16.11.09

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



15.11.09

fly art (dead)






from here

14.11.09

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

12.11.09

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

11.11.09

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



10.11.09

ice hotel








like the bedspreads

but how do the showers work?


9.11.09




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

8.11.09

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

7.11.09

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
and
the wooden houses book

from here

6.11.09

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

5.11.09





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