banquet

blood orange marmalade

i finally made some marmalade: just a few jars with a bag of blood oranges and few lemons. what a colour, and what a sense of accomplishment. i follow the same steps as my jam guru june taylor, here.

next up, meyer lemon and grapefruit.

i love collage collage love i

we'll have to get a closer look at the this banquet love-themed display erin put together at collage collage!

fakery

a bit of snow from last week,

and near-plastic anthuriums.

what my wardrobe is missing

 

 

was watching l'amour fou last night and fell quite in love with this tutu yves saint-laurent designed for the ballet dancer zizi jeanmaire. in fact, a quick search of google images reveals quite a wardrobe...

new order + destroyer

january flus

we three are waging an ongoing battle with the flu this week -

on the plus side, i made this lentil and carrot soup, and the cactus is in an unexpected mad yellow bloom.

Guitar Pedals, An Interactive Art Installation of 96 Guitar Effects Pedals by David Byrne

Interactive Guitar Pedal Art Installation — by David Byrne from Todo Mundo on Vimeo.

via things organized neatly.

obsessed...

• pyrite
• the turkey vulture obsession has segued into a fascination with dinosaurs
• radicchio with hard-boiled egg & crisp pancetta
• sweet acorn capped mushroom craft, here.

more hearts

loving this quartet of hearts (not ours!) with this amazing wallpaper -

i m sorely tempted to go mad with paper in here. does anyone know about temporarily hanging paper with liquid starch?

image via the lonny blog

heart print

i think i forgot to mention our new heart print.

just under 20 x 20 inches, in a deep raspberry pink on white rising stonehenge paper.