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Images from J Crew, Madewell, and Father Rabbit.

What:nots...

Happy Friday! Things have started to get busy in the lead up to end of the year. Do you ever feel like it starts earlier and earlier each year....? Our weekends are filling up fast and it's only October - hopefully things are quieter in your neck of the woods. We have a bit of exciting news about the year ahead - more on that in a week or two. In the meantime here's what:nots - have a wonderful weekend!

A quiet moment found on rose & crown.

Lois McMaster Bujold.

Jerome Dreyfuss' popoche.

Lisa's full moon rising.

Paeonia cultivar 1 by Andrew Zuckerman.

Peter Trevelyan's sculptures made from 0.5mm pencil leads.

The woody goodness of Tam Dao.

An exquisite silk print by Henrik Vibskov.

And a burst of fluorescent pink.

Images from rose & crown, pretty stuff, lisa golightly, andrew zuckerman, bartley + company art, blackbird, henrik vibskov, and olvido.

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.

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.