11.29.2010
mickey smith - dark side of the lens...
A brilliant short film on being a surf photographer.
Stunningly beautiful.
11.28.2010
robert ryan exhibition..
Yesterday we went to the Robert Ryan exhibition and I was completely blown away by his beautiful paper cut works. They are so intricate, standing in front of one you can't help but be moved by them,such thoughtful words and stunning images. If I had £2000 I would've purchase the one above on the left....but instead we bought a mug and a printed tile - just as lovely.
11.27.2010
snow....
Took this photo today on a walk through the fields. England does suit a bit of snow. Pretty hey. Poor moo-cows didn't know what had hit them....brrr.
11.26.2010
Use Less Plastic...
Found this on the Do Village website. Having just returned from Cornwall
I was shocked to see how much plastic waste washes up on the shore in the UK.
11.24.2010
Ellie Goulding 'Your Song'
This is currently on TV here heaps as it features in the John Lewis
Christmas ad, I haven't tired of it yet though. It's a beautiful cover
of Sir Elton John's 'Your Song'. Enjoy.
11.22.2010
11.19.2010
yum...
Just made Nigel Slaters Quick Korma....should have taken a photo, next time. Anyhoo it's super yummy and easy. Here's the recipe. We made the mushroom version but you can make it with meat if you want. Make it, so good. I've never made a 'Nigel' but I'm really impressed with this one and last night we had the chilli feta quick supper which was also really yummy. Go get cooking.
11.18.2010
happiness is bags, lots of bags...
Fanny Bostrom is a very tallented artist from New York married to the very tallented photographer behind Backyard Bill. Too cool. Anyhow she has just released a collection of handmade accessories called Folki which means people in Gypsy. Too too cool. Read all about it here.
Oh and by the way that's one of her bags, modelled by FannyB herself.
11.17.2010
golden sands....
No surf but still a beautiful day for a beach walk, soaking up some
of that famous Cornish golden light.
Loving the 'shake-it' polaroid App.
crochet inspiration...
I feel inspired to crochet a blanket like this, must find some more wool. A beautiful mess. From here via lena at wee textile.
11.13.2010
she's crafty...
My latest crochet blanket.
Made from vintage wool that I discovered recently in the Wadebridge op shop.
11.12.2010
a beautiful poem....
The Men Who Don’t Fit In – Robert W. Service
There’s a race of men that don’t fit in,
A race that can’t stay still;
So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
And they roam the world at will.
They range the field and they rove the flood,
And they climb the mountain’s crest;
Theirs is the curse of the gypsy blood,
And they don’t know how to rest.
A race that can’t stay still;
So they break the hearts of kith and kin,
And they roam the world at will.
They range the field and they rove the flood,
And they climb the mountain’s crest;
Theirs is the curse of the gypsy blood,
And they don’t know how to rest.
If they just went straight they might go far;
They are strong and brave and true;
But they’re always tired of the things that are,
And they want the strange and new.
They say: “Could I find my proper groove,
What a deep mark I would make!”
So they chop and change, and each fresh move
Is only a fresh mistake.
They are strong and brave and true;
But they’re always tired of the things that are,
And they want the strange and new.
They say: “Could I find my proper groove,
What a deep mark I would make!”
So they chop and change, and each fresh move
Is only a fresh mistake.
And each forgets, as he strips and runs
With a brilliant, fitful pace,
It’s the steady, quiet, plodding ones
Who win in the lifelong race.
And each forgets that his youth has fled,
Forgets that his prime is past,
Till he stands one day, with a hope that’s dead,
In the glare of the truth at last.
With a brilliant, fitful pace,
It’s the steady, quiet, plodding ones
Who win in the lifelong race.
And each forgets that his youth has fled,
Forgets that his prime is past,
Till he stands one day, with a hope that’s dead,
In the glare of the truth at last.
He has failed, he has failed; he has missed his chance;
He has just done things by half.
Life’s been a jolly good joke on him,
And now is the time to laugh.
Ha, ha! He is one of the Legion Lost;
He was never meant to win;
He’s a rolling stone, and it’s bred in the bone;
He’s a man who won’t fit in.
He has just done things by half.
Life’s been a jolly good joke on him,
And now is the time to laugh.
Ha, ha! He is one of the Legion Lost;
He was never meant to win;
He’s a rolling stone, and it’s bred in the bone;
He’s a man who won’t fit in.
From here
11.11.2010
Thanks to Rummeybears I now have a new obsession, West German Pottery....have a look on ebay, very exciting.
Hoot
Little owl big owl...... big one from a vintage shop in Cornwall and little one from local op shop.
Hello
Won these from the local auction house, plus a whole lot of other stuff that we really didn't need but once we saw these little beauties we had to buy the 'lot' which included some huge mixing bowls and lots of other stuff. By the way they're salt and pepper shakers, cute hey.
Christmas has arrived at howies.
I like the howies Winter survival kit....
Lots of tea
Cosy Blankets
Homely soups
Thick socks
Chocolate
Plenty of dry logs
Matches
Some good books
The knowledge that no winter can last forever
Great Barrier Magic....
A beautiful house on Great Barrier, one of 15 finalist in residential category of the World Architecture Festival, judged in Barcelona last week. Read more about it here.
11.10.2010
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