green

Daoist Mountain - China

Trees - Beijing, China

Ferns - Edge of Northamptonshire, UK

Seaweed - Norfolk, UK

Trees - Porlock, UK

my favourite colour

tulips

Mini Diana
iso 400
lomography colour film

kissing in the blue dark

mural on paramount studios building, hollywood, los angeles - summer 2007

rock me - sister rosetta tharpe

jesus doesn't want me for a sunbeam (demo) - nirvana

about her - malcolm mcclaren

a change is gonna come - sam cooke

video games - lana del ray

don't cry - guns n' roses

windmills of your mind - dusty springfield

what goes around.../...comes around - justin timberlake

perfidia - glenn miller

quizas, quizas, quizas - nat king cole

i put a spell on you - nina simone

in the wee small hours of the morning - frank sinatra

moon and moon - bat for lashes

i'll be your mirror - velvet underground

say it ain't so -weezer

something better - marianne faithful

bleecker street - simon & garfunkel

horchata - vampire weekend

those were the days of roses (martha) - lee hazelwood

current playlist, autumn 2012

jellyfish blue

happy magic water cube, beijing water cube water park formerly known as beijing national aquatics centre built for the 2008 beijing olympics

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/apr/06/big-picture-happy-magic-water-park#

interior of carnaby street monki store, london - the magical sea of scallops

http://www.monki.com/About#jFilterForm=Country%3D%26pageSizeControl%3D12%26City%3D%26pageControl%3D1

outfit inspired by the happy magic water cube:

Carmen cardigan - Monki

Skinny jeans - Uniqlo

Grey Mountain Lake booties - Clarks

christmas crackers, icy turquoise and clara bow

I've just read this post and it's really inspired me to think about my Christmas day outfit. I normally stick to my alpine jumper but that's getting a bit repetitive now and I want to get more wear out of it generally during the season rather than just saving it for Christmas day... I do have a red and green checked 1950s dress (which my sister calls my christmas cracker dress) that I usually wear quite a lot during the summer but rarely at this time of year - perhaps that's a missed opportunity I've overlooked? I've also got what I like to think of as my Marilyn Monroe ski lodge jumper - as I image that it's the kind of thing she may have worn if she were visiting such a place - a Biba black knitted polo neck with leopard print faux fur cuffs which is another possibility. Hmm. I think I need to give this some thought - it needs to be something comfortable and warm for relaxing in that will allow for an expanding waistline after eating too much... Do you plan a Christmas day outift?
I've just painted my nails with my newish Barry M nail-varnish in turquoise. (I do love their range of flat opaque colours - not a big fan of metallic nail-varnish myself). I thought it seemed appropriate for today's very cold icy weather but I'm not so sure if it looks right against my cold pink hands? Perhaps I just need to get used to it - I usually stick to reds, dark reds or coral.
Yesterday I dyed my hair, my hair has not been it's natural colour since I was seventeen, and this time I went for a more obvious shade of red rather than the gingery colour I've favoured for a while now - although after a few washes my hair normally returns to said gingery shade. My hair has been red predominantly for the last twelve years, with the odd period of black and an 'interesting' blonde period, as it's the colour that suits me best. I feel frustrated that my natural shade of mousy brown does nothing for my complexion and makes my incredibly pale skin look washed out and sallow. And with my new darker shade and recently trimmed bob (courtesy of my sister's excellent self-taught hairdressing skills) I'm quite liking my Clara Bow-esque look. Damn it if only it were natural!

a christmas aesthetic?

Paris themed posts will come soon ( I keep forgetting to charge my camera so I can download the photos and I may need to draft them a few times...) but in the meantime I'm trying to decide on a theme/aesthetic for my Christmas cards for this year. Last year's had a gothic theme and featured a raven (or crow?) and lots of frosty coloured glitter! I was really pleased with them as they met with my appreciation for the slightly darker things in life and general dislike of the typical snowman/father christmas/redgreenwhite aesthetic so I'm finding it hard to come up with something better this year... Generally I try to go for a wintery seasonal theme rather than a festive Christmas one. So far I've come up with a few ideas: a green/gold/leopard print combination (one of my favourite colour combinations generally), a yellow/orange/gold/woodprint 70s aesthetic featuring woodland animals eg. squirrels, owls, deer or something collage based depending on what's in my collaging bag. I'm thinking the orange and yellow idea might be the best? Do you spend a long time agonising over an aesthetic for your Christmas cards/wrapping/decorations?

P.S. The herbs are growing - photos to come soon!

some blue...

Have started knitting a scarf using some wool oddments that are too small to do anything else with. It's progressing quite quickly (for me) - this is an evening's worth of knitting. I'm not particularity good I can only do flat straight things like scarves or blankets or... yep that's it. My knitting is a source of amusement for my mum and sister (my mum was an accomplished knitter by the time she was 10!) it's normally so tight that it doesn't move along the needles very easily. This attempt is much looser but this looseness is causing many other problems like dropped stitches and randoms loops and some strange looking stitches... but I'm quite liking these quirks I think they add some character to my funny little scarf.
I go through phases of liking colours. At the moment I'm really being drawn to blues and turquoises so was pleased that many of my wool oddments feel into this colour group. Although there is still a strong green bias but it's my favourite colour so that can't be helped...
On the subject of 'blue' I saw Roger Hiorn's amazing installation, Seizure, that earned him his Turner Prize nomination last week. He's covered the interior of a flat, that's due for demolition, with copper sulphate crystals and it's quite incredible. Photos just don't do it justice.