rQTVoGoFmpeC_bHnRrZ5iRBr0Q4xAVYH310jCpJUIrnkf26DBa/s1600/joanna+braithwaite+sulman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPo6Ye_XAEDoYTkzdn7TQ7QqVSynOAE-DI4adKGZ36WaE-fSNdRf35LeoPLuQRsF10igGV2E_bOryNYCFhXTAXbk6r6rQTVoGoFmpeC_bHnRrZ5iRBr0Q4xAVYH310jCpJUIrnkf26DBa/s640/joanna+braithwaite+sulman.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"> by joanna braithwaite</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've saved my favourite for last...it's like something out of a wonderful children's book full of tales fantastic isn't it?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzmVra1BhUntFAmOPQht0MMBD0_LI3nRtJ7zvLZbd3LHaFqX1xIdqPLAiZh4r-kH7q5Yh5UP8snNN3mdg9kPMQebTO70K5HkZD1A80Fq1oNdVAmGyggZC33J2Ku0edJcUKwlydrbPPZfQ/s1600/kate+bergin+sulman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvzmVra1BhUntFAmOPQht0MMBD0_LI3nRtJ7zvLZbd3LHaFqX1xIdqPLAiZh4r-kH7q5Yh5UP8snNN3mdg9kPMQebTO70K5HkZD1A80Fq1oNdVAmGyggZC33J2Ku0edJcUKwlydrbPPZfQ/s640/kate+bergin+sulman.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">by kate bergin</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So...there you go. Maybe they're not to your taste, but that's ok I'm sure. Life would be pretty dull if we all liked the same things. I'm still running around like a headless chook with lots of work on at the moment, so this is going to have to be my top ten this week. In lieu of pretty rooms. Still beautiful...just different. Hope you don't mind. If you do, there's always next week!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">all images from the art gallery of nsw. <a href="http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/archibald-wynne-sulman-prizes-2011/">Click here</a> to find out more about the prizes and to see all the finalists</span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

the archibald, wynne and sulman prizes...this week's de facto top ten

I said to my friends Chris and Terry as they dropped me home after a weekend in Sydney that at least I knew where that weekend had gone. The...

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how would you answer this question?

<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="225" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21952739" width="400"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/21952739">How Do You Feel (About Art)?</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/svanes">svanes</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">found <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/04/11/new-yorkers-on-art/">here</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not as easy as you might think!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My three: transformed, transported, (sometimes) troubled!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Give it a go...right here...in the comments...if you're so inclined</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's not a test :)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a></div>

how would you answer this question?

How Do You Feel (About Art)? from svanes on Vimeo . found here Not as easy as you might think! My three: transformed, transported, (someti...

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my creative space...a kitchenaid poster

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Technically, this is [our] creative space...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5A0lBhQqleI4uX-yH22SMWwHdq-O6kyO8DXdD_eGUlTnq32qFFMPlcuOBKEV5NPr0rzuF8EWyCWcFwu9OAcIr7b2XgkW_voUTCJW3IeSIwxOH3BBPbYph5wyQdXmY-aepUqf9OjlioEyg/s1600/bake_template_web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5A0lBhQqleI4uX-yH22SMWwHdq-O6kyO8DXdD_eGUlTnq32qFFMPlcuOBKEV5NPr0rzuF8EWyCWcFwu9OAcIr7b2XgkW_voUTCJW3IeSIwxOH3BBPbYph5wyQdXmY-aepUqf9OjlioEyg/s640/bake_template_web.jpg" width="452" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...the 22 year old's and mine I mean.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did the kitchenaid painting <a href="http://tranquiltownhouse.blogspot.com/2011/01/kitchenaid-art.html">remember</a> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkwPn4yzBqwGAHXg2_ZXeV27rL3Wsi1ZRiAen0vYSpj5sYqc9tup7hSKsWC4iuyixKhrjUVcfBFfBV86QNX7_KdVHxmEvsIhZL_Yua-G-IxkoLXvLOwDh3M6w_fYQMkwmfnJq0WYEEETs2/s1600/kitchenaid+painting+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkwPn4yzBqwGAHXg2_ZXeV27rL3Wsi1ZRiAen0vYSpj5sYqc9tup7hSKsWC4iuyixKhrjUVcfBFfBV86QNX7_KdVHxmEvsIhZL_Yua-G-IxkoLXvLOwDh3M6w_fYQMkwmfnJq0WYEEETs2/s640/kitchenaid+painting+002.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...and then I came up with the blatantly stolen Dirty Harry tag line. Cheesy I know. Especially seeing I don't bake.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...and he (Ben, not Clint) executed the photoshopping and honed the design. It's good having grown up and accomplished kids!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm impressed. We might sell some one day. That should go about a millionth of the way to paying me back for the "can I come back and live with you for a few weeks please mum...I'll pay you rent, I promise" scenario.  Let me think...when was that? Oh...almost 12 months ago now. Doesn't time fly :)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Creatives with and without 22 year olds over at <a href="http://www.kootoyoo.com/">Kootoyoo</a>. Catch you there.</span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></span></a>

my creative space...a kitchenaid poster

Technically, this is [our] creative space... ...the 22 year old's and mine I mean. I did the kitchenaid painting remember   ...and then ...

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some stuff I bought in new york...

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hands up if you want to see what I bought?</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1uYUmQr0w1UOj2wlG8EPQM3Oa64kCmhV_MJwFSexHK7xHA2iCZzYwu10CSFvyGHUngJZi0EGoU7Gz6Ac0Gc9qcdZ5Zjk-M9aigNEtzggLG9gNWQLW_t65yx5R9n0nT0295k4V50N0DqW/s1600/rubber+glove+moulds.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg1uYUmQr0w1UOj2wlG8EPQM3Oa64kCmhV_MJwFSexHK7xHA2iCZzYwu10CSFvyGHUngJZi0EGoU7Gz6Ac0Gc9qcdZ5Zjk-M9aigNEtzggLG9gNWQLW_t65yx5R9n0nT0295k4V50N0DqW/s640/rubber+glove+moulds.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">miniature rubber glove moulds from fishs eddy...they sit on the kitchen window sill...but the windows need cleaning...say no more</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To be honest I didn't buy all that much...relatively speaking...these prints are from MoMA and need to be framed (obviously)...perhaps not my normal style but I seriously love them...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkN8DVol48eO0UcZsmrWoAuHBISO25q_k531xJoNfYo8SquQL0IhsEZfMHcUl67Pzvbe4alYv_fEf4uqS2Oez2TMEmyUO-j7JiEcM5GCFhUgk_KFpvWx8JfaqjXMkjwpms-liKV_FWNyuo/s1600/MoMA+prints.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkN8DVol48eO0UcZsmrWoAuHBISO25q_k531xJoNfYo8SquQL0IhsEZfMHcUl67Pzvbe4alYv_fEf4uqS2Oez2TMEmyUO-j7JiEcM5GCFhUgk_KFpvWx8JfaqjXMkjwpms-liKV_FWNyuo/s640/MoMA+prints.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's so little I really need...but a shiny red lacquer tray from Pearl Trading seemed to be one of those things...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTkidz-k33xMyiruzJtvxcdr3byjf07jgz3qVNA2gvWVxxQgeXi-XOKEyaxFwlSAJWjsrBtinj1GzucxEoIqcSpecBitu_jlTTHW7PG_JU54ZGY6QXfNYLA3uy4ZQywMgLHzqpGOE0mAXP/s1600/red+lacquer+tray.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTkidz-k33xMyiruzJtvxcdr3byjf07jgz3qVNA2gvWVxxQgeXi-XOKEyaxFwlSAJWjsrBtinj1GzucxEoIqcSpecBitu_jlTTHW7PG_JU54ZGY6QXfNYLA3uy4ZQywMgLHzqpGOE0mAXP/s640/red+lacquer+tray.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to be sensible...of course a gaudy-smoke breathing-incense burning chinese dragon is sensible isn't it :)</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAL6xj1WUSRukCFf6pIZE-F12v8_sv_Q3m9kNuFLz2C_0f9rxDf1hu42T64ElnmqROF58yyTqoAHluYIXr5xlAVBv3kc_IflP0eLJ7nB2YhKfi8w2uymhWZJtmZs8bDTlZQi9mnG7CqfFU/s1600/dragon+incense+burner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAL6xj1WUSRukCFf6pIZE-F12v8_sv_Q3m9kNuFLz2C_0f9rxDf1hu42T64ElnmqROF58yyTqoAHluYIXr5xlAVBv3kc_IflP0eLJ7nB2YhKfi8w2uymhWZJtmZs8bDTlZQi9mnG7CqfFU/s640/dragon+incense+burner.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as is this 1940s lucite handbag...from the Antiques Garage flea market...the most expensive thing I bought</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUF3XMExA8qwbj92wfk79u0yLkUxO7ystoZKP_hqLrluMpNh06WBtMBm8bF2PqMyrEfuEsve5Tmi173NV5Wt498NjtvW0cyrH2J-xucqBR5QhAK96QqwDjIv3On5jf7y4dcrpMxDSF1E2/s1600/lucite+bag+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxUF3XMExA8qwbj92wfk79u0yLkUxO7ystoZKP_hqLrluMpNh06WBtMBm8bF2PqMyrEfuEsve5Tmi173NV5Wt498NjtvW0cyrH2J-xucqBR5QhAK96QqwDjIv3On5jf7y4dcrpMxDSF1E2/s640/lucite+bag+collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">engraved brass says Original Rialto NY</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...it was my 'this represents NY to me' purchase...and I will definitely use it. It makes you wonder about the life it's had doesn't it?</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">nd then there's the kitsch of course...no t-shirts, but a snow globe? Couldn't not...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_paHgpKw66F3d7w9oajtSPD1UvIghpGYusaYruI2uT2jHNKAgCbocKJ2A-EKDa6KDTKO1DblCq9eXmUX0I0Msf3fy2uDs7KvxORUplYcwaJxyA9JhRgGMoy0Y-MUqs4sKHPHtBhZ9uvA5/s1600/taxi+snow+globe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_paHgpKw66F3d7w9oajtSPD1UvIghpGYusaYruI2uT2jHNKAgCbocKJ2A-EKDa6KDTKO1DblCq9eXmUX0I0Msf3fy2uDs7KvxORUplYcwaJxyA9JhRgGMoy0Y-MUqs4sKHPHtBhZ9uvA5/s640/taxi+snow+globe.jpg" width="574" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...perfect next to my John Denver <a href="http://tranquiltownhouse.blogspot.com/2010/04/different-kind-of-inspiration.html">autograph</a>! </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And a little something from Tiffany & Co...completely affordable votive, even if it was much heavier to lug home than a diamond ring...which was <u>not</u> completely affordable :)</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-B4IMgqaMdOKV9hlGHmJlKKnUxWk0TldLdUUunEjpyoUv4O5r-4CWzvYhLrjtlYCrf3CVsWwuU0LH8kvnqQh_w1mUHMCpPGE2kJ5mz0HyvPZgYHet41rVaSXuEC_wnyLJju8EarDzV63o/s1600/tiffany+votive.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-B4IMgqaMdOKV9hlGHmJlKKnUxWk0TldLdUUunEjpyoUv4O5r-4CWzvYhLrjtlYCrf3CVsWwuU0LH8kvnqQh_w1mUHMCpPGE2kJ5mz0HyvPZgYHet41rVaSXuEC_wnyLJju8EarDzV63o/s640/tiffany+votive.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some things for the offspring...don't you love this 1930s brooch (that can also be a necklace) that I bought for the first born...hope you love it Jess...if not it can stay with me :)</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENXOQYX6ltGQUum_WQM0fRHjdCCd_7jiYXoIiJzCKSjQaXdlnpBO1GR6Ht7NFhrDht0ErRZaQv012i7n02d7zut7ATjm8jdUMQnS-ul-J4-rI7q_2q0-y5ioOhqu8DiF5KPnZ7ewlr6gy/s1600/deco+brooch+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENXOQYX6ltGQUum_WQM0fRHjdCCd_7jiYXoIiJzCKSjQaXdlnpBO1GR6Ht7NFhrDht0ErRZaQv012i7n02d7zut7ATjm8jdUMQnS-ul-J4-rI7q_2q0-y5ioOhqu8DiF5KPnZ7ewlr6gy/s640/deco+brooch+collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and some printers blocks and the 'coolest USB ever' for the 22 year old...flea market and the MoMA design shop....great shopping combination</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi4A1m8PdDWqTmuydLTROkZPEi-8kTMiwB4dzFwrpCr9WvqN3Dzs2T1aSuwCIda7NZif_NDh79Tjd-Q3zdbt-IEjfVFyANJXf9pOIdiHjFfWuh4AlM-7efJ-ekqIkuj_ZilgOO9qcZoY9J/s1600/bens+stuff.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi4A1m8PdDWqTmuydLTROkZPEi-8kTMiwB4dzFwrpCr9WvqN3Dzs2T1aSuwCIda7NZif_NDh79Tjd-Q3zdbt-IEjfVFyANJXf9pOIdiHjFfWuh4AlM-7efJ-ekqIkuj_ZilgOO9qcZoY9J/s640/bens+stuff.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a bit of jewellery...nothing at all expensive...but very much me (which is not to say I'm cheap of course!)...bought at various gallery shops</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUZ6cUba39XkOdDQH9ekwRm3kB6VQL4lMqaUkgtY2JzJ6QqSyUkm-plUkmlFj6zZZfwFR1eynjQ1fEt4KgE0LbIaZ9tXXCndRbQtdtAVDyjVpTw52nZawqLGITeqgRCRdgt2aBg1Rp4de/s1600/jewellery+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHUZ6cUba39XkOdDQH9ekwRm3kB6VQL4lMqaUkgtY2JzJ6QqSyUkm-plUkmlFj6zZZfwFR1eynjQ1fEt4KgE0LbIaZ9tXXCndRbQtdtAVDyjVpTw52nZawqLGITeqgRCRdgt2aBg1Rp4de/s640/jewellery+collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...and who doesn't need new measuring cups...these from Anthropologie...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3aqgS4f12UHPp3sXvVf19f5AZ6xXlaqB_RT8GoCWmfB6oj9TMAusu7LXIAAkGKfNFVP-ws2iIg24YBs3zXQXp_ZT0oQCx9ltKvugXdy_fyc021hcqEvNj3aw3ZwY7zs2nSAkLbPj6NKj/s1600/anthropologie+cups.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3aqgS4f12UHPp3sXvVf19f5AZ6xXlaqB_RT8GoCWmfB6oj9TMAusu7LXIAAkGKfNFVP-ws2iIg24YBs3zXQXp_ZT0oQCx9ltKvugXdy_fyc021hcqEvNj3aw3ZwY7zs2nSAkLbPj6NKj/s640/anthropologie+cups.jpg" width="440" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...and I always, but always try to find a buddha on my travels...bingo! And I'm happy with the spot it's found itself in...for the moment :)</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vC1VOmuX5V9GQMowG3OBW8Nytfm9iknRHH38Tu6cta-gcx6Y2oUeqCjvVGsqLEOEuhwsiixMJghatno1gpPzgvSPuWCTD-rd-Dl11BMXs6H6VAHa6vlN_zO7mKFsIBxBncyFEZWbccmt/s1600/buddha+head+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vC1VOmuX5V9GQMowG3OBW8Nytfm9iknRHH38Tu6cta-gcx6Y2oUeqCjvVGsqLEOEuhwsiixMJghatno1gpPzgvSPuWCTD-rd-Dl11BMXs6H6VAHa6vlN_zO7mKFsIBxBncyFEZWbccmt/s640/buddha+head+collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So there you go...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think I'm going to get this photo that I took blown up and framed as well...could look quite cool and edgy...like me, now that I've been to New York...*guffaw*</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9tu9rcnO8LQ2hBTWdD-avypZ9O-gj9JFzNe3iq92U1191JRpUTPmUdRAPVBefoOtEViSzbDmLRBpcYpvyVfnHY-Ok6KEq6-HekQP5ADD9d01EOHrOXCE2_tVkfpEzvlHwYtkqrBKrGiC/s1600/empire+state+yellow+taxis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9tu9rcnO8LQ2hBTWdD-avypZ9O-gj9JFzNe3iq92U1191JRpUTPmUdRAPVBefoOtEViSzbDmLRBpcYpvyVfnHY-Ok6KEq6-HekQP5ADD9d01EOHrOXCE2_tVkfpEzvlHwYtkqrBKrGiC/s640/empire+state+yellow+taxis.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now, you wonderfully patient people...we say goodbye to the big apple...</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The townhouse will resume normal blogging transmission, starting with tomorrow's top ten pics of the week...none of mine because there have been quite enough of those already :)</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh, one last thing...those <a href="http://tranquiltownhouse.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-boots.html">boots</a>...?</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxFFJLMNcXR4TZF22oztXbHHWPUqzLMq_qE9cAy_Vq9eJas9CJvte8yXOVHROnI3QTe418Y1K5Rdzw6run22xjwPcvhlCFeMsoh8Et-nZXoVsqu8m5NKC5pfHGkgCDBoaEE04ab3Z4x76/s1600/boots.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyxFFJLMNcXR4TZF22oztXbHHWPUqzLMq_qE9cAy_Vq9eJas9CJvte8yXOVHROnI3QTe418Y1K5Rdzw6run22xjwPcvhlCFeMsoh8Et-nZXoVsqu8m5NKC5pfHGkgCDBoaEE04ab3Z4x76/s320/boots.jpg" width="291" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...they walked!</span></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>

some stuff I bought in new york...

Hands up if you want to see what I bought? miniature rubber glove moulds from fishs eddy...they sit on the kitchen window sill...but the win...

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washington part 2: museum overload...

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will admit it...I'm something of a museum aficionado...ok then, make that nerd.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTf1DSexYiTX5GkyLHM6q_VsyMJh1qkkxkVRl9zGbZv6jXK6AV29KYbP_9o4JOHtDMAAeXbkrRn_a6lKAXeyaP0Uo5DNbnTGO01rGZE9ljZnlwUkGvkEhpozgZC9JgCIcEv0eyPB8EcsMo/s1600/nga.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTf1DSexYiTX5GkyLHM6q_VsyMJh1qkkxkVRl9zGbZv6jXK6AV29KYbP_9o4JOHtDMAAeXbkrRn_a6lKAXeyaP0Uo5DNbnTGO01rGZE9ljZnlwUkGvkEhpozgZC9JgCIcEv0eyPB8EcsMo/s640/nga.jpg" width="528" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Having done a fair bit of consulting work for a number of our national cultural institutions I know how dedicated the people who work in these places are, and how much they value the visitor...so, you know...I had to see as many as I could. Would have been rude not to. In no particular order, I blitzed...</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The National Gallery of Art (my absolute favourite)...such beautiful spaces...</span><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKD6SAFWucm-xhZHoymCqI9G_aIP5N75rOaWOj-IsTpDsZNxCbzAHST1KK3pdnwB5bOK9R-p7jfIAFYqfkjoCtfnwr_d9GWUysviIivaXyCm0YVlyw4jCClcU_KSqcmwLE1QdVWJUsRDE/s1600/nga+collage+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEKD6SAFWucm-xhZHoymCqI9G_aIP5N75rOaWOj-IsTpDsZNxCbzAHST1KK3pdnwB5bOK9R-p7jfIAFYqfkjoCtfnwr_d9GWUysviIivaXyCm0YVlyw4jCClcU_KSqcmwLE1QdVWJUsRDE/s640/nga+collage+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4JhT8PT8jauZB0FPbR0m9NXs6MQXGJsWyHWfbfQtgODTWDTK-ZbTcOYeqcY2SBfJzbi-eKyn7qkoGOwQyQINwoAyeTlTesQBfZV36CJ7vKKyUtrpGYZJjV8cPRI8Z1guy4xzvVKLgHbpN/s1600/nga+collage+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4JhT8PT8jauZB0FPbR0m9NXs6MQXGJsWyHWfbfQtgODTWDTK-ZbTcOYeqcY2SBfJzbi-eKyn7qkoGOwQyQINwoAyeTlTesQBfZV36CJ7vKKyUtrpGYZJjV8cPRI8Z1guy4xzvVKLgHbpN/s640/nga+collage+2.jpg" width="640" /></a>  <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The American History Museum...frocks, hats, shoes and a muppet or three</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapvC2KURuMoPfIOChJicvZgqXlxpTlZCw7X1kQc_TUubjif8XJAzvds_ktNOaXgKb__z8ZV8ix7QbH_vugxEeaZWuSgA_vFfen-08Myhixf3t1Xc3kS-dHrhTrlg8I02cPuKgvMskIGAp/s1600/american+history+museum+collage+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapvC2KURuMoPfIOChJicvZgqXlxpTlZCw7X1kQc_TUubjif8XJAzvds_ktNOaXgKb__z8ZV8ix7QbH_vugxEeaZWuSgA_vFfen-08Myhixf3t1Xc3kS-dHrhTrlg8I02cPuKgvMskIGAp/s640/american+history+museum+collage+1.jpg" width="640" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Julia's kitchen...cool as...</span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUyfgwY6I87oZwAagfxG_ltzTlNRxx6A6s0WHXMv2ckGo6FdiXlFEs8OO9sbKJoaiXn7lesZZE4ecrdhVe2rzZb25q0incYrILg35W1WkJZhJom8hYnJpx3QXL9YQ1MrMsbRbnE_aDGZem/s1600/julias+kitchen+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUyfgwY6I87oZwAagfxG_ltzTlNRxx6A6s0WHXMv2ckGo6FdiXlFEs8OO9sbKJoaiXn7lesZZE4ecrdhVe2rzZb25q0incYrILg35W1WkJZhJom8hYnJpx3QXL9YQ1MrMsbRbnE_aDGZem/s640/julias+kitchen+collage.jpg" width="640" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Natural History Museum...gems and giants (the sparkles won hands down!)</span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29Cva36WWYzfzlbmZHZKP3JjYA7h90RkseQVTTsMCcXbARcxLBB4wDB0IH4nDzgRbBRLaXA2FJY8d3BP8tacaZl5BHLA53edvRHq5fLzbhvYccDhR-2QBWzDSS6r9junno5Cbcq11ZCV4/s1600/elephant+natural+history+museum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29Cva36WWYzfzlbmZHZKP3JjYA7h90RkseQVTTsMCcXbARcxLBB4wDB0IH4nDzgRbBRLaXA2FJY8d3BP8tacaZl5BHLA53edvRHq5fLzbhvYccDhR-2QBWzDSS6r9junno5Cbcq11ZCV4/s640/elephant+natural+history+museum.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5X_2BUEKvXxuU3ayOXL9EkesmmC81YCVNIxun2oaUyKJ00ZJj-ervU7R02ST8mk_8x_tLqmVHL4WEV4o0jENgW2x6IWdJ21Yu03vZWUmN4AjJPXMJA3_ggZpi7xZyH4lUEqhIOvvILoO/s1600/gem+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc5X_2BUEKvXxuU3ayOXL9EkesmmC81YCVNIxun2oaUyKJ00ZJj-ervU7R02ST8mk_8x_tLqmVHL4WEV4o0jENgW2x6IWdJ21Yu03vZWUmN4AjJPXMJA3_ggZpi7xZyH4lUEqhIOvvILoO/s640/gem+collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and...I kid you not...an entire hyperbolic crochet coral reef...that took 8000 hours to put together (not counting the time it took to crochet!). Perhaps that time could have been put to better use :)</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBMCAAFLgyEQYJQvjmRrJ8tMjMZuoszyQ9UBrpKC6A_tvHd9fhxDa_S4WiGZZNTFKgbx73eTUvFGxvWT8t9AYNRswUo1uPStkjb5DkKn4RD1YhOn5k81EyA-V6lX_ZAVPsDVrkwCAGzan/s1600/crochet+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJBMCAAFLgyEQYJQvjmRrJ8tMjMZuoszyQ9UBrpKC6A_tvHd9fhxDa_S4WiGZZNTFKgbx73eTUvFGxvWT8t9AYNRswUo1uPStkjb5DkKn4RD1YhOn5k81EyA-V6lX_ZAVPsDVrkwCAGzan/s640/crochet+collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (I showed you the sculpture yesterday)</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5QB0KJN2NMa7W-HGqWZ1MGyfzlBQAPxSzOGLiwgeCga5DxH-y1l8KuBjNZkt0ypUtVsLF88sDQWqCCitXu2HgiWiPV5BG0nnOIWV8yMYq8wOwhPXAo3_ERuSoM0Lrs9-HK4IfDlmNUSG/s1600/hirshhorn+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5QB0KJN2NMa7W-HGqWZ1MGyfzlBQAPxSzOGLiwgeCga5DxH-y1l8KuBjNZkt0ypUtVsLF88sDQWqCCitXu2HgiWiPV5BG0nnOIWV8yMYq8wOwhPXAo3_ERuSoM0Lrs9-HK4IfDlmNUSG/s640/hirshhorn+collage.jpg" width="640" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The George Washington Masonic Memorial...I confess, and no offense, but that one was a bit creepy...I think I've read too much Dan Brown :)</span><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJZMd8w6Zr-uGLvOhVwr_nZjYqEp_-n9Mp719seAwcAxIKr3n5Y_AdgVzZgknA-IUOBZTiE9Sn6wBFe8pXazHYBHafWDKGfCMKjNgcN9a-lgaX7g9yMv3WRRgveIPxqhqF9haVTn0gnXb/s1600/gw+masonic+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJZMd8w6Zr-uGLvOhVwr_nZjYqEp_-n9Mp719seAwcAxIKr3n5Y_AdgVzZgknA-IUOBZTiE9Sn6wBFe8pXazHYBHafWDKGfCMKjNgcN9a-lgaX7g9yMv3WRRgveIPxqhqF9haVTn0gnXb/s640/gw+masonic+collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">       ...cool looking globe though...back there...top left!</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Torpedo Factory...an art space with a whole heap of artist's studios...</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52A_RP6nyIC-IcPFnMDTMlU3DwXc_39M-zrRQuenwo2MdlUSgUyLZ_o1SYmgbpf_ionJgPx7HjThrfLkG-5bGA0UzahgmQw0mQO9jqUZn-Z5PtW460bH4SdQ3ffjRSVhg4N6ZlOCS1HrQ/s1600/torpedo+factory+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52A_RP6nyIC-IcPFnMDTMlU3DwXc_39M-zrRQuenwo2MdlUSgUyLZ_o1SYmgbpf_ionJgPx7HjThrfLkG-5bGA0UzahgmQw0mQO9jqUZn-Z5PtW460bH4SdQ3ffjRSVhg4N6ZlOCS1HrQ/s640/torpedo+factory+collage.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Sackler Gallery (but only for five minutes because it was closing and I therefore have no photos...which you're probably glad about!)...so I'll leave you with the wharf in old town Alexandria instead...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOdx23B1ygmxV1Tnuy6XzAR0RGK1I-K5U8OoOTBqVtCCavAkK2FOy0lr217eQesVBAhkA5M2-c7pGKJdfDCs8O87r25pBOFKhXFniegh0SoxOXkmhC0jJnE_xA39gmNzeAUck3eNmw_kR/s1600/wharf+old+alexandria.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOdx23B1ygmxV1Tnuy6XzAR0RGK1I-K5U8OoOTBqVtCCavAkK2FOy0lr217eQesVBAhkA5M2-c7pGKJdfDCs8O87r25pBOFKhXFniegh0SoxOXkmhC0jJnE_xA39gmNzeAUck3eNmw_kR/s640/wharf+old+alexandria.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And that's it for Washington. Tomorrow...New York views. And if you can hang out until...oh, say Thursday or Friday...I might show you what I bought there :))</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">all images by me</span></div><div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a></div>

washington part 2: museum overload...

I will admit it...I'm something of a museum aficionado...ok then, make that nerd. Having done a fair bit of consulting work for a number...

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