A Bit Of Design Inspiration

In my previous post I was talking about Barbara Barry's 

Wedgwood pattern called 'Radiance.'

My response from you was a resounding 'YES.'

2.

I get 'stale' sometimes and need inspiration.

3
I bet even Miss Barry, on occasion gets 'stale' as well.
Maybe this is how her 'Radiance' pattern came about.
Who really knows?

4                                 But I know this......

5      

Sometimes it is a little thing you see, 

maybe it is just for a second,

but it triggers something inside you.

6

It may get stored on your 'hard drive' somewhere,

and it gets spit back up later.

Suddenly your juices get to flowing and you are 'inspired.'

You may not remember what, where, 

or why you thought of this color scheme or this pattern.....

You don't care.... you are in your BLISS.

You are creating!!!!!  :)

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

Was this ART....Inspired By Nature ? 

Which image inspires you with it's beauty?

***

Have you ever become intensely creative,

and did not understand 

where the inspiration came from?

....and who cares.......

you are 'CREATING.'

credits:  The Artist Ona Lesassier

http://onalesassier.com/

Amazing sea shells : click here

Renee Finberg 'TELLS ALL' in her BLOG.....
Interior Design, Palm Beach, Boca Raton,Ft.Lauderdale,Design Service, Window Treatments, TurnKey Interior Design Service,Paint selection, Floor-Plans,Online Interior Design,
Design Center of The Americas, D.C.O.T.A. , nature inspires, sea shells and plants, what inspires you ?

Radiance Wedgwood

By Barbara Barry

*available everywhere Wedgwood is sold. 

Do you think that this was her inspiration? 

Renee Finberg 'TELLS ALL' in her BLOG.....
Interior Design, Palm Beach, Boca Raton,Ft.Lauderdale,Design Service, Window Treatments, TurnKey Interior Design Service,Paint selection, Floor-Plans,Online Interior Design,
Design Center of The Americas, D.C.O.T.A.

My Favorite Comfort Food - Chicken Paprikash

Every country household had a yard full of chickens. Chicken dishes that could be slow cooked on the stove for supper were plentiful and cheap to make. Paprikas was a weekly dish for supper. A pot of potato dumplings, and perhaps a platter of pickled hungarian peppers and a loaf of crusty home baked bread was all that was need for ones well being. Every meal was eaten with gusto.

Regards, June Meyer.

This is my favorite comfort food.

And I need some.

If you do too, try this.

YUMMO!!!!

• 2 onions chopped
• 4 Tbsp. shortening, corn oil or lard
• 3 Tbsp. Hungarian paprika
• 1/8 Tsp. black pepper or whole pepper corns
• 2 Tsp. salt
• 4 to 5 lbs. chicken disjointed, use legs, thighs, breast and back for best flavor
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 pt. sour cream

Brown onions in shortening. Add seasonings and chicken, brown 10 minutes. Add water, cover and let simmer slowly until it is tender. It will smell wonderful!
Remove chicken, add sour cream to drippings in pan and mix well. To thicken gravy, mix into a paste 1 Tbl. soft butter with 1 Tbl.of flour and stir into drippings.
Add dumplings and arrange chicken on top. Heat through,but do not boil, and serve.
* here is my secret: 
more sour cream, and I serve it on wide egg noodles.
mmmm mmmm mmmm  THE BEST!!!

Have you ever had Chicken Paprikash ???

go here for more recipes

Renee Finberg 'TELLS ALL' in her BLOG.....
Interior Design, Palm Beach, Boca Raton,Ft.Lauderdale,Design Service, Window Treatments, TurnKey Interior Design Service,Paint selection, Floor-Plans,Online Interior Design,
Design Center of The Americas, D.C.O.T.A.,chicken paprikash

Stone Crabs For Andi

The pink dot on the right

 is where I come from. Boca Raton, Florida.

The pink dot on the left is where we went to.

Everglades City.

For Andi's birthday her boyfriend flew in from Sweden.

And her father, myself and some other family friends headed over to Everglades City for some stone crabs,conch fritters, soft shell crabs, and key lime pie.

This is where the stone crabs come from for the famous 

'Joe's Stone Crab' on Miami Beach!

We have to drive across the state through this.

Doesn't it look pretty from the air?

On the ground .....

But this is what it really looks like.

If you like weeds , snakes and gators.....

this is your kind of place.

Pythons and gators galore and fighting for turf.

Have you heard about all the 'loonie birds' 

that have let their pythons go free in the Everglades?

Talk about irresponsible....

Well, it is a real mess.

But this is no mess.

This is the gold of Florida.

Our state prize.

Maine has Lobster, and we have stone crabs.

Don't freak out.

But, can you tell me what this is?

I will give you a hint.....it tastes like chicken.

That's my girl!

She loves her stone crabs!!

Not the stuff that 'tastes like chicken.'

I surprised her with a birthday cake.

Okay peeps,

what do you think?

Is he cute?

They met while being counselors at summer camp last year.

They are going back again this summer.

  He is in college in Sweden, and studying law.

I like that.

*But let me get back to where we were......

FLORIDA'S LAST FRONTIER "EVERGLADES CITY and CHOKOLOSKEE, at the entrance to the Western Everglades, were two frontier outposts until 1923 when Barron Collier made Everglades City the seat of Collier County and supply depot for the construction of the Tamiami Trail. Prior to the boom, this isolated region was Florida's last outpost for fur trappers, plumage hunters, Cuban fishermen, and people with a disdain for modern civilization."

There is all kinds of history about this area. 

Great stories.

The towns people actually killed the town bully.

The people that were 'wanted by the law' could safely live here. 

It took law enforcement about 2 days to get out here.

A real city of outlaws in a lawless environment.

The man in the black and white picture....

this is a wax model of him

Note the fly swatter.

This place is uninhabitable from the spring months to fall.

There are mosquito's, nats , 'no-see-ums' (these are really bad), 

I just don't know how they did it for an entire lifetime.

I had enough of the glades in this short visit.

I love nature, but not 'Everglades' nature.

To me is it scary.

Imagine being lost out there.

*Snakes, gators, panthers, and yes, we have panthers.

We took a few last pictures and packed up and headed home.

Hope you enjoyed our day trip.

Would you 

drive through the everglades for stone crabs ?

Renee Finberg 'TELLS ALL' in her BLOG.....
Interior Design, Palm Beach, Boca Raton,Ft.Lauderdale,Design Service, Window Treatments, 
TurnKey Interior Design Service,Paint selection, Floor-Plans,Online Interior Design,
Design Center of The Americas, D.C.O.T.A., Stone crabs, everglades city