Hollywood Comes to The Beach!

Wow! Somehow a set director (location scout?) found his way to my tiny town which lies at the eastern point of a very small barrier island/ sandbar on the shores of the Atlantic.

I didn't care so much about seeing a movie star (Kate Winslet?), this is New York, after all...but I loved seeing the film crew redo this odd little bungalow:

It is supposed to be 1945 California! See the palm trees and cactus?

And our firehouse...with a phony town name.

And the 1940s cars are great....no pix because the police wouldn't let us stop to take photos; I'll try again tomorrow!
The film is a remake of Mildred Pierce. IMDB says it was filme noire! [Film-Noir] so retro, so cool....And in 1945 starred Bette Davis.


Here are a few fun quotes.....

Veda: Did you see the look on his face when we told him he was going to be a father?

Mildred: I wish you wouldn't joke about it.


Veda:  The next thing I know you'll be knitting little garments.


Mildred: I don't see anything so ridiculous about that.


Veda: If I were you, I'd save myself the trouble.
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Wally: There's something about the sound of my own voice that fascinates me.
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Mildred: Wally, you should be kept on a leash! Now why can't you be friendly?


Wally: But I *am* being friendly!


Mildred: No, I mean it. Friendship's much more lasting than love.


Wally: Yeah, but it isn't as entertaining.

Now if only I could get into the post office to mail my etsy and ebay items! The PO is part of the set too...imagine that!

love

                  lizzy

                          .......gone to the beach

Quandary

I have a quandary.....opinions welcome!

I am thrilled to be participating in the upcoming event Where Bloggers Create  http://mydesertcottage.blogspot.com/2010/04/where-bloggers-create-ii.html.

This is the brain child of  Karen Valentine at  My Desert Cottage and this year is sponsored by the fabulous magazine Where Women Create.

Anyone can join in, post pix of their work site. And everyone else can then wander around all the creative and special blogs of the participants! Cool huh? The blog links will be posted for an entire year, so we'll have lots of time to enjoy meeting new artists and snooping around their work spaces.

So here's the thing: While wandering around blogland I have noticed that PALE and/ or white is IN. Now I LOVE pale and white...BUT...my artwork tends to be exuberant...and colorful. My home [where I work] is white, true, with seasonal accents, blue and turquoise in the summr, pumpkin and rust in the fall, red and dill pickle green at Christmas...But okay, it is sorta white.

Now for the quandary: Should I post my pix in brilliant unfashionable " Kodachrome brights", so to speak?

or do we like the toned down, sophisticated look?

Hmmmm?

 Whaddaya think, people?

love

            lizzy
                                            gone to the beach~~~~~

More Roses...

Roses! It's June at the beach....

These are hybrid roses, from BJ's or Trader Joe's.

Beautiful, aren't they? If a teensy bit past their prime, ooops....I actually like them open and fragrant.

The petals are exactly the colors of this treasured, dived conch shell from my collection...

And here they are captured on an art musuem card....I am amazed at the skill, the perfection of the painter's rendering.

And the roses are not even the focus of the small (9" x 17") painting, just a perfect addendum...

Not bad for $9.99 a bunch, huh?

And a few in my yard, the photos are blurry because of the wind....

 

love

           lizzy

gone to the beach~~~~~