August

"The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its tuning.  The weeks that come before are only a climb from the balmy spring, and those that follow a drop to the chill of autumn, but the first week of August is motionless, and hot.  It is curiously silent, too, with blank white dawns and glaring noons, and sunsets smeared with too much color.  Often at night there is lightening, but it quivers all alone."

- Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting

Sweet August

Fairest of the months!
Ripe summer's queen
The hey-day of the year
With robes that gleam with sunny sheen
Sweet August doth appear.

-  R. Combe Miller

Miles Blue, I Mean Redd

August marks the first full issue of Town & Country with Stephen Drucker at the helm and it looks like he's already off to a great start. Included in the issue is a fabulous, I mean ridiculously fabulous home that New York interior designer Miles Redd designed in Atlanta. These are just three of my favorite photos from the spread. I am dying over all the gorgeous shades of blue. If he keeps this up, he might have to change his name to Miles Blue instead of Redd! Definitely pick up a copy today!

Photos by Francesco Lagnese

Art Smart: August Ugallery Picks

I am always amazed by the talent of the emerging artists available from Ugallery. This month, I have decided to highlight more great summer and travel inspired art. Enjoy!

Eastern Shore Hayfield 6/14/05 2:30pm, 2007, oil on canvas, Caroline Hajjar, Pratt Institute, $400

Riverside, CA, 2007, acrylic on canvas, Toni Silber-Delerive, Philadelphia College of Art, $2000

Roma, 2009, oil on canvas, Case Jernigan, The College of William and Mary, $500

Sound, 2008, oil on canvas, Saule Piktys, Santa Monica College, $3000

Steam Heat, 2009, photography, Hannah Colclazier, University of Oklahoma, $125

True Colors of Summer, 2009, oil on canvas, Katie Puenner, Columbia College Chicago, $475

Middle Path, 2009, photography, Laura Bomar, Kenyan College, $70

Purple and Blue Tree I, 2009, acrylic on canvas, Colette Wirz, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, $1400

Top Artwork: Fish Line II, 2009, oil on canvas, Sarah Beth Goncarova, Virginia Commonwealth University, $1800