seen beforeCaught my sight and interest more

This flower had a brilliant smellIt's fragrance I thought I knew so wellThe aroma; Oh so incredibly sweetFilled my body with a pleasurable heat

SUMMER FLOWERS (WATERCOLOR) BY FRAN HENLEY (FRANCES E. SCANDLYN)

Fran Henley, is a double-first cousin to my late father (mothers were sisters and fathers were brothers). She is an acclaimed artist and one of her paintings hangs in the lobby of the Opryland Hotel in Nashville. She gave me this painting as a graduation present years ago. Fran Henley lives in Rockwood, Tennessee and in Venice, Florida.consists of 20 exquisite designs by leading designers from the state and comprises of 60 garments, including ethnic women’s wear created with intricate hand embroideries and block prints and bead works.

The clothing line features fabrics woven from the highest quality silk and cotton from the looms of Mayyil in Kannur district and Balaramapuram in the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram. The line also features cotton silk, a fabric developed on a market scale for the first time by Kerala Handlooms.

The People’s Company is the brainchild of six young people who are graduates from the College of Engineering, in Thiruvananthapuram (CET).

Under the program Operation Phoenix, The People's Company will integrate all weavers' societies in the state into a single production system and create linkage between new generation fashion designers passing