Still here...

...things have been somewhat chaotic, and very busy. At times like this you just have to go with it and find something to turn up loud - like this track from Icona Pop. I hope your week is tracking along nicely. I'll be back at the end of the week with what:nots...

Clip from You Tube.

The quiet stillness...

...of a sunrise.

Image from Surf Haven Bali.

There's something...

...startlingly sad, yet beautiful, about this image of Albert Einstein with his therapist.

Image from Crush Cul de Sac.

What:nots...

Happy Monday eve! Thanks for hanging in there in my absence - my blurgy cold has been laid to rest, and I am slowly getting back on top of what seems like a rather long to-do list. School starts in a few weeks, there's packing up all our belongings and shipping them home to think about, a small side trip early next month to plan, a house to sell, a garage sale to hold, a few random work ideas to investigate, and a reading pile that is growing by the day...busy, but pleasant, times. Have a great week

Stunning photographs by Shelli Breidenbach.

Maurie & Eve's Belle Tux Shirt.

Distraction, a perfect pink for one's nails.

A pretty vignette from Lonny's August issue.

Let Love necklace from Betsy & Iya a wonderful Portland jeweller.

Aroha & Friends' Male Huia Portrait.

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel.

Follow Studio's lovely custom stamps.

Images from Shelli Breidenbach, The Iconic, Chanel, Lonny, Betsy & Iya, Aroha & Friends, Diana Vreeland, and Follow Studio.

A floral explosion...

I hope your week is off to a stellar start. I'm off for a long overdue riding lesson, be back later today with an even longer overdue what:nots.

Image from here.

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Margaret Atwood The Year of the Flood.

Image from here.

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Apologies for the lack of posting. I've been sidelined by a rather nasty cold. Ugh. Not what one expects mid summer. However, I appear to be on the mend. So fingers crossed I'll be back to posting in a few days. 

Image from Mariam Sitchinava

A little over...

... 24 hours ago this was my view! I first visited the Rarontonga ten years ago, and each time I've returned it's pretty much just the same. Slow, idyllic pace of life, nothing much has changing from year to year. Pretty perfect really. My Granny Jean used to visit in the 70s, and I think it's pretty much the same as when she was there, give or take the odd new building. All low rise and basic mind you. It's hard to buy land here, perhaps that's why it's remained so untouched. And until recently even groceries or fresh milk were hard to come by. Nice to know that in parts of the world life remains the same as it always has...slow, quiet, and relatively untouched...

Image from here.