tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-294991 2012-05-26T17:45:36+02:00 Writing and photography from Paris, London and Amsterdam. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8d9f53ef016305db88ad970d 2012-05-26T17:45:36+02:00 2012-05-26T17:47:10+02:00 Tara Bradford Reflections of the Dutch town of Edam in gazing balls atop an iron fence. Click photos to view detail. These balls are updated versions of gazing balls popular in the 19th-century. I'm busy entertaining a friend from college days. Back...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?a=W7yyQPKyDEQ:JHy3eCtmFmY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?a=W7yyQPKyDEQ:JHy3eCtmFmY:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8d9f53ef0168ebb8b757970c 2012-05-23T17:35:50+02:00 2012-05-24T08:39:52+02:00 Tara Bradford It started with this feature on photographer Stella Harasek's lovely home that both Igor Josif and I saw - unbeknownst to each other - on a couple of Scandanavian design blogs. When I saw Igor's post, I sent him a...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?a=A9LdR4vFeUA:nCBnc0zMnc8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?a=A9LdR4vFeUA:nCBnc0zMnc8:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8d9f53ef0168eba635d3970c 2012-05-21T10:50:42+02:00 2012-05-21T10:51:28+02:00 Tara Bradford Tough boys: Looking at the faces and physical characteristics of these little boys in Ghor, Jordan, one can almost envision how they'll age. Life expectancy for males in developing countries is now more than double statistics just 30 years ago...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?a=8DqfZWPkcvk:OpOXW4yq2-8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?a=8DqfZWPkcvk:OpOXW4yq2-8:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8d9f53ef0168eb6e3617970c 2012-05-11T11:51:37+02:00 2012-05-11T11:55:38+02:00 Tara Bradford French glass negatives from 1910 and 1914 framed against the window in my home office. Light filters through, illuminating the images. One of the photos shows a French family in formal dress inside a Native American tepee - in France!...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?a=jvJ_ZcjEBpw:7QYgRnCgz2U:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?a=jvJ_ZcjEBpw:7QYgRnCgz2U:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"></img></a> </div> tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c8d9f53ef0168eb676871970c 2012-05-10T17:17:48+02:00 2012-05-10T17:23:05+02:00 Tara Bradford Et voila! I have re-opened my etsy shop Paris Parfait to sell some of my way-too-many French treasures collected during ten years in Paris. These photographs show some of the items currently for sale (19th-century Jugendstil Art Nouveau claret pitcher...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?a=vo2H5wmwS7M:UBKF5ThSW8w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?a=vo2H5wmwS7M:UBKF5ThSW8w:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/ParisParfait?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo" border="0"></img></a> </div>