Opulent Baroque * Inspiration for a day

“I was always attracted not by some quantifiable, external beauty, but by something deep down, something absolute. Just as some people have a secret love for rainstorms, earthquakes, or blackouts, I liked that certain undefinable something directed my way by members of the opposite sex. For want of a better word, call it magnetism. Like it or not, it’s a kind of power that snares people and reels them in.” 

― Haruki Murakami

"So Surreal"
I think if something resonates, even if it's surreal, it's because it is relatable and I think that that's a core issue for me. 

- Charlie Kaufman   

Yellow Flow

The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving. 

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Yellow, Coldplay
Mellow Yellow, Donovan

Dotty Da

“In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.” 

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

50 Shades of....

“Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all.” - Emily Dickinson 

Limelight

“If life gives you limes, make margaritas.”

- Jimmy Buffett

Enjoy being in the limelight of Neon, lime green color trend for the season...

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Ages of Innocence

“That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you that makes you want to believe that there still exists a right and wrong, that decency will somehow triumph in the end”


- Lise Hand

Let Your Passion Speak

“Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us... passion rules us all, and we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... and the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion maybe we'd know some kind of peace... but we would be hollow... Empty rooms shuttered and dank. Without passion we'd be truly dead.”  - Joss Whedon

I am Here

and learning the simple discipline;
"Don't make someone a priority who only makes you an option"

Frills and Thrills: Tuesday Thrills - Carolee Jewellery

Happy to see many of my designs has been featured in this blog: #2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 15 and 16...  check out the blog by Sam;

Frills and Thrills: Tuesday Thrills - Carolee Jewellery: An exquisite combination of elegance, opulence and classic sophistication,  Carolee  jewellery is a success story that has been told for the...

Love Leopard

"To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy --
and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful."

- Robert A. Heinlei

In the Process

It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.   

- 

Mahatma Gandhi

*Photo Credits
Marco Graviano via Stylesight.
More  pics, check out his website at http://www.marco-glaviano.com/

Ella Fitzgerald - My Funny Valentine