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STYLE - Vintage Clothes on Celebrities
Pure Silk Flapper Dress of the 1920's - made by Martha Battaglia & Louise M. Battaglia in their factory in New York City. Sold at auction in 2000When I was growing up in the 60s and 70s it was...
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CELEBRATIONS - May Day
The Maypole by Peter MillerIt is a glorious day today. The sun is shining, Bluebells are blooming in the woods, Swallows and House Martins swoop overhead, bright Brimstone Butterflies flit amongst the...
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ENCHANTED - Edinburgh
The dark and gothic Edinburgh skylineIt is impossible to be in Edinburgh and not think of gothic horror stories. The skyline is hopelessly romantic, all dark tracery cut into stone towers jutting out...
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OBJECTS OF DESIRE - Willow Treefox Designs and DoGoo Contemporary Clay Idols
Dior 1950s. Sparkly, yes. Gorgeous, yes.And yet I would not buy this. I like to share the work of artists I admire. Like most ladies my eye is attracted by a bit of sparkle but to hold my attention...
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THE POTTERY - Portmeirion
Botanic GardenIntroduced in 1972, you could be forgiven for thinking that Botanic Garden was the only design Portmeirion produced such was it's popularity for at least two decades. It was charming....
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THE JEWEL GARDEN
I've had a blog absence caused by summer finally arriving. The garden is just too magical to resist. After all the rain and extended cold weather there is a lot to do outside. When we moved to the...
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ENCHANTED CHILDHOOD - of Peter Pan, Pirate Ships + tempests
From NeverNeverland on tumblr Midsummer always makes me languid and dreamy. This time last year I was obsessed with Mermaids and now I feel like Wendy waiting for Peter to appear and whisk me off to...
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HAPPILY EVER AFTER - The fairy tale lifestyle
Fairytale mug by Julie DodsworthI'm always delighted when I find some little item which I know will bring a bit of magic and enchantment into my every day life. We cannot all live in a castle or...
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NATURE - Tell the Bees
A favourite tiny plant potfrom The Cliff House, San Francisco Although I grew up in California and spent my teenage years in the heady rock concert culture of San Francisco and Los Angeles, my family...
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DESIRABLE RESIDENCES - A Chelsea Houseboat
Wanted. Serious lottery win to buyChelsea Houseboat. Please. I've had a lifelong love affair with the river Thames. A map of it adorns our hall wall. I read about it and dreamed of it for years before...
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The Pre-Raphaelite Perfection - Kelmscott Manor
An illustrated edition of News From Nowhere or An Epoch of Rest Being some chapters from a Utopian Romance by William MorrisPhotograph from the UIOWA online resource Every now and then I still have to...
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COLOURS - Mellow Yellow
Although I have always loved art I have no talent in that sphere. From an early age I realised this (yet still delighted in art classes) and began to think in terms of colour and texture. I gathered...
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STORYTELLER - Daisy's Diamonds
Carey Mulligan plays Daisy Buchanan in The Great GatsbyDiamonds by Tiffany & CoThere is something really retro about summer that makes us all dreamy and sleepy. Thinking back to past times, the...
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PORTALS - Books
This book proved impossible to resist. We had a third floor in our old cottage in Devon which was comprised of a large 3 roomed attic in the eaves. The smallest room became our study, the cats lounged...
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ARABIAN NIGHTS - in Holland Park
Dalziels Illustrated Arabian Nights EntertainmentsLondon: Ward, Lock, and Co. 1870. A damsel with a dulcimer In a vision once I saw: It was an Abyssinian maid, And on her dulcimer she played, Singing...
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HISTORY - I Have a Dream
Martin Luther KingCome senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don't stand in the doorway Don't block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There's a battle outside And it is...
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VINTAGE AT - The Vintage Bazaar in Devizes
The Vintage Bazaar at the beautiful Corn Exchange in DevizesWe're in the middle of a lot of building work on our cottage. it's been like the Mad Tea Party with electricians, plumbers and plasterers all...
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SEASONS - Summer is Gone
Chinese lanterns beginning to glowNobody on the roadnobody on the beachI feel it in the air the summer's out of reachEmpty lake, empty streets, the sun goes down alone Don Henley, The Boys of SummerWe...
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DARK DECOR - Abigail Ahern Collection for Debenhams
Look who has arrived! (The big guy, not the little one.)This time of year my soul begins to wander towards the woods and all the wild things. Hares are always top of my list and I am very lucky to live...
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CURIOUSER and CURIOUSER - The Throne Chair
Oak Canopy Chair, Monarch Crown, Coat of Arms, Heavily Carved$6,800 From Roberts Antiques at Ruby Lane; I've always been curious about the origin of objects and as soon as I find an 'Object of Desire'...
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