to my sister

remember every day

no matter what I've said

here's what i want to say

i will always love you

be with you till the end

when no one else is around

I'll be your friend

anonymous

(no matter where we are)

When going through pictures these past few weeks

this song kept running through my head.

This is the amazing Lea Slonga singing

from Evita

You Must Love Me

Enjoy this
along with bits of my memories

Where do we go from here?
This isn't where we intended to be
We had it all, you believed in me
I believed in you

Certainties disappear

What do we do for our dream to survive?
How do we keep all our passions alive,
As we used to do?

Deep in my heart I'm concealing
Things that I'm longing to say
Scared to confess what I'm feeling
Frightened you'll slip away


You must love me
You must love me

Why are you at my side?
How can I be any use to you now?
Give me a chance and I'll let you see how
Nothing has changed



You must love me

Another Saturday on St Croix

Before the days I knew of

Aperture and Shutter Speed

I thought Exposure was something I should not "over do"

I knew nothing of Wide Angle or Prime lenses.

I just laid on the floor

or stood on a chair

and clicked.

That being said

This is how I was able to capture our home in St Croix

Enjoy

Another day in paradise

The living room

From the pool

Another view

Peeking into the master

Kenny's favorite chair. 

Walking out of the master for a dip in the pool

View from the guest room

I realize that I have no photos of the interior of the guest room. 

I believe that when I took this series, we were in the middle of painting...

I'll search for a later time.

Some history~

Villa Madeleine was built in 1990

All 43 Villas were decorated by Carleton Varney

In July of 1991 

we were honored to be on the cover of Architectural Digest

Good Books

Good Company

Good Food

Wednedsday was a wonderful day

Should I buy it or download it to my Kindle?

Some books are just special

No, we are not related...

A fun evening at The Boathouse

Graham, after a long, hot day of work

The Award winning chowder 

Delish!

Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made,

and forgot to put a soul into

Henry Beecher

Life Thoughts

1858

Early morning in my garden

Violets peeking out of the woods in my yard

St. Croix wild flowers by our villa

A hydrangea blossom under my window

A plethora of purple in Paris

A market place near Monaco

It's very hard to add to an existing house

To make it special without overshadowing the main house

It also takes awhile to find the right art for your home

You have to feel it

Blue Dory by Anne Packard does this for me

This giclee is the first thing I see 

when I look into my new office.

I feel at peace.

This is how Packard describes her work

My paintings have nothing to do with nature.

It's something to do with

forever going... 
the space behind the sky...
the space behind the shadow.

It's an inner world [of] emotion and yearning. 
I yearn to express solitude.

Anne Packard

Syndicated Feature Story - November 1985

'It's more of an atmosphere that I like to capture,'
Packard says.
'I do paintings that are alone, 

not lonely,
that good kind of aloneness.'

Kay Longcope

The Boston Globe - September 3, 1982

I have to agree

I purchased this from an amazing gallery in Ohio

Picdadilly's Fine Art Galleries

PJ was amazing to work with

Below are other works by Packard

Rooftops

Silence

Summer Day

Summer Dunes

Saturday in St. Croix

Villa Madeleine

is on the far East End of the island of St. Croix

We love it

The island

is a home away from home.

There is plenty to do,

but no pressure to do it.

Kenny loved it there

There is always a private corner to sit

Watching the St Croix Regatta
and yes, this REALLY IS the color of the water
no photo shop needed!

Bougainvillea around every corner

Our favorite beach at Grapetree

True relaxation

How can you not love being here?

I am so blessed to look at these photos

Amazing memories with Kenny I will always have

I'll come back next Saturday to show you more.