Fine Art Daily - August 16, 2010

  • August 16, 2010 05:30

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Pippi Longstocking House in Fernandina Beach, FL
© Jean Dixon Sanders 2010

August 16, 2010
Back from vacay - but it will be a light week - we will be taking the Tall One away to college later this week.
We slipped away to Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island last week. What a delightful place! We stayed away from the beachy scene and found a nice quiet corner in Old Town, right across the street from this Victorian pile which was used in the filming of "The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking". It looks like Miss Haversham could have been happy here so I don't know how the mischievous Pippi and her horse and her monkey were contained. We were told it was painted pink for the movie which might have made all the difference...


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Every day I try to paint & share a bit of my world & work. This is life with Best Beloved, the Pouting Princess, Tall Boy, cats, the weedy garden and the dust bunny-ridden house. I also offer friendly and professional illustration & design services. Please email me at fineartdaily@gmail.com. Visit http://www.chestertownspy.com, too!

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