Ice cream
Loving the ice-cream colours of this John Boker painting. Photo from the equally-lovely @msahnpaints Insta feed.
pretty
A little madness
A little madness in the Spring /
is wholesome even for the King
Emily Dickinson. As ever with ED, there are so many meanings, that I could read a sentence forever. But right now, while weighing up whether I should see the ED biopic A Quiet Passion, I’m just enjoying these madly extravagant coiffures and bonnets.
From top to bottom: an early Picasso I’ve always liked, The Duchess of Kent, Julia Lady Peel, and a fashion shoot in this month’s Harpers Bazaar.
Blossom
Pink
magnolia
white
London and Basingstoke, 2017
Spring fancies
Top to bottom: Hera by George Washington Lambert (image from paintings.daily Instagram feed), lemons from thelittleran Instagram feed, LK Bennett’s sash pink court shoe, gingerbread house in Savannah (image from wanderwonders Instagram feed)
Poplin
These might be men’s pyjamas but I’d still love a pair myself. The Cecil Chambray pyjamas from Poplin.
Go now, go now: Josef Frank
I’ve posted about both Josef Frank of Svenskt Tenn and the Fashion and Textile Museum before, but now they’ve combined in one glorious show.
Just go!
There’s so much life and colour, and I loved the comfy chairs everywhere that you were encouraged to sit in.
Possibly my favourite bits came at the end, with Frank’s watercolours
and a display of more recent Swedish textiles.
Photos February 2017.
Tea and cake
Combining my loves of illustration and cake, the Instagram feed They Draw and Cook has brought me to these beauties
by Piedu Macaroni
by Henn Kim
by Roisin Cure
Twinkling dark
Last year I went on a walk round town as dusk was falling and as the town was lit up. As it’s still the 12 days of Christmas and time to enjoy a sparkle or two I thought I’d do the same. This is a flurry of snapshots throughout the winter months, but I still like a good wander round and through town.
South Kensington, Trafalgur Square, the Strand, Hoxton, Farringdon, Walthamstow. East, West and Central London.
All photos November and December 2016.
Happy
My favourite time of year just might be when lights go up in trees. The ice rink at Somerset House is close second. Photos from Pinterest mainly.
Lemon pop
Because how could you not feel happy looking at these, and we all need a bit of yellow to lift us through the SAD.
I actually went down an Internet rabbit hole looking for a magazine image I couldn’t find, but I found these instead. Images a mix of internet finds from Remodelista.com and Pinterest, and my own photos on the hoof.
