Still in Love with Polaroid

After a little haitus from creative inspiration, I've resumed seeking out new design and products and beautiful photographs. Looking through the NatGeo's photo of the day from the past few months, I found these gems: JULY 3, 2014 A Watery Underworld Photograph by Halszka Tutaj-Gasinska A wooden boat floats down a canal in Venice. The Italian city is one of the most visited destinations in the world—its old section receives up to 80,000 tourists a day. JULY 5, 2014 50 Shades of Ray Photograph by Eduardo Lopez Negrete A large school of mobula rays fades into the waters of Baja, Mexico. “The rays were moving quite fast and it was hard enough keeping up with them from the surface, let alone diving down to take a closer look,” writes photographer Eduardo Lopez Negrete. Mobula rays are often referred to as flying rays due to their fondness for breaching. JULY 6, 2014 Leaps and Bounds Photograph by  Mark Bridger , National Geographic Your Shot A young ...

Sukkot , the Festival of Booths, falls two weeks after the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, celebrates the season of harvest, and is commemorated by building temporary hut structures for 7 days. It is custom to decorate, eat, drink, pass time, and sleep in the hut for the duration of Sukkot. The article below was published in the Baltimore Jewish Times. ----- A Sukkah of Joy October 9, 2014 BY ALLIE FREEDMAN With a mural as its highlight, Sy Hefter’s resilient hut continues to inspire Ruth and Sy Hefter’s sukkah, which now resides in Baltimore with their daughter-in-law Wendy and her family, tells a story of resilience. Photo by Wendy Hefter, photo below by Amy Hefter Forty years ago, Ruth and Sy Hefter built a one-of-a-kind sukkah. Four decades later, their temporary holiday hut has lived in three states, survived two major hurricanes and now resides in Baltimore. “My sukkah is inspired from a sukkah at the Jewish Museum in Jerusalem,” said Sy Hefter. “In tha...