… I’ve been getting out in the garden. And engaged in some brutal hacking garden maintenance. But I felt sad about those fallen sprays of soft and velvet-y grey-green, and gathered them up, and made an arrangement. Quite nice, don’t you think?…
Tag: random life stuff
A minimal summer wardrobe
I was reading one of my favourite fashion blogs Garance Dore and came across a list; the perfect minimalist, functional and fabulous wardrobe. Paraphrased, it goes something like this: Black cashmere turtleneck Grey v-neck cashmere sweater Silk shirts Three pairs…
Tracing through the years
I have a small collection of Burda magazines from the late 70’s and early 80’s. These were bought new back then by my mother for her own use and I have them now for safe-keeping. I loved looking through these…
Australia Day
Today is Australia Day, and what better cuisine to enjoy than a meat pie and sauce served on a paper bag. Mmmm mmmm. Fabio approves. Wishing all a perfectly wonderful day!
Coming to my senses…
Employing that pleasing dichotomy of minimal with steam-punk in my outfit today… yeah? Dichotomy. Is good stuff. Now, I’ve had a re-think. And thank you all for helping me to come to my senses! I did feel a…
Crunching the Numbers…
I’ve been pretty inspired by reading some posts by other bloggers on the sum total of their clothing expenditure; particularly Waves with her very interesting breakdown of her clothing costs for 2011 and her feelings and thoughts on the same, and Terri…
Calico cotton cardigan
The good news: I’ve knitted a cardigan! I bought this perfectly lovely ivory cotton yarn at the beginning of last spring, and started this cardigan when I had finished the garter stitch jacket. I can be a pretty quick knitter…
2011; a year in review
A favourite picture from each month of last year. May has two, because I could not choose between them… January; here. February; here March; here. April; here May; pretty chuffed with my ballgown, here. I made the accessories and the evening…
