Guy Fawkes

Happy Guy Fawkes!

So today was my last day at the longest job I have ever had - 4 years, 8 months and 1 day! I am excited to start a new challenge on Monday but to be honest, I am a little scared also!

But I am so amped that Obama won. Hurrah!

More on my last day of work soon!

(Sorry, I seemed to have overused exclamation marks in this post. See!)

Here I am

Hello friends. Remember me? I know, it's been too long. So much has happened.
Anyway I'm just dropping in to say hello. I hope to be back soon properly.
Right now, I'm watching The Rocky Horror Picture Show on the telly. Love it! It's been way too long since I saw it. Righto, I better get back to my sing-along. See you soon x

Ladyhawke

Happy Friday to you and you and you.
I hope I'm not disappointing you and you may already know that Jemaine got hitched last weekend. So to cheer you up here's a video by another Kiwi talent.
I am totally loving this song right now. I'd love to catch Ladyhawke live sometime. If you are in Europe you might just be that lucky. Check the tour dates here.

It's a cool video yeah? Ladyhawke (Pip Brown) totally rocks that fringe.
Check out Back of the Van. Equally as cool. What do you think?

Kate Moss in denim

I love her style. She sure does do denim well.

Picture from the August issue of Madison magazine.

Hello!

Hey! So I've been hibernating. It's good. But it's bad because I should have been blogging. And I still have to show you the lovely parcel I received from Catherine! I just need to photograph it...
So for now here are some animal shots I am digging.

Here's little Mary Jane watching March of the Penguins. Ain't she funny?

And I love these photos from my flickr friends 1. 2. 3.

A couple of Fridays ago someone sent me this video on email. I was sitting alone in my office laughing out loud. It was just the tonic I needed after a long week.

And this is possibly one of the coolest dogs ever. EVER.


Enjoy! x

Bowl Heaven

It's official. I'm in bowl heaven. Oh the colours! The patterns! Now just to get my hands on one of these lovely creations...

Bowls by Aida Dirse. Found via Oh Joy

It's July already?

Yikes, how did half the year go by already?!
I bought this album when I was in Australia. I'd never heard anything by Jen Lekman. I like taking a punt like that. That's me living on the edge! It was so different to what I expected.
It's cool. I like it a lot. Especially 'Your Arms Around Me'. This version is a little different from the album version but it's a good acoustic version. I've said the word 'version' too many times haven't I?!
Jens is pretty cute! Aren't you surprised at how deep his voice is? I like that this song has a silly subject matter that you usually think nothing of, other than being a nuisance but Jens has made it into something quite lovely.
Check out the album version of this song for some lovely violins.

Oh how I love New York

Cashmere Mafia has just started. It's set in New York (one of my favourite cities of all time) so it can't be all that bad can it? (or is it a SATC rip off with a little more drama?) But I can't help thinking that Miranda Otto and Frances O'Connor should be speaking with Aussie accents.

Anyways, so when I spent 3 hours at IKEA, Brisbane, I really really really wanted to bring this home. I mean really. It was just a little, um, big. Darn it.

Sarah's amazing trivia - I once saw Frances O'Connor shopping for bed linen at Liberty. Just goes to show the girl has fabulous taste. I don't think she was very well known then but I recognised her because I love this movie.

My friend Ernie took this photo of The Big Apple. Ain't she a beauty? Click for a closer look.

Poppy

My friend Keri bought Poppy in to work a couple of weeks back. Look how she has grown! I'd love to have a dog at work all the time. I think it makes everyone joyful.

Pretty wallpaper, scary bird!

I had to take a photo of this wallpaper I really liked in the ladies loos at David Jones, Brisbane. It's pretty yeah? But it reminds me a little of these scary looking birds that I saw on the Gold Coast!

Oh cabaret, oh cabaret, oh cabaret

Let me set the scene:

A cold wintery night; coats, scarves & gloves. Round tables covered with black tablecloths. Centrepieces of glowing orange candles. Twinkling fairy lights. And Juliet Reynolds Midgley belting out Barbra Streisand. Putting It Together. People. Don't Rain on my Parade. Evergreen. Children Will Listen. All them and a whole lot more. It was perfectly wonderful.

New shoes

Ooh look, new shoes. I love them. We found each other and it was fate. Firstly, my size was on the shelf. Something that never happens. I felt like Cinderella. Secondly, they fit perfectly and are super comfy and thirdly they were the last pair! See, a perfect match.

For those who need to know, they're the Dixie shoe by L by Miss L Fire.

Snow Happy

It snowed last night. It only happens about once a year in Christchurch and I love love love falling snow. I could watch it for hours. But it was so freezing cold that right after I took this photo I ran back inside into the warmth to watch The Holiday and have dinner with my kickass friend Dom and little Mary-Jane. It was a wise move.

I hope your weekend was warmer than mine!

Dave Grohl takes a fall

It's reassuring to know that even rockstars fall over.

William Morris

Mum and I went to the William Morris exhibition yesterday at the art gallery.
Wow, what a talent. It was all breath taking. I think I liked the embroideries best.

image from here

Faker

I'm loving this song by Sydney band Faker. How about you?



I'm still feeling a bit under the weather so I didn't get around to uploading any holiday photos. I'll be away from favourito for the rest of the week so hopefully I will be able to do that next weekend. Have a fabulous week x

Smoosh are smashing!

Hello. I am back from my holiday. It was pefectly spendid. But now I'm sick. Boo.
I'll be back in the weekend to share moments from my trip but for now I'll leave you with this video of Smoosh singing Great Skies. (Thanks NPR for the discovery). I could only wish I was as cool as these girls when I was their age. Heck,I wish I were that cool now.
Bye x

Hello

{I took this photo through my vintage viewfinder. It's Bondi Beach, not the Gold Coast but isn't it funny. }

Here I am. I've been hibernating. It's getting frosty here now. So I'm off to the Gold Coast of Australia for a lovely, relaxing, sleepy holiday. I can't wait. I shall have lots to tell you when I am back I am sure (and I will try to post more regularly! I know, I have gotten to be quite a rubbish blogger. But I still read the posts you write and you still inspire me so thank you).
Have a lovely fortnight. See you soon!
Mwah x

Puppy Fever

And they called it puppy love. And it really really was! I mean just look at them!

My friend Keri is getting a Golden Retreiver puppy for her family. We went to look at them yesterday. 'Poppy' is the 2nd from the right. Or the 3rd from the left. Or the really really cute one that looks just like the others. There are ten puppies in total. You can see that it was a hard choice for Keri's family to make.

But doesn't your heart just melt? Mine did, but I kept my head strong. As much as I would love a little puppy dog who will grow to a bigger dog (a much bigger dog), I really can't right now. And besides, you need to pick up their poop. I haven't had children yet. I'm not sure I 'm ready to pick up any kind of poop.

And with that we can breathe a sigh of relief and joy, for it is Friday. I wish you a lovely, happy, relaxing weekend my pretties.

x

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