Birds of sadness...

Image from RD.

A collection...

...of a few lovely things found on a Wednesday.

Image from A Day of Sunrise.

What:nots...

Hello there. I hope your weekend is pottering along nicely. After a whirlwind start to the school year, we seem to have settled into a nice, steady rhythm. Here's to a settled and (hopefully) sunny week ahead!

A sepia found here.

Etgar Keret.

A jacquard blouse.

A film - Journal de France.

A very nice clutch.

A quietly gentle image.

A heady combination of smoked tea, coconut milk, crushed cedar and ebony woods.

A rather fetching jute bowl.

and Henri Fantin-Latour's roses.

Images from crush cul de sac, j crew, wild bunch, decade diary, emmary, tokyo milk, table tonic, and pinterest.

Right now...

...I wouldn't mind being here. I highly recommend clicking through to Nour El Nil's site and having a peek at their beautiful sailing boats for a wee bit of virtual escapism.

Images from Nour El Nil, found via the lovely Mariah.

Moonlight...

Loving the dreamlike feel of this film from Vanessa Bruno. 

Clip from Vanessa Bruno.

NYC...

...one day left to go before I head home to Portland. 

Image from Line Posters.

In this heat...

I came across this beautiful excerpt on Aubrey Road... 

The last burst of summer...

...is upon Portland. Blissfully warm, still days, and wonderfully cool nights.

Image from North Hawaii.

A song + a campaign...

Loving this track from Ladi6 - whoot whoot for NZ music! And have you seen this awesome bike NYC campaign? 

Clip from You Tube.

What:nots...

And just like that the weekend has ended, and along with it the summer holidays. School starts tomorrow, R has left for Tokyo, and come Wednesday the boys head off on a 10 day school camp. So hopefully, with the house completely empty, I might get back to some kind of regular blogging...but I do have a wee trip to New York planned this weekend, so things might be sporadic for a while yet. In the meantime here's a very, very tardy what:nots.

I like the blurry softness of this image.

Leonard da Vinci on vitality and beauty.

Lovely silk cami from Juliette Hogan.

Bodha's wonderful range of natural yoga clothing.

Silver beads from Ghana.

A wonderful quote from Carrie Jacobs Bond.

ATM's x-back tank.

Vija Celmins' extraordinary graphite artworks.

and Onitsuka Tiger 'Mexico 66' slip-on sneakers.

Have great week!

Images from Philo Sofia, Juliette Hogan, Bodha, Sid Mashburn, ATM, C4 Contemporary Art, and Nordstrom.