Trip to Florida, part 2a -- Home decor

(Posting Part 2 a-c in reverse order...better on page...)

So, I already posted the sing-a-long version of the trip report; I thought I'd share a few pix.

We first went to visit a couple with whom have been friends for a number of years. Izzy and Mrs. K went to undergrad together. Izzy was an older student, transferring after his initial college went under in the Texas oil bust. Mrs. K (back then Ms. H) was also an older student having just come from the Discalced Carmelite Monastery near Ft. Worth after almost 20 years. She had come out to study the Classics, knowing she would not be going back to the cloistered life. After completing school in TX, she went to Bryn Mawr, where she met Mr. K (an honest-to-goodness Greek from Thessaloniki)...they are both now teaching at SFU. There is also a little guy, who is the apple (or at least the giant Lemon -- see above) of his father's eye.

I cannot find links to pictures of the stained glass windows Mrs. K did while in the monastery--but they were like nothing I had then or have since, seen. Swirls of color, wider and narrower concretions in between glass set at differing depths--just gorgeous.

When we arrived at the little 50's era house in Florida, we were not prepared to be walking into the home of the Pascha. (Cannot say Sultan--remember Daddy is Greek...)

Mrs. K tells us she was "underemployed" for a while after they became parents...I've seen many new parents, and none of them did anything like this:


Front Walkway


Living Room Wall


Entering Dining Room


"Florida Room"


More "Florida Room" -- Note the cat scratches...


Back Garden


Oven & Dishwasher Fronts -- something few of us decorate. There are no swing-open doors on the dishwasher...


Yes, that's Shiva. All four walls have fabric draped up to and gathered at the ceiling fan just above where this picture stops.


Egg Tempera Painting.


Lizzie, herself. Mrs. K had also designed the T-shirt back in the 1980's --a black figure drawing, with one character "using a laptop" (?) that you cannot really see in this photo

There's more at the Flickr site...see next post for the best kids' room ever(!)