7.26.2009

tiny trips



beach bum

montauk

garden party
string cheese n me

we've just returned home from a glorious three day visit in beautiful connecticut at the family home of our dearest Wray. i can't wait to share with you the photos of our farm visits, owl encounters, cheese chopping, forest romps and bed of three. the photos above are from last weekend in wonderful montauk. we've been very fortunate to get our bottoms out of the sticky city for the weekends but now i'm feeling ants in my pants to get busy again with pens and paper and sewing machine so i've decided to put together a little craft night for any NY residents interested. let me know if you'd like to join us for a craft potluck this thursday and i can send you some more information about the night.

(the giveaway stories are wonderful! you still have a week to submit so get writing if you haven't already!)

7.20.2009

GIVEAWAY CONTEST FUN



I have for one very lucky (resident of the US) a lovely summer dress by Mink Pink (courtesy of chickdowntown.com) to give away! all i need from you sweet readers is a tale! since my dentist office encounters with various youth magazine "tales of terror" i've been especially eager to hear all cheek rouging stories. as this is a clothing related giveaway i propose that you submit to me a horrifying tale of wardrobe malfunction! i will also settle for embarrassing boy stories, menstrual stories, ghost stories or a simple explanation as to why you should have this lovely floral frock in your possession. I will announce the winner on 08/02/09!

links for more goodies:
Mink Pink
Sir Alistair Rai
Twitter
Facebook

i have plenty of wardrobe tales to tell (even one from today when i realized my crop top was resting on my breast, exposing my brassiere to any unfortunate soul who managed to catch the unintended exposure before i did). One of my favourite tales took place on a cold wintersday in my charming hometown Ottawa. I was trekking through the snow bundled up in all my winter attire when i was approached by a very concerned looking women who politely stopped me to say "excuse me, but, you have a brassiere attached to your scarf. i'm not sure if this is the look you're going for but i thought i'd let you know." it seems that in some fit of passion i had tossed my undergarment in the direction of my outerwear and the hook had caught onto my heavy knit scarf. i think i muttered an embarrassed "thank you, no this was not intentional" and ran off to the safety of my destination while stuffing my bra into my coat. there are countless more stories involving publicly exposed bum, stepping on the clothing of a companion and exposing their nakededness (while accidently exposing own bum), balled up underpants falling out of pants and of course blood, lots of blood. now it is your turn!
good luck!

7.13.2009

pусалочка (the little mermaid)












and one of my favourite parts...


since receiving this in the mail thanks to wonderful netflix i have enjoyed multiple viewings watching with a grin ear to ear each time. i spent many nights as a wee one swooning over my complete works of Hans Christian Andersen and other classic fairy tales illustrating them (and on occasion drawing my own fairy tales: prince falls in love with serf girl, serf girl denies his affections, he relinquishes his crown for her love and labors hard in an effort to prove it, a mish-mash of all my favourites). in our sensible electronic age of "reality" and HD there are very few things that are capable of achieving such dreamy escapism. the story of the little mermaid has secured itself a special spot in my heart from watching this as a little girl, to this book (i to this day treasure) to the beloved disney version (which i naturally fancied as she was a ginger like me). that the hopelessly in love sea lady chose the prince's life over her own happiness has stayed sweet far longer than the happy ending of ariel and prince eric and taught me early a lesson in sacrifice (voice and life for love? what sixteen year old didn't entertain with the idea of giving either up for such a noble cause as love). my eyes are not wanting to stay open but before i head for my pillow i wanted to share with you another tragic sea lady, Ondine. my personal favourite is the ballet version but the Sleep of Ondine is pretty wonderful as well (though tragic in an entirely different, and quite adult, way). i apologize, i realize this whole post is tiresomely long and is probably now making slim sense due to sleep deprivation and hamburger induced coma. good night friends! enjoy the eye candy and sweet tails! ehehehe - tails.

7.08.2009

dog faces






landon and i celebrating our anniversary. we spent the day at the Met, ate street nuts and street chicken then found our very own sunny secluded corner in central park and played with our camera and reclined in soft grass. i love how the grass is a different shade in each picture - oh the glory of a film camera! we went for a movie followed by dinner at our favourite indian restaurant (really its the only indian cuisine we've tried since moving here given our limited finances. their portions are so generous and so delicous that i find my belly rumbling for it at this very moment). time to eat!

7.05.2009

flickr favourites 004

Denishawn dancers selling Liberty Bonds. by New York Public Library weighing by phheww nude stretching in toe shoes by phheww Grecian Guild Studio Quarterly No.12, p. 64 by phheww Grecian Guild Studio Quarterly No.12, p. 16 by phheww lyre on a rock by phheww a doll on a bolster by phheww pre-civilized by phheww firelit nude by phheww nymph mocking a satyr by phheww naiad with weedy hair by phheww Violet Pemberton by phheww tiger skin and fur rugs by phheww enclosed by two feathers by phheww constellation of beauty by phheww one of those snaky ladies like they have over there by phheww What the ... ! by phheww dressing her hair by phheww left with a smile on her face by phheww swinging in sandals by phheww Edmonde Guy and Ernst Van Duren by phheww with a pierrot smoking set by phheww underclothing in the sea by phheww in striped pajamas 01 by phheww L'étrange Nadja by phheww curvaceous 01 by phheww lorelei and swain in swimming attire by phheww L'Emeraude by phheww showing off her long hair by phheww unguarded buttocks by phheww book nook by phheww sapphic fortune-telling by phheww Mack Senett belle by phheww with thurible by phhewwfastening her shoe by phheww after the bath by phheww utter innocence by phheww mink coat, no drawers by phheww fantasy cravat 02 by phheww ? by phheww mounting the rocks by phheww through gilded trellises of the heat, Dolores by phheww death and the maiden by phheww trying on a garland by phheww "Un Bon Vivant" by phheww with a flower on the edge of a tapestry by phhewwfloating on the stream by phheww hanging on to a bench rail by phheww
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