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<p>We just have to get over it. &nbsp;That's science.</p>
<p>[ via <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pluto/mail.html">PBS.org</a> ]</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.jonesfife.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-6985820.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>swan song.</title><category>FASHION</category><category>Fall 2010</category><category>alexander mcqueen</category><category>textiles</category><dc:creator>Kylie</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:58:49 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.jonesfife.com/blog/2010/3/12/swan-song.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">366845:3937222:6984926</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 450px;" src="http://www.jonesfife.com/storage/1003-mcqueen-01.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1268373853747" alt="" /></span></span></p>
<p>Favorite looks from Alexander McQueen's <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/review/F2010RTW-AMCQUEEN">final collection</a>. &nbsp;I am always inspired by McQueen's ability to traverse seeming paradoxes so elegantly: novel and traditional, alien and earthy, androgynous and classically feminine, bombastic and delicate. &nbsp;And then, of course, there was our mutual affection for <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/F2006RTW-AMCQUEEN?page=2">tartan</a>. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Sigh... Lee Alexander, you will be sorely missed.</p>
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<p>[ images via <a href="http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/F2010RTW-AMCQUEEN">style.com</a> ]</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.jonesfife.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-6984926.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>great frontiers.</title><category>DECOR</category><category>INTERIORS</category><category>KIDS</category><category>VINTAGE</category><category>globes</category><category>maps</category><category>teepee</category><dc:creator>Kylie</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:16:40 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.jonesfife.com/blog/2010/3/9/great-frontiers.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">366845:3937222:6951800</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 450px;" src="http://www.jonesfife.com/storage/1003-kidroom-01.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1268115460754" alt="" /></span></span></p>
<p>The American frontier (fauna, teepees, quilt) meets the final frontier (globes, planet mobile). &nbsp;This child's room would suit explorers of all ages.</p>
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<p>[ via <a href="http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/flickr-finds/es-roomflickr-find-105022">ohdeedoh</a> ]</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://www.jonesfife.com/blog/rss-comments-entry-6951800.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>manumission.</title><category>ART</category><category>Annie Kevans</category><category>Painting</category><category>chelsea galleries</category><dc:creator>Kylie</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:10:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.jonesfife.com/blog/2010/3/4/manumission.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">366845:3937222:6882748</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 400px;" src="http://www.jonesfife.com/storage/1002-kevans-01.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1267679873718" alt="" /></span></span></p>
<p>British painter Annie Kevans (whom I've mentioned <a href="http://www.jonesfife.com/blog/2009/7/16/all-the-presidents-girls.html">before</a>) has a show at <a href="http://www.perryrubenstein.com/exhibitions/2010-02-12_annie-kevans/">Perry Rubenstein</a>&nbsp;featuring work from her <em>All The Presidents' Girls </em>series: portraits of US Presidents' alleged mistresses and illegitimate children rendered gesturally in diluted oils. &nbsp;Her subjects range from the iconic to the nearly anonymous, but all are imbued with a diaphanous vulnerability. &nbsp;They are the casualties of power.</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.pixiemarket.com/store/fuschiashorts-p-1661.html">These shorts</a> are so cool.</p>
<p>[ by Phamous at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.pixiemarket.com">pixie market</a> ]</p>
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<p>This is not what I intended to post. &nbsp;But how can one top a tiny, literate, chain-smoking squirrel? &nbsp;One can't. &nbsp;So one doesn't even try.</p>
<p>[ amigurumi and images by <a href="http://tadasrevolution.com/2010/02/03/nutfields-master-plan-for-world-domination/">Tada's Revolution</a> ]</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.target.com/b/?node=2241595011&amp;ref=sr_shorturl_liberty">Liberty of London for Target</a>... available March 14.</p>
<p>[ images via <a href="http://simplystated.realsimple.com/simplystated/2010/02/liberty-of-london-preview.html">simply stated</a>&nbsp;and <a href="http://www.target.com/b/?node=2241595011&amp;ref=sr_shorturl_liberty">target</a> ]</p>
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<p>Generally speaking, I am not fond of animals without faces. &nbsp;But I can't stop looking at <a href="http://fromme-toyou.tumblr.com/post/356403568/under-da-sea">Jamie's jellyfish photos</a>.</p>
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<p>[ image from <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/11/euwb/ho_2003.462.htm">the Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> ]</p>
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