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Calistoga Vintage Vineyard Home
My inspiration for this post comes from a home I photographed in Calistoga last week, located near the natural geyser and Mount St. Helena this plot of farmland is quintessential California circa 1920′s. This property is listed with David Como of Coldwell Banker. Next week look for a special home viewing, there are two possibilities [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Life inside Finland: Helsinki Homes (part II)
I’m happy to be living once again in California, luxuriating in sunny days, but sometimes I long for the quiet that comes with snow. I miss those magical moments in time when the city I lived in turned into a tranquil wonderland of white. I lived in Helsinki Finland for three years, trying in vain [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Life inside Finland: Helsinki homes
I’m happy to be living once again in California, luxuriating in sunny days, but sometimes I long for the quiet that comes with snow. I miss those magical moments in time when the city I lived in turned into a tranquil wonderland of white. I lived in Helsinki Finland for three years, trying in vain [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Autumn Inspiration
A bite in the air and a cool wind, fall is upon us. Fall photos by Indra Fortney. Note- some are by other photographers, these are tagged. NEW POST ON MONDAY. Ceramic lamps from West Elm I love these glass gourd lamps- West Elm. Nature is the best decorator flickr photo Greek village Artist files. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Textures and colors: Corfu Greece.
Eight years ago I bought a villa on the island of Corfu and ever since this sparkling spot of Mediterranean bliss has pulled me towards its sun soaked shores. The island has two names, the first name, Kerkyra, is Greek. The name relates to two powerful water symbols, one for the sea and one for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Notes From Corfu
Here are a few photos fresh out of the camera as we skip around the island of Corfu, Greece. Headed to this lovely little taverna below. Our hotel “Stephanos Place” The grandmother of the hotel (over 90 years old). I have in years past gotten a rental car stuck between these streets, designed for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Greek Design: Simple and Fresh
We are headed to Greece, the island of Corfu to be more specific, this week! While this post is running we will be lounging by the Mediterranean. So of course Greece is my blog topic this week, and in the following weeks look for photos I will be posting from the island. New blog every [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )A Trip To Tallin Estonia
All photos by Indra Fortney, copyright applies. With the advantage of being only a four and a half hour ferry ride (before the arrival of the one and a half hour hydrofoil) away from Finland, Estonia reaped early benefits from tourism spurred by cheap booze. When Finland levied a large tax on alcohol Finns turned [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )An American apartment in Finland and May Day Celebrations in Helsinki
This was our apartment in Helsinki Finland. I lived in Helsinki for three years with my Finnish husband before we moved back to the States last year. I took these photos before I embarked upon my career in professional architectural photography, so these were some of my first amateur attempts. Since this I have photographed over [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Finland -winter wonder land
Photos collected from my three years spent in Helsinki Finland. Photos by Indra Fortney, copyright applies. The park behind our apartment. The standard dress code for children as well as adults. The best coffee shop, built in a place that is rumored to have gotten it’s name from a shepherd that once kept his sheep [...]
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