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One of the most beautiful things on the planet. A grandmothers love via food.

If grandmothers around the world had a rallying cry, it would probably sound something like “You need to eat!”

Photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s grandmother said something similar to him before one of his many globetrotting work trips. To ensure he had at least one good meal, she prepared for him a dish of ravioli before he departed on one of his adventures.  

“In that occasion I said to my grandma ‘You know, Grandma, there are many other grandmas around the world and most of them are really good cooks,” Galimberti wrote via email. “I’m going to meet them and ask them to cook for me so I can show you that you don’t have to be worried for me and the food that I will eat!’ This is the way my project was born!”

The project, “Delicatessen With Love”, took Galimberti to 58 countries where he photographed grandmothers with both the ingredients and finished signature dishes.

He acted as photographer and stylist during each shoot with the grandmothers, taking a portrait of both the women and the food they made for him.

From top to bottom: 

Inara Runtule, 68, Kekava, Latvia. Silke €(herring with potatoes and cottage cheese). Grace Estibero, 82, Mumbai, India. Chicken vindaloo.

Susann Soresen, 81, Homer, Alaska. Moose steak.

Serette Charles, 63, Saint-Jean du Sud, Haiti. Lambi in creole sauce.

The photographer’s grandmother Marisa Batini, 80, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Swiss chard and ricotta Ravioli with meat sauce.

Normita Sambu Arap, 65, Oltepessi (Masaai Mara), Kenya. Mboga and orgali (white corn polenta with vegetables and goat).

Julia Enaigua, 71, La Paz, Bolivia. Queso Humacha (vegetables and fresh cheese soup).

Fifi Makhmer, 62, Cairo, Egypt. Kuoshry (pasta, rice and legumes pie).

Isolina Perez De Vargas, 83, Mendoza, Argentina. Asado criollo (mixed meats barbecue).

Bisrat Melake, 60, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Enjera with curry and vegetables.

Fabulous and genius.

Auto Mechanics Pose Dramatically to Recreate Renaissance Paintings

Photographer Freddy Fabris has paid homage to the great Renaissance master painters using his camera instead of a brush. This unique tribute—aptly called The Renaissance Series—fuses contemporary culture with the dramatic styling of the original portraits.

“Oh what we can be if we stoped carrying the remains of who we were.” …Tyler Knott Gregson #reflection #nofilter https://www.instagram.com/p/CVGlS42vmKS/?utm_medium=tumblr

Pretty darned close.

I will always reblog this

Ahahaha-absolutely. 💙Buster Keaton

What a beautiful photograph.

Photo by Fred Lyon

From The Judy Garland Show, originally aired by CBS on January 12th, 1964.

The most beautiful post yet. Strong capable, fearless, women.

Women In History

I grew up believing that women had contributed nothing to the world until the 1960′s. So once I became a feminist I started collecting information on women in history, and here’s my collection so far, in no particular order. 

Lepa Svetozara Radić (1925–1943) was a partisan executed at the age of 17 for shooting at German soldiers during WW2. As her captors tied the noose around her neck, they offered her a way out of the gallows by revealing her comrades and leaders identities. She responded that she was not a traitor to her people and they would reveal themselves when they avenged her death. She was the youngest winner of the Order of the People’s Hero of Yugoslavia, awarded in 1951

23 year old Phyllis Latour Doyle was British spy who parachuted into occupied Normandy in 1944 on a reconnaissance mission in preparation for D-day. She relayed 135 secret messages before France was finally liberated. 

Catherine Leroy, War Photographer starting with the Vietnam war. She was taken a prisoner of war. When released she continued to be a war photographer until her death in 2006.

Lieutenant Pavlichenko was a Ukrainian sniper in WWII, with a total of 309 kills, including 36 enemy snipers. After being wounded, she toured the US to promote friendship between the two countries, and was called ‘fat’ by one of her interviewers, which she found rather amusing. 

Johanna Hannie “Jannetje” Schaft was born in Haarlem. She studied in Amsterdam had many Jewish friends. During WWII she aided many people who were hiding from the Germans and began working in resistance movements. She helped to assassinate two nazis. She was later captured and executed. Her last words were “I shoot better than you.”. 

Nancy wake was a resistance spy in WWII, and was so hated by the Germans that at one point she was their most wanted person with a price of 5 million francs on her head. During one of her missions, while parachuting into occupied France, her parachute became tangled in a tree. A french agent commented that he wished that all trees would bear such beautiful fruit, to which she replied “Don’t give me any of that French shit!”, and later that evening she killed a German sentry with her bare hands. 

After her husband was killed in WWII, Violette Szabo began working for the resistance. In her work, she helped to sabotage a railroad and passed along secret information. She was captured and executed at a concentration camp at age 23. 

Grace Hopper was a computer scientist who invented the first ever compiler. Her invention makes every single computer program you use possible. 

Mona Louise Parsons was a member of an informal resistance group in the Netherlands during WWII. After her resistance network was infiltrated, she was captured and was the first Canadian woman to be imprisoned by the Nazis. She was originally sentenced to death by firing squad, but the sentence was lowered to hard lard labor in a prison camp. She escaped. 

Simone Segouin was a Parisian rebel who killed an unknown number of Germans and captured 25 with the aid of her submachine gun. She was present at the liberation of Paris and was later awarded the ‘croix de guerre’. 

Mary Edwards Walker is the only woman to have ever won an American Medal of Honor. She earned it for her work as a surgeon during the Civil War. It was revoked in 1917, but she wore it until hear death two years later. It was restored posthumously. 

Italian neuroscientist won a Nobel Prize for her discovery of nerve growth factor. She died aged 103. 

EDIT

jinxedinks added: Her name was Rita Levi-Montalcini. She was jewish, and so from 1938 until the end of the fascist regime in Italy she was forbidden from working at university. She set up a makeshift lab in her bedroom and continued with her research throughout the war.  

A snapshot of the women of color in the woman’s army corps on Staten Island

This is an ongoing project of mine, and I’ll update this as much as I can (It’s not all WWII stuff, I’ve got separate folders for separate achievements). 

File this under: The History I Wish I’d Been Taught As A Little Girl

Now that’s a dignified, beautiful car.

1941 Packard 180 Roadster

© hyman LTD

Exactly.

Exquisite!!!!

Pierre House  / San Juan Islands

© olson kundig

Exquisite. Amd fun to boot. The ways ought to be.

This is Foxglove. It’s a classy umbrella boutique in Hong Kong, that sells silver-handled English “brollies” but it has a big secret. Foxglove caters to the fantasy of being a British spy.

There is one umbrella’s silver handle that will open the door to the posh, luxury world of the gentleman spy. 

The dining room and bar look like a private jet. 

The hallway looks like a cruise ship. 

Then, there’s a room that looks like a high-speed train car.

There’s one other hidden entrance that can only be accessed by guests who know to place their hand on a floral painting, (until it glows), at the end of a corridor. This signals the undercover bartender to open the door where a classic library awaits.

Pretty swanky, huh? 

When you’re ready to go, take the elevator back down to the umbrella shop.

http://www.foxglovehk.com/

Exquisite work.

Burton Agnes 🇬🇧 🏰

So far, the only camping I could tolerate. Haha

Auto Camp

Russian River • Santa Barbara • Yosemite • Cape Cod (Coming Soon)

© Auto Camp

Now THAT is a bicycle that makes me want to ride it.

O N E G E A R

© raflinko

Gosh that’s elegant

Peace and tranquility.

Two Pavilions  ( East Sussex, England) -  Carmody Groarke

Stunning

Cape

Late 18th Century 

MET

Exquisite.

1958 Mercedes Benz Ponton  220SE Cabrio

© arthur bechtel classic motors

Wow, just eow. Metaphor, literal, gutteral, gorgrous, and moving. All at the sane time.

wien

Spent Saturday morning doing one if my favorite things; cleaning the house and moving furniture. As @lillianmashburn suggested, I’ll call them ‘collections’-just those do-dads we collect throughout life that please tour senses and lend a hand to ease your daily life. Almost all cathedral drawing tools and wax stamp/envelope series for this years @shoprala Christmas offerings, all reside on this table. #thecathedralguy #richardsewellart #waxsealstamp #pan #prestonfarabow @shoprala #templepittmanhouse #jonathany #feelingcozy (at Temple-Pittman House) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1l5JasAtK2/?igshid=4i149nlaqnhu

As much as I’m looking forward to getting back to my drafting board today who wants to go out in this mess? Stormy days beckon me to stay home and be calm. I thought I mention it’s time for the Oaks-Pittman Art Salon V while enjoying gifts from friends, like a pear off an esplanade Blount Mansion’s director gave us to try. Mutual community representation all in one spot. #jclayendecker #gladiolas #lawinteriors @farmerforager #glasseggs #blountmansion #oakspittmancollaboration (at Temple-Pittman House) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1d0h96Anti/?igshid=1q7x2u267u4gf