That Blue Again

Paris

Paris in Blue

Went to Paris, in September, 

a few years ago...it was warm, 

and awfully sunny, and pretty 

much a dream come true. 

Everything you might 

want Paris is to be.

Fabulous.

I fell in love with the cobblestones 

and the blues. Suppose you could

say Paris is where I learned to love

blue.

Like I said.

A dream.

Come true.

barn conversion

Pocknell

worth a

visit

have a cookie, dear

The Selvedge Yard and A Restless Transplant

collaborated with Ralph luminaries on a 

marvelous article over at h(y)r.  Excellent.

The Rights of the Reader

a book that is highly 

recommended by Joan, 

so it must be good

via 7 impossible things,

 a quote from The Rights of the Reader:

"We didn’t confess, 

we weren’t looking for a piece of eternity, but 

it was a moment of communion between us, 

of textual absolution, a return to the only 

paradise that matters: intimacy. 

Without realizing it, we were discovering 

one of the crucial functions of storytelling 

and, more broadly speaking, of art in general, 

which is to offer a respite from human struggle.

Love wore a new skin.

And it was free."

The Shambles Museum Four-Day Sale

simon chorley 

art and antiques

reference: 

gardenhistorygirl

feels like home

Will save you from the six-page essay I'd like to write right now about why this feels like home. 

Suffice it to say that my family (see: Maine foxes, below) lived in Germany for the first half of the seventies. And Ravensburger (above) was an integral part of everything. 

This morning, while taking note (again) of the brilliant eye of Paul K. (creator of sumptuous BibliOdyssey), saw that he has linked to a German illustrator (Patrick Wirbeleit) whom I can't wait to find out more about. 

And, thankfully, Patrick has, also, a sweet blog. With Ravensburger milch cows und a barn and a field and a house and... Goodbye. I am off to check out Illuopa. Guten Tag and all that (yep. I took German I & II about six times. Would that I were a linguist, but I, sadly, am not).

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Shambles II

Shambles III

Shambles IV

clean palette

right

here:

louise et marcel

angela angela angela

Angela: A brick?

You Daren't Let Us...

Schoolgirl's Weekly

schoolgirls

but wait, there's more!

Tabouret Pauchard 

d’époque en métal 

louise et marcel 

of course, Anna, we

do

agree

with the choice of your chair

"'...the chair was created for use in the weather forecasting room on a battleship,' and notes that it 'was supplied to bars and brasseries by breweries in exchange for selling their beer.'" read more? here and here. buy it? here. hey. what's not to love, with this history? okay. thank you. we'll take six. or eight. Please.

dear reynards

Mr. Huntington, of Maine, has a keen family

of foxes on his site. Made me think of a few

foxes elsewhere. Have a brilliant Monday, all.

a doll's

house