Snow Day!

It's Halloween

More Charlotte G

The daughter of Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg has starred in:

The Cement Garden (1993)
Jane Eyre (1996)
21 Grams (2003)
I'm Not There (2007)
Antichrist (2009)

Balenciaga Paris

Love Balenciaga Paris perfume...

Love that they have Charlotte Gainsbourg
as their spokesperson.

David Sedaris For Sunday ...

"We were not a hugging people. In terms of emotional comfort it was our belief that no amount of physical contact could match the healing powers of a well made cocktail."

David's new book - Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

Early Autumn in the Bog

DOT - The World's Smallest Film

Check out this little film from Nokia and produced by Aardmann, the creators of Wallace and Gromit.

Dot

In Memoriam: Maude (1992 - 2009)

Isabella Blow

“They are a cheaper and less painful form of plastic surgery.” – explaining her love of hats.

Friday the 13th

Happy Friday the 13th

Many different theories about the origins of Friday the 13th exist, but this one is a favourite from Norse mythology -

Friday is named for Frigga, the free-spirited goddess of love and fertility. When Norse and Germanic tribes converted to Christianity, Frigga was banished in shame to a mountaintop and labeled a witch. It was believed that every Friday, the spiteful goddess convened a meeting with eleven other witches, plus the devil — a gathering of thirteen — and plotted ill turns of fate for the coming week. For many centuries in Scandinavia, Friday was known as "Witches' Sabbath."

Sunflowers

Passed a wonderful field of sunflowers
on a recent trip to Stratford - amazing!

Tilda Swinton is Fierce

Love her so much!

Check out some of her best work in film:

The Last of England (D. Dereck Jarman - 1988)
Orlando (D. Sally Potter - 1992)
The Beach (D. Danny Boyle - 2000)
The Deep End (D. McGehee/Siegel - 2001)
Michael Clayton (D. Tony Gilroy - 2007)
Burn After Reading (D. Cohen Brothers - 2008)
Julia (D. Eric Zonca - 2008)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (D. David Fincher - 2008)
I Am Love (D. Luca Guadagnino - 2009)

Bayou Bog

Had a great morning walking through the Byron Bog last weekend.
Here are some of the pictures - can't believe how dense it is and
how much it feels like the bayou.

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And here are photos of the Louisiana Bayou...
quite similar, non?

Sarah is Magic Too!

I've been reading Sarah Silverman's book -
The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee

Laughing out loud to the embarrasment of no-one but myself ...

'Make it a Treat' for yourself.

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'I really think everything is fair game.'
- Sarah Silverman

New in the Garden

New blooms for Thursday...

As Dorothy Parker Once Said ...

'A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.'

Coco Chanel said,

'A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.'

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The Classic Chanel Suit - simply fabulous.