Saturday, July 25, 2020

Lazy Girl: Episode 2

Seaside Style
On a warm July day, when ice cubes clink in glasses raised on sun-kissed decks, when children are coming home bedraggled and dripping from their swims, and weary from their sailing lessons on the bay, and throughout the village lawn mowers are silenced for the evening, this is the Golden Hour in Orient.

The hour when two sisters meet for a glass of white wine. Sighing at the cool beauty of it all. The sparkling water, the lavender haze of Russian Sage, the Yarrow, now brownish and awaiting pruning ere it may bloom again in yellow bliss and the bunnies seeking supper among the clover and tender grasses on the lawn. The errant, yet adored Thistle, loved for its purple hue, stalwart in the sea grass.
 Carol Markel
Jeanne Markel
The cocktails are but a prelude to our romp about
the village, accompanied by our Director of Photography,
Jack Wedge.
 Stopping by an artist's studio on a sunny afternoon,
we are at the William Steeple Davis house and studio.
Born in 1884, Davis was a painter, printmaker
 and photographer who lived in Orient all his life.
He established a trust for artists to live and work
in his house and studio.
Darlene Charneco, who creates mixed media
mapping series, is the current resident.
On Carol
Hat by Lola. Blouse and skirt:
Carol's personal vintage Cacharel.
On Jeanne
Straw Amish hat:
Dress by Marimekko for Uniqlo
 A charming picket fence provides a rustic backdrop.
Cacharel was a favorite brand of mine in the 80s when
I lived in Philadelphia. There was a Cacharel store in the
Bourse Building which was built in 1891 and
served as a stock exchange before it was repurposed for
chic shops. It also held an Yves St. Laurent boutique,
 Cacharel pressed all the 
French fashion code buttons:
Freshness, Romanticism and Femininity.

Jeanne's dress features
pears and grapes in cool colors framed
perfectly by the fence post pillars.
How fresh she looks in the
Finnish brand's graphic
print so cannily produced by a
collaboration with Japan's Uniqlo brand.
 Hedges provide privacy to this Orient house.
A pop of pink adds color.
 A diminutive cottage has, in summers past,
been rented by an architect.
 My hat by Lola sports an artfully tied
grosgrain ribbon bow.
Jeanne's boater was left at her house by
a forgetful guest.
 We end our journey on a dock with
the Orient Yacht Club in the distance.
A big thank you to our
Director of Photography,
Jack Wedge.
See Jack's imaginative animations

A Bientot!


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