17 August 2010

a house with a swing i

“Our fear of death is like our fear that summer will be short,

but when we have had our swing of pleasure,

our fill of fruit and our swelter of heat,

we say we have had our day”

EMERSON

my great grandmother & my GranMa

swinging in a double swing

c.1910

3 comments:

Barbara Wells SarudyAugust 17, 2010 at 9:15 PM
Swing of pleasure, indeed. What a pleasure to meet your family on this lovely summer evening.
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Victoria ThorneAugust 18, 2010 at 2:23 AM
what sweet sweet happiness this brings. what magic. i am with barbara: it is a great pleasure to meet them. as though we had somehow always known.
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Acanthus and AcornAugust 18, 2010 at 4:28 PM
I honestly can't think of anything better, than to swing! And, it does make me think of summer.

My children loved playing on their swingset, epecially my son. I am in the midst of packing him up for his first year of collage and this post definately conjured up some truly wonderful memories!
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My book HOW THEY DECORATED, for Rizzoli, was published in April of 2017. I have been an interior designer for over 30 years & have an abiding passion for the original, & history. Little Augury was born on New Year's Eve 2008. It began as a way of continuing a conversation with a beloved mentor & the promise to keep just a bit of his wit & wisdom alive by sharing it whenever possible. Little Augury focuses on interior design, art, literature, fashion & social history with an eye, always looking back to the past, in hope of understanding what is authentic & what will endure & what connects us to our environment. Always listening for the footstep on the old stair-the sound of lives that walked that way.