happiness

three things to make me happy this grey Monday morn:

the delicious breakfast I had yesterday at 
The Market Coffee House with Paper Rock and Scissors

re birthing of plants that have been in hibernation

and lastly, but most importantly,
new shoes

starting the week with a smile

me xxx

denise kupferschmidt

thank you to all the mountains

for the introduction to

Denise Kupferschmidt

Denise dissects old books and arranges the images 

to create these wonderful paper totems

love it

me xxx

a growing love

freja beha is just about the prettiest thing I ever did see

me xxx

bordeaux beauty

oh yeah hello life

I'm back

I'm ready

and, I seem to be, a bit more able

what fun HawkandFallow had in Bordeaux!

and who could blame her with this type of beauty surrounding?

the chateau -

the bedrooms

the gardens

the views

 

the roaring fire in the kitchen

 

the bike rides

 

the food 

(yes, I did eat this all by myself,

for lunch.)

 

the village

me xxx

un peu de repose

I am a very lucky girl ...

Tomorrow morning I fly to France for a whole long week

and I simply cannot wait

You know when you desperately need to be away from everything?

When you reach your limits and the wound in your heart needs space to heal?

"Music needs the hollowness of the flute,
letters the blankness of the page,
light the void called window,
holiness the absence of self."

see you all in a weeks time

when hopefully the fresh air will have blown away the cobwebs

me xxx

potato love

a very happy valentine's day to you all

isn't my lover, just, beautiful?

me xxx

“I think we’re just gonna to have to be secretly in love with each other and leave it at that, Ritchie.”

The Royal Tenenbaums

chanel

Chanel haute couture

spring/summer 2011

I love these backstage photographs by Benoit Peverelli 

me xxx

they're just clothes

ok, so I am a bit hesitant about this post.

I want to pre-empt it all by saying,

this will not become a blog in which I post a picture 

of myself every day.

ok? phew.

'embroidered 3/4 sleeve' blouse and 'black dot spot high waisted' shorts

both from Topshop

me xxx

leah dieterich

"Leah Dieterich's mother always told her to write thank you notes. 

So she does. To everything. 

thxthxthx is her daily exercise in gratitude."

 I just love clever funny people, don't you?

they make life better.

me xxx

(thank you girl-with-a-diamond for the tip off)

james oh james oh james

can this boy do no wrong

my soul has been touched, allow yours to be too

 

simply beautiful

thank you James Blake 

me xxx

love this

 

me xxx

brooks shane salzwedel

yet again 'My Black Book' has shared 

a beautiful little secret with us

 in the shape of

Brooks Shane Salzwedel

His ephemeral landscapes are created using layers 

of graphite, tape and resin

His work is spell bounding.

I want to float in his world please.

 

they give me the feeling of being lost, but being ok with that

me xxx