Last week I was totally convinced that I only had 3 weeks left until I went home. I said it to my husband, my friends, my sister. On the morning of the 4th, I was in the shower and I thought: “Wait a minute, today is the 4th…you’re leaving here on the 4th of July…that doesn’t sound like 3 weeks.” I don’t leave for four weeks. That was disappointing – somehow 3 weeks seems so much more doable.
This morning started off with a trip to the Apple store in a nearby mall. I love, love my MacBook! But a little crack had developed along the right front edge near the trackpad. After researching it online I found that many MacBook owners had experienced the same problem and that Apple was replacing the casing for free after deciding it was not caused by misuse – just by the top hitting the bottom when the laptop was being closed. I had an appointment at 9:45 and by 10:45 it was fixed. I got a new keyboard and everything! They couldn’t have been nicer.
When I knew I was taking it in, I bit the bullet and bought a portable hard drive to back up my computer. I can’t believe I went this long without one. So now everything on my computer is backed up and I don’t panic at the thought of losing it all.
On to pretty things. Brenda and I were having a great phone conversation last week and she recommended a blog to me. I quickly went to the blog (while I was talking to Brenda) and gasped at the beautiful photography of Georgianna Lane. I fell in love right then and there. Georgianna is an unbelievably gifted photographer. Brenda was on her computer, I was on mine and we oohed and aahed over everything. An idea came to me: I would start to collect her work, frame it and display it on my stairway wall.
The other day I checked my mail slot and there was a package waiting for me. From Georgianna. Brenda had sent me two of Georgianna’s prints! The package was beautifully wrapped.
Sorry for the lighting but I took this late at night after I got home from the theater. I didn’t want to wait to unwrap it until morning. Here is what was inside:
Gorgeous.
My colors.
Georgianna wrote a lovely note in the notecard on the right telling me this was a gift from Brenda. She also included the notecard on the left.
I think you will love her work. She has a blog and an etsy shop. Just click on the links and stop by for a visit. Thank you Brenda and Georgianna!
Claudia, those pictures are stunning!!! i clicked over to see the blog…jaw dropping gorgeous is what that is…thanks for sharing!!! you will be home before you know it:) hang in there!!!
Thanks for providing that link. The sight of those beautiful photos was just what I needed today. Hope your 4 weeks fly by like 4 days…
Lovely gifts, and that packaging is an artwork in itself!
Only a few more days and it’ll be just 3 weeks until you go home :)
claudia – you know I’m all over this new blog and heading right over. Stunning from what I can see so far here. Glad to hear you got your computer taken care of.
Sure hope you get home soon. Still watering your garden, but it misses your love.
Toodles,
Kate – The Garden Bell
what amazing photography! thank you for sharing it with us :)
Thanks for the link. Her photography is so dreamy– I love it. I especially love the photos w/nests.
Hugs,
Jill
HI CLAUDIA,
WELL, 3 WEEKS + 5 DAYS
YOU HAVE LEFT, SOUNDS BETTER THAN 4 WEEKS.
NICE PICTURES, SHE IS A VERY GOOD ARTIST.
HOW NICE OF BRENDA.
WILL TAKE A PEEK OVER AT GEORGIANNA’S BLOG.
TAKE CARE, RIZZI
Wishing you home soon! You get the best mail!
oxo,
olive
Having a back up is the greatest!
What a beautiful package and those photos are lovely. Your colors…Yes!
The four weeks will go by fast!
Have a nice evening. Dogwood
Oooooohhhh!! I love them!! You are very lucky! ENJOY!!
Have a great week! Hugs, Lisa
NICE photos! Love all that pink!
Di
Beautiful!
I can imagine your disappointment when you realized that you have another whole week longer than you thought. I do stuff like this all the time.
I’m starting a new blog on which to write my ramblings about my mom. There’s a link to it on my today’s post. I really haven’t put anything of substance on it yet.
your mac story reminds me of the sex and city episode where carrie has the sad mac and doesn’t back up. lol.
glad you got your mac back on track. i don’t back up my mac. maybe my husband does and i don’t even know it.
love the prints!!!! i should get your package mailed sometime this week. i have it packed, just not addressed yet.
take care
sue
That was a good tip Brenda gave you. I’ll check it out, after I finish typing this (wouldn’t want to leave you without a comment).
And the prints are gorgeous I can see why you are so happy with these. And the fact that they are a gift makes them even better.
OhMyGoodness! I discovered Georgianna Lane yesterday, and wrote a post – which I haven’t published yet)!!!!!!!!! I found her blog & Etsy shop while searching for “vintage lace” – you know how searching for one thing leads to another, and then another.
Anyway – what a coincidence. Guess I won’t post the blog, but glad you found her as well and love her work too.
Birds of a feather…
:)
Zuzu
I changed my other mind. Why not publish the post I wrote? Her photography is gorgeous and should be splashed all over blogland!!! So I posted it! :)
So fun that Brenda, you, & I all discovered her work and fell instantly in love with it!
Hugs,
Zuzu
Gosh those pictures are to die for and the pink and blue are one two of my favorite colors as well. I was drawn in by the paper they were wrapped in immediately! Gorgeous…gorgeous!
Hey Claudia~
well between sipping my coffee…and reading your blog…i could not have asked for a better thing to do!
that photography is really gorgeous…and i loved reading you!
enjoy it…
ciao bella
creative carmelina
Well, our “secret” is out. Now Georgianna will have the roof blown off with new fans. We couldn’t possibly keep such beauty to ourselves. We make Georgianna blush as it is, she tells me. She’ll probably faint now.
Brenda
Hello, dear Claudia! (and Brenda, too. And Zuzu, and all) Yes, I am in dire need of smelling salts right now! You really overwhelm me with your generous and kind comments on my work. Thank you SOOO much! I have house guests so have been offline a few days and just logged on to find all this sweet love – made my day and then some! THANK YOU to each of you!! I shall go out and skip around the garden now and take some photos in your honor. xo – g
OOOhhhh – pretty pretties! Perfect colors too! What happy feeling gifts! Good for you girl – Jennifer jennsthreegraces
Beautiful, Claudia, and perfect for you! Brenda picked well!
XO,
Sheila
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Georgianna is one of my dearest online friends and one of the best photographers I know. She has the most gorgeous blog, and is the sweetest person ever. Her work is absolutely incredible. The pink daisies in the blue mason jars is one of my favorites and I love using the cards with that print. The print on the right bottom, flowers in the vintage sugar bowl, is my very favorite; after all, it’s named after me, Ode to Betty Jo! ♥