Showing posts with label seasons and holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seasons and holidays. Show all posts
Merry Christmas!
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Wishing you a happy holiday season filled with love and cheer.
image source, design by Randy Fifield
A snow-white Christmas, part one
Sunday, December 21, 2014
The last Christmas tour from the Traditional Home archives (I've been scouring, can you tell?) is the Virginia home to Judy Jeffress. The 1930's fieldstone farmhouse has beautiful neoclassical details filled with light. The simple, frosty Christmas decor seems to gently highlights the home rather than overwhelm.
A "Neutral" Christmas
Friday, December 19, 2014
There's nothing neutral about this one. While the palette may be restrained, again, the over-the-top use of fresh greenery and ornaments are gorgeous in this California house of Brian and Emily Sullivan.
Christmas Colors from Nature
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
While I take no issue with red and green in Christmas decor, in fact I love them, this holiday design is so striking. The Wellesley house of Tanya Capello beautifully bedecked in the colors of a winter landscape.
How do you decorate for the holidays?
Friday, December 12, 2014
At Christmas time, I admire those with chic, minimalist decor. I'm just not like that, unfortunately. At Christmas, more is more. I found this Connecticut family house of Lisa and Eric Hilderbrand in Traditional Home. The lush greenery and cozy interiors feel lovely to me.
A Golden Christmas
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Breaking out the Christmas decorations and some these new finds are inspiring me this year. How are you decorating? Are you decorating? Here in Japan our local mall is running a "10 Weeks of Christmas" campaign so we're a bit behind the curve!
A Golden Christmas featuring holiday decorations
obon in aomori
Friday, August 22, 2014
Mid-August is the celebration of Obon or Bon. Lanterns and lights are lit everywhere to commemorate ancestors and those who have passed. It is one of my favorite holidays here in Japan because the lanterns are so magical in the hot summer night.
Seiruji is not a historic site, surprisingly it dates to only 1982. But it received a lot of support and has very diligent care. The bronze Showa Big Buddha is certainly the centerpiece, especially with these beautiful lanterns.
The five story pagoda was modeled after Toji Temple in Kyoto and dates to only 1996. But as a testament to modern building techniques it has withstood even the major Tohoku Earthquake of 2011 in spite of being only miles from the epicenter while most five story pagodas throughout Japan's history have not weathered winds and quakes well. source
Our daughter loved the lanterns!
Seiruji is not a historic site, surprisingly it dates to only 1982. But it received a lot of support and has very diligent care. The bronze Showa Big Buddha is certainly the centerpiece, especially with these beautiful lanterns.
The five story pagoda was modeled after Toji Temple in Kyoto and dates to only 1996. But as a testament to modern building techniques it has withstood even the major Tohoku Earthquake of 2011 in spite of being only miles from the epicenter while most five story pagodas throughout Japan's history have not weathered winds and quakes well. source
Our daughter loved the lanterns!
Photos by me, please credit if you share. Still working on that night photography ;)
If you would like to visit the Showa Buddha yourself, you can find information here.