ethel walker

lovely

more here

flea market flump

got up at 7 yesterday

to go to long beach flea market

spent hours there

and between us we bought one thing... this weird mouse

even the guy selling it couldn't believe i wanted to buy it

still...it's cute

but i still need chairs, cushions and a lamp shade

fly art (dead)

from here

handmade billykirk

Billykirk from The Scout on Vimeo.

i am in love with the handmade
i want to be in an apron punching things
not designing tops that will be out of favour in 6 months

thanks to acl for this video post

hand made houses book

i love this book

but the photos are quite dark and slightly out of focus

which is a shame

these were the best

that jonathan elliot might have benefited from some lights

lots of geodesic domes and trees inside houses

most beautiful car in the world

so beautiful in fact that citroen has brought the DS back

and made it look every other car on the market

(last photo - no similarity at all)

honestly...are they having a laugh?

someone's family

in my search for photos for the photo wall

i have found odds and ends at flea markets

some out of focus

boring photos of pets

etc... all for a dollar each

but this week i found the mother lode of photos

an album with 250 of them for a steal

but i feel really sad about it because this is someone's life

and no one cared enough to hold on to the photos

and its a whole year or two of events

some of them are really good... they obviously travelled a bit

i guess i will have to treasure them now

ice hotel

in sweden

like the bedspreads

but how do the showers work?

love it

from here

house in the pyrenees

i was looking at this, just having a great time and then i saw this last photo

is that a giant bear? or is this a dolls house in the pyrenees?

so funny

from here

the white horse

created in the bronze age in white chalk

thats about 3000 years ago

still looking good

more here

thanks to here for the reminder

the n.h.s

these charming three wheelers are standard issue on the national health service in england

they are for the disabled and had a horrid name that we called them as kids that i can't repeat

anyhow....i wonder why the 3 wheelers never caught on here?

they are electric

maybe we should all have to drive them?

the only problem is going around corners... they tip over

crippity crap

“I don’t trust or love anyone. Because people are so creepy. Creepy creepy creeps. Creeping around. Creeping here and creeping there. Creeping everywhere. Crippity crappity creepies.”

— Vincent Gallo

from here

my parents were awesome blog

i was just mooching around on the internet looking at urban outfitters blog

and they featured this

you can send them photos of your parents when they were cool

i have already done that plenty on here

but some of these are pretty good

i especially like the couple that think they are in the avengers

and the belly baring dad at disneyland

table top

here's my piece of wood i got super cheap at the flea market ($14)

first photo it is just popped on top of a poof

then i added a tree stump that david and i found on the hike

my question is...... is it likely the stump is full of bugs and i will come home one day and my house is munched to bits by them?

i am worried

last photos are books jh had me buy today under protest

will blog the insides later

mark borthwick

and

the wooden houses book

from here

why?

don't i have loads of dosh to buy all these lovely things?

than damn roof

nice alma allen/heath collaboration event last night

but i came home feeling a bit miffed

beth got a bowl that would look really nice on my new table thats almost finished

..... will post soon

liz and richard

seemed to have a pretty good time

vacations, games, drinking and having a laugh

with a bit of acting and carrying on in between

as a kid i thought they were so fascinating and glamourous

when in reality the drinking and drama could have been quite annoying

.... to themselves and others

still...i wish they he had lived and they had got married more times

they are the perfect example of hollywood marriage

done so stylishly

frosty photos from this foxy gentleman

i am looking forward to this in england next month

hoping it snows

you can tell i am desperate for winter when i start to wear tights, boots and scarves and its 75 degrees.. ugh.... please be cold for just a bit!

(does that sound whiny? i know you are wrapped up in woolens and wishing i would shut my mouth)

christmas in los angeles is not my favourite time

just doesn't seem right

if an english person joins in using pots and pans percussion

either they drank too much

or they had a brilliant time..... or both

and look at the lovely artwork on the records

more here

new lodgings

for a summer holiday?

t, j and m - what do you think of this if the scottish one is booked up???

pretty nice, but no prices listed...hmm

and its in the cotswolds

from here, of course