(scroll down for entire comment) Ive been working, cautiously & slowly, on this for three days. Windows, flowers, glints on jewelry, windowpanes, and fabrics are, quite frankly, easy to do once youve got a few technical-tricks under your belt (sorry, John Singer Sargent...but its true). Tinting a lovely womans face, is, however, d-f-f-i-c-u-l-t....at least for monochromatic me. I got home from the Walmart this afternoon and was sufficiently emboldened by the experience to simply say Oh, just sit down and DO it...if you screw up, it wont matter....she doesnt even know youre painting her.... I hope this has turned out okay (trust me...several folks on this list know Mary Frances quite well, and theyll let me know if Ive done an unworthy job). Mississippi-born&bred Mary Frances is a retired French professor. Amusingly enough, shes also a former gradskool classmate of James Villas (the longtime food editor for Town & Country) and the former French professor of Vogues editor-at-large (to say the least), Andre Leon Talley (google him if you dont know who he is; hes really something, as we say back home). As far as Im concerned, that is an overwhelming amount of sheer, irrepressible, famously temperamental FABULOUSNESS(!!!!!!!) to have dealt with during one lifetime. Predictably enough, Mary Frances seems to have gracefully negotiated both relationships and remains fond of both men....as she seems to be of everyone. I threw a surprise birthday party, this past Sunday and here at the house, for Mary Frances. Normally, I wouldnt even consider doing this to a grown-up, but shes famously gracious & forgiving....so, I took the risk. Mary Frances was successfully snookered by my leading her to believe that she was picking up 92 year old Elizabeth Spencer (whos also a Mississippi girl) so that we could celebrate Elizabeths having recently published Starting Over. Elizabeth has, of course, had more than enough of being feted since her latest book came out a couple of months ago. Well.....As Stevie Wonder sang.....Isnt she lovely?
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 23:15:04 +0000
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