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Friday Favorites: Simon Marsden


(Duntroon Castle, Argyll, Scotland)

During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was – but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit.
– Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher

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Friday Favorites: Photography, Books, and the Female Form

This is a Friday Favorites that has been on the back burner for some time and since this past week has been almost entirely about books I decided it was the perfect opportunity to combine the art of literature, the art of photography, and the art of the female form into this week’s Friday Favorite.

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Friday Favorites: ……Me!!!!

Inspired by Quixotic’s recent post which was in turn inspired by the On My Desk site I decided to feature my creative/entertainment area as today’s Friday Favorite. I know, I know…you feel like you’re getting ripped off, cheated, bamboozled. Well you’re probably right about that but I promise you that in the process you’ll not only see aesthetically pleasing pictures but will be exposed to some art as well.

In addition to the pictures you can see there are several bold links in this post that will open up additional, more detailed pics. Give them a click!

Before getting to the “place where the magic happens” as I have called the computer room (in jest of course) I wanted to update you visually on the bookshelf project. I painted it recently but have to put a coat of finish on it. I like how it turned out so much, however, that I have been slowly filling up each nook with books and things over the past week and can no longer resist showing it off. You may remember that my father and I built this over 4th of July weekend and Mike helped us install it. At that time it looked like this:

Pretty nice, but incomplete. Well, without further ado I bring you the (almost) finished product:

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