2018: The Year in Pictures

2018 Project 365

la vie en rouge | red

la vie en rose | pink

la vie en jaune | yellow

la vie en vert | green

la vie en bleu | blue

la vie en violet | purple

la vie en noir | black

C'est "Lovie" | Piper

la vie à Paris 

la vie à Milwaukee

la vie à Door County

Fleurs | Flowers

Bon appétit! | Cheers!

les animaux | animals

la vie à la nature

Sail la Vie

2018 Dogwood 52

December in Pictures

“December, being the last month of the year, cannot help but make us think of what is to come.” -  Fennel Hudson, A Meaningful Life 

Cheers!

December 31, 2018 (365/365)

“For last year's words belong to last year's language, 

and next year's words await another voice. 

And to make an end is to make a beginning."  - T.S. Eliot

Roses in December

December 30, 2018 (364/365) 

“God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.” -  James M. Barrie

Cardinal

December 29, 2018 (363/365)

“If a cardinal should appear, a loved one came to bring you cheer. A memory, a smile, a tear, a visitor from Heaven’s near.”

French Friday: Un Nouvel Endroit

December 14, 2018 (348/365)

« Bonheur, amour, confiance, cela dépend de toi d'ouvrir les portes du changement. » - Vincent Pelonero

The past several times that I’ve visited Paris, I have had the privilege of staying in my friends’ apartment in the 16th arrondissement. I will miss this amazing view of the Eiffel Tower — especially when it sparkles at night, but I’m excited to discover a new neighborhood and to stay in this lovely apartment that I found on Airbnb. 

White Christmas After All

December 27, 2018 (361/365)

“May your days be merry and bright, and may all your Christmases be white.” - Irving Berlin

It’s raining today, but wasn’t it lovely to wake up to the prettiest dusting of snow on Christmas morning?

Bûche de Noël

December 26, 2018 (360/365)

« La période des fêtes, c'est comme la bûche de Noël : il faut savoir la savourer avant de la finir sans s'en rendre compte. » - Hanluo Taihan

The bûche de Noël at le Rêve (“A modern twist on the traditional French Yule Log: Cheesecake mousse with pistachio crémeux, vanilla bavarois, and morello cherry cream” garnished with pistachios and snowflake cookies) is pretty and delicious, but if you’d like a sweet treat without the calories, check out the 2018 most beautiful bûches de Noël in Paris 

Merry Christmas

December 25, 2018 (359/365)

“Christmas — It is the tenderness of the past, courage for the present, and hope for the future." - Agnes M. Pahro

Christmas Joy

December 24, 2018 (358/365)

“Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, 

and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, 

become a child again at Christmastime.” - Laura Ingalls Wilder

Week 52 - Creative: Self Portrait

December 23, 2018 (357/365) #dogwood52 #dogwoodweek52

"Look out 'cause here I come; And I'm marching on to the beat I drum;

I'm not scared to be seen; I make no apologies, this is me!" - The Greatest Showman

[This year it's in a creative category, so be creative. When this category comes up, you really have room to express yourself. You can interpret the assignment literally or figuratively. Unlike the other categories, the idea of this category is to let your artistic impression shine.] This is it! This is me!

No Name Gnome

December 22, 2018 (356/365)

You can have your Elf on the Shelf; we have a Gnome in our Home. 

Help us give the little guy a proper, preferably Scandinavian, name!

French Friday: Joyeux Noël

le vendredi 21 décembre 2018 (355/365)

« Noël est la joie…une joie intérieure de lumière et de paix. » -  Pape François

Still Life: Cherries

December 20, 2018 (354/365)

"... life, by definition, is never still." - Kurt Vonnegut

December in My Garden

December 18, 2018 (352/365)

“I heard a bird sing in the dark of December, a magical thing and sweet to remember: 

‘We are nearer to spring than we were in September.’" 

- Oliver Herford, "Hope," in The Century Magazine, January 1914

Week 51 - Technical: Exposure Compensation

December 17, 2018 (351/365)

"Stars of heaven, clear and bright, Shine upon this Christmas light" - Timothy Dudley-Smith #dogwood52 #dogwoodweek51

O Christmas Tree!

December 16, 2018 (350/365) • Christmas at the Pfister

Serious Play

 December 15, 2018 (349/365) • “Play is the highest form of research.” ~ Albert Einstein

"Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America explores the projects of over 40 designers who advocated for playfulness and whimsy within their creations for corporations, domestic interiors, and children. The exhibition presents play as a serious form of inspiration, experimentation, and problem solving. In midcentury America, such playful design occurred against the backdrop of a booming consumer market and as a counterbalance to Cold War–era anxiety. Furniture, toys, textiles, films, posters, ceramics are among the objects featured." - mam.org