
Today’s sketch of the day in my moleskine art journal is of an antique miniature filigree clog used in Turkish hamams. I discovered them at an antique shop in Beysehir, Turkey. They are made of wood and a layer of silver sheet covers the top.
If the shoe fits, buy it ;p

June 21, 2015 at 12:35
I currently love my art journal to capture the most important memories but it only works for me 😃
June 21, 2015 at 12:34
Yes I definitely didn’t want to come home. Plants half dead, bills to pay and reality to deal with. Ho hum!
June 20, 2015 at 00:29
Bon week-end ma chère Tiffany. Aprés tant d’aventures… There is a poem by Du Bellay you may know. Since I’m there might as well paste it:
Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage,
Ou comme cestuy-là qui conquit la toison,
Et puis est retourné, plein d’usage et raison,
Vivre entre ses parents le reste de son âge !
Quand reverrai-je, hélas, de mon petit village
Fumer la cheminée, et en quelle saison
Reverrai-je le clos de ma pauvre maison,
Qui m’est une province, et beaucoup davantage ?
Plus me plaît le séjour qu’ont bâti mes aïeux,
Que des palais Romains le front audacieux,
Plus que le marbre dur me plaît l’ardoise fine :
Plus mon Loir gaulois, que le Tibre latin,
Plus mon petit Liré, que le mont Palatin,
Et plus que l’air marin la doulceur angevine.
Take care
Brian
June 19, 2015 at 22:40
Agree so. For a long time I stopped taking photographs ’cause I realized that taking pictures robbed me of the visual memories. I recalled events and places better when I had no camera. 🙂
PS. Which memory shop would you recommend?
June 19, 2015 at 22:38
OMG. Sometimes missing a flight is not bad. Might’ve been a desperate and unconscious attempt at staying a day more? Bienvenue chez toi. 🙂
(Hope all is well at home. The plants have been watered, the cat fed, and all logistics are fine)