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Fill Power…

06 Wednesday Jan 2021

Posted by Satin & Sand in America's Next Top Model, Fashion, Photography, Reflections

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America's Top Model, Down, Fill power, Khrystyana Kazakova, Positivity


Fill power is a measure of the loft or “fluffiness” of a down product that is loosely related to the insulating value of the down. The higher the fill power, the more air a certain weight of the down can trap, and thus the more insulating ability the down will have. Fill power ranges from about 300 (in³/oz) for feathers to around 900 (in³/oz) for the highest quality goose down. from Wikipedia

I received a wonderful, dare I say sensual, down comforter for Christmas this year. It has a 950 fill power and weighs less than two pounds. It is meant for fall and spring camping but since my house is quite cold at night, I couldn’t resist using it for sleeping in my bed as well.

Unlike my old comforter that was heavy, rough and prickly from duck feather barbs protruding through the cotton covering, this quilt is light, soft and smooth. I love being enveloped by the luxury of its airiness and warmth.

I began to compare this feeling of the new comforter to being around certain types of people: Some individuals are light, optimistic and well, happy – I might want to hug them, to envelop myself in their positivity, to be in their orb, while others are dark, pessimistic and irritable – like the prickly duck feathers, I want to give them distance. In the New Year, I seek to spend my time with the lighter and more positive fowls.

Photograph: © Samantha Wolov

A snapshot of the day….

07 Wednesday Oct 2020

Posted by Satin & Sand in Design, Fashion, Photography, Reflections, Writing

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Happiness, Jane Kenyon, Photography, Poetry

© James Currie

There’s just no accounting for happiness
or the way it turns up like a prodigal
who comes back to the dust at your feet
having squandered a fortune far away.
from Happiness by Jane Kenyon

It was a day of happiness and it was wonderful!

A lasting fragrance…

07 Wednesday Aug 2013

Posted by Satin & Sand in Aging, Art, Fashion, Photography, Reflections, Relationships, Writing

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Aging, Fashion, Lauren DiMarco, Longfellow, Photography, Poetry, Time

Party dress by Joan Currie

Party dress @ Joan Currie

Maiden, that read’st this simple rhyme, Enjoy thy youth, it will not stay; Enjoy the fragrance of thy prime, For oh, it is not always May!

from It Is Not Always May by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sometimes it is hard not to lament the passing of time…

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Indomitable…

18 Thursday Jul 2013

Posted by Satin & Sand in Fashion, Music, Photography, Reflections, Relationships

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Brave, Dennis Rensaissance, Fashion, Lauren DiMarco, Photography, Relationships, Sara Bareilles

The Waiting Season

© Dennis Renaissance – Model Lauren DiMarco

I wonder what would happen if you
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave…
lyrics from the song Brave by Sara Bareilles

Sometimes it is hard to be the person you need me to be…

Standing pretty…

02 Saturday Feb 2013

Posted by Satin & Sand in Art, Design, Fashion, Relationships

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Fashion, John Burroughs, Poetry, Shoes, watercolor

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Lauren DiMarco in Joshua Tree

What matter if I stand alone?
I wait with joy the coming years;
My heart shall reap where it hath sown,
And garner up its fruit of tears.
from the poem Waiting by John Burroughs

Still hopeful that you will stand by my side one day…

Resolutions interrupted…

08 Tuesday Jan 2013

Posted by Satin & Sand in Art, Design, Fashion, Photography, Reflections, Travel

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Eric Zorn, New Year's Resolutions, Promises, Sintra

© Joan Currie

© Joan Currie

Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self-assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle. – Eric Zorn

For once, I am hoping to keep the promises I made to myself…

Resolutions…

29 Saturday Dec 2012

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Fashion, Khrystyna Kazakova, Neil Gaiman, Photography

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© Khrystyna Kazakova with Inna Mathews and Kristina Varaksina.

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. 
Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something.
Neil Gaiman

Taking some time to figure out my new year’s action list…

Model: Khystyna Kazakova

Christmas time-out…

25 Tuesday Dec 2012

Posted by Satin & Sand in Design, Fashion, Photography, Reflections

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Bacca da Silva, Christmas, Fashion, Gladys Taber, Lauren DiMarco, Photography

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© Bacca da Silva

But in this season it is well to reassert that the hope of mankind rests in Faith. As man thinketh, so he is. Nothing much happens unless you believe in it, and believing there is hope for the world is a way to move toward it. 
Gladys Taber

Taking some time to appreciate all the happy moments from today…

Model: Lauren DiMarco

Nice to talk…

03 Monday Dec 2012

Posted by Satin & Sand in Fashion, Photography, Reflections, Relationships

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Fashion, Holidays, Lauren DiMarco, Photography, Staying connected

© Lauren DiMarco

© Lauren DiMarco

In my thinking about happiness, I’ve come to realize that staying connected to people from my past is an important happiness booster… – Bjorn Wallander

Sometimes around the holidays I need to hear my childhood friends’ voices…

Flapper time…

26 Monday Nov 2012

Posted by Satin & Sand in Art, Crafts, Design, Fashion, Photography, Reflections, Writing

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Art, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Fashion, Flapper, Mixed media

© Joan Currie – Charleston bodice & skirt – Mixed media

This is the beauty I want. Beauty has got to be astonishing, astounding — it’s got to burst in on you like a dream, like the exquisite eyes of a girl.
from F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flappers and Philosophers

The holiday season has arrived. Dressing up for a razzle-dazzle evening…

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