Sorry I haven’t been posting here consistently this week. I’ve been working on the January issue of The Carriage Journal, which is due to the printer soon. And now we’re in the midst of a (minor, we hope!) ice storm, so we left the office early today. If any of you are in the path of this storm, be safe!
December 4, 2013
restored to its former splendor
Posted by Jennifer under carriage collections, carriages / carriage types1 Comment
I’m always receiving news items from CAA members for the association’s weekly e-newsletter. So when I get an email with the subject line “Member e-News,” I usually just file it away until the next Wednesday morning, when I prepare that week’s issue.
When I opened the email from a CAA member in Belgium this morning, I found ten splendid photos. I have room for just one of them in the newsletter, but they’re too gorgeous not to share, so I’m posting them all here.
Here’s the story, as it will appear in today’s newsletter:
“CAA member Patrick Schroven (a carriage restorer in Belgium) wrote to announce that his firm has finished the restoration of their Dress Chariot by Fr. Flack of Vienna. The project took 3,900 hours to complete! Patrick wrote, ‘The carriage is set in our stable colors of cobalt blue with golden yellow, and the panels bear our family coat of arms and crest. The pure silk cloth for the interior upholstery, an exact copy from a royal carriage, was specially woven for us and the matching broadlace is true ‘épinglé’ carriage lace. This is a beautiful example of a late-nineteenth-century state vehicle and a fine addition to our private collection.'”
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Curious about CAA membership (which includes subscriptions to our magazine, The Carriage Journal, and our weekly e-newsletter)? Visit the CAA’s website to learn more!
December 2, 2013
I’ll admit: I refuse to decorate for Christmas or even listen to Christmas music until after Thanksgiving weekend. And I won’t do any Christmas shopping that weekend, if I can help it. To my mind, the best possible way to spend the Friday after Thanksgiving is to eat a big piece of pumpkin pie for breakfast and then enjoy a relaxing day at home.
But now that we’re into December, I wanted to share this adorable Christmas ad we saw on TV this weekend. If you’ve already seen this on the CAA’s Facebook page, I apologize for the dual posting, but it’s worth it! 🙂
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November 27, 2013
It’s a good deal colder here now than November (or even nearly December) in Lexington ought to be, and we even have a bit of — gasp! — snow. A tiny bit, to be sure, but snow nonetheless.
The cold makes me want to bundle up and hibernate. Which I think I’ll do for the next few days, as it’s a long holiday weekend and all. And I’m also, therefore, declaring a brief holiday from blogging. I’ll see you back here on Monday. And to all my readers here in the U.S.: Happy Thanksgiving!
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November 22, 2013
I’ll be designing a new set of CAA decals / stickers soon, and I have three vehicles to choose from.
Which one would you vote for: the private Omnibus, the commercial vehicle, or the Omnibus with the luggage rack on top?
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The Slower Road 