World Lullabies

Soir means Evening.

 

 

image by Mark Riboud

 

To me 'evening' is one of the most beautiful words in the English language-- just the sound of it makes me think of a time to relax and unwind from a long day.

 

However,our newest creation, my son Aydin, has made evening a bit of an adventure... to say the least. :)

 

To appease this little tike and get some peace in the process, my husband and I did some searching for lullabies, in his native language: Turkish, and in mine: Arabic. We came across something lovely that kept us searching different nationalities and seeing these connections of cultures all expressing a little about their heritage or ways of life thru a simple song...

 

Here are a few examples and I hope that they may help any parents out there to get their little ones to sleep..
 

 

African Lullaby

 

Turkish Lullaby

 

 

Armenian Lullaby

 

Arabic Lullaby

 

And if anyone has any others to share please do!! :)))

Home Fronts

If I had a million dollars, besides buying a lot of fancy catsup, I would have a beautiful home taking ideas from these lovely abodes..


check out the fantastic green 'living wall'  how it connects the exterior to the inside- Suzuki would be so proud.


no bad chi in an oval house...from artechnic architects



this fantastic flooring reminds me a little of snake skin, or one finish that has worn away to reveal another.


lovely stair storage for all your kitchen stuff (images above from Oui)


I love the open-ness of this space it makes me want to start placing my own furniture in there.
(image above from got Arch)


from the same home, this exterior glazed tile is just beautiful.

okay lastly-not a house for you or me- but God... and a strange one at that...



I don't know about you but this is kind of freaking me out..
(deconstructed photo of a church-by Michael Jantzen)