August 12, 2009

postcard fashions*

here is a set of vintage french postcards i found. they illustrate folk costumes of regional french provinces. they are printed in black + possibly gray ink, with hand painted colorization.

bearn
bearn

saintonge
saintonge

provence
provence

normandie
normandie

comte de nice
comte de nice

auvergne
auvergne

guyenne
guyenne

basque
basque

July 14, 2009

Crossville Treehouse

i always dreamed of living in the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse when i was a kid... that or the Addams Family house, or perhaps on 1313 Mockingbird Lane with the Munsters.... or in a lighthouse like shirley temple in Captain Jaunary. i still want to live in a lighthouse, or pretty much any of the aforementioned residencies.

...but back to treehouses.
if you adore treehouses + are in the tennessee/nashville area, be sure to make your way to crossville. in crossville you'll find Horace Burgess's 97 foot, ten story, dream of all my dreams, behemoth of a treehouse. i don't care how far out to your way it is, it's more than worth the trip. i will defintely make it back there someday. i especially love what i like to call the tornado staircase [because it looks like hundreds of wood scraps frozen in a tornado, devouring the side of a giant treehouse].

you may find directions + reviews at roadside america.


more photos may be found here.