Monday 23 October 2017

"BY INVITATION ONLY" - Oktober 2017


As announced yesterday the event of  "BY INVITATION ONLY" is back!

Originally initiated 5 years ago by Marsha from SPLENDEROSA
now as a "reprise" by D.A.Wolf 

Our first subject for this month, for October:
Welcoming the Autumn Season - Custom Party - Halloween
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I welcome here the Autumn Season 
with my
"PUMPKIN - PARADE..."

...fell in love with them - as every year.

Perfect for decorate the house with all kind of still lifes...
bringing some color into daily life..
  
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I went Friday to our weekly market in nearby Riberac to see what I can find,
knowing that there is a small stand with very special home grown vegetables. 
Remembered from last year that
if I like to have some special pumkins - I'll find them there....

And YES -


they had the most beautiful and interesting pumpkins.  



...and I went mad....

 How can one resist....?



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 Back home ....



I simply love them!

   
"A CHAOS IN ORDER....?"

 

 Or simply nature's own ART

 
... like old fossils...

Any questions ???

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 Each one with its own personality....

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...makes them so perfect for any kind of still lifes....


ideal for the table decoration when arranged on old white stoneware...


...for example.

 ...Standing up proudly...



"Advise from a Pumpkin"

Be well-rounded
Get plenty of sunshine
Give thanks to life's bounty
Have a sick skin
Keep growing... 


....Be outstanding in your field !
(Author unknown)

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 Ready for the next party....


....a Custom Party in my Fantasy...

Ladies and Gentlemen to be dressed in the 15th/16th century style
using autumn colors or at least a suggestion of red. 
Colors to be suitable to my Pumpkin-Parade ;-) !



And me ?
Just to give a suggestion of Halloween...
..what's wrong with that....
"waring my faith but as the fashion of my hat"
...to paraphrase William Shakespeare 
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 The diner:  probably pumpkin soup....

.....cheese and bread....


....and certainly a lot of wine....


...only the best - St. Emilion Grand Cru...what else!

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Old Master's Autumn Still Lifes:

From left to right:
Jan Mortel - 1650-1719 -----Johan Laurenz Jensen - 1800-1856
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Michelangeo Cerquozzi - 1602-1660

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There is something special in pumkins, something so attractive...

A Modern one..

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Happy Autumn - 


...and...

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Ha-Ha-Ha...

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Hope that you will enjoy this little Pumpkine parade...


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Please pop over to D.A.Wolf's blog

DAYLY PLATE OF CRAZY
to read and enjoy all the posts from our group


click  here

Welcome you all back to my blog,
to the "reprise" of the "BIO" envent
and wishing you a wonderful October!
For those of you who celebrate Halloween, Custom parties...
ENJOY !



A bientôt - Karin

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Before I forget....
You might like Loi's  "Pumkin Parade"


at the Tone on Tone blog


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REMARK:
All Antique Ceramic and Stoneware platters
available here

Sunday 22 October 2017

"BY INVITATION ONLY" is back....

...back "to life"...
Thanks to D.A. Wolf from


You may remember that - sadly - the "door closed" in December 2015
last post   here

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First post will be tomorrow, Monday, 22 October 2017
The theme ?

  "Halloween" or "Welcoming the Autumn season"


I will certainly welcome the Autumn season.....


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"Two souls - one thought"....?
 Have just discovered that Jackie

 
 from the wonderful and highly entertaining blog HOME 
has also made announcement for the new start.
 here

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Hope to "see" you all tomorrow at....


Until then....
 Karin

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