Trimming the Tree

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“And the needles of the pine trees, freshly washed to a deep, rich green, shimmered with droplets that blinked like clear crystals.” - Billie Letts

December in My Garden

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“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

(351/365) "Stars of heaven, clear and bright, Shine upon this Christmas light" - Timothy Dudley-Smith #dogwood52 #dogwoodweek51

O Christmas Tree!

(350/365) Christmas at the Pfister

Serious Play

(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

French Friday: La Mûr pour la Paix

(348/365) « Ce qu'il faut surtout pour la paix, c'est la compréhension des » - Charles De Gaulle

Located on the south end of the Champs-de-Mars, just opposite the École militaire, the Wall for Peace, designed by French artist, Clara Halter, and installed by French architect, Jean-Michel Wilmotte, is a celebration of peace in a place that is historically a reminder of war. The sculpture, surrounded by 32 steel columns, features a transparent wall with the word peace written in 49 languages. Inspired by the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, visitors are encouraged to leave a message of peace in the gaps in the wall or directly on the monument's website.