Vintage ephemera. Salad. Housework. Cheap red wine. Lotsa red wine. Soap operas. (So shoot me!) Fluttering my false eyelashes. Dancing by myself. Black and white films. Vogue. American Country Living. Rose scented tea. Good food. Farmers markets. Antiquing. Desperate Housewives. Old postcards. Steamy baths. Coffee in bookshops. Bookshops, bookshops and more bookshops.
Music
Crystal Gayle singing "When I Dream.". The Pogues singing "Misty Morning Albert Bridge." Robbie Williams singing "Sexed Up.". The Puppini Sisters singing "I Will Survive". Pam Tillis singing "Maybe It Was Memphis.". Amy Winehouse singing "I'm No Good.". Joanna Newsome singing "The Sprout and The Bean." Maximo Park singing "Going Missing." Meat Loaf singing "Two Out of Three." Kenny Rogers singing "The Gambler.". Alcazar singing "Crying At the Discoteque.". The Kooks singing "Ooh La." The Goo Goo Doll's singing "Iris." Brigitte Bardot singing "Bubblegum."
Movies
Betty Blue (because she breaks my heart). Mrs Miniver (Because she is who I want to be when I grow up). Pulp Fiction (Because its the bestest film ever made). The Major and the Minor (Because it reminds me of my Nana). Pillow Talk (Because it makes me feel happy). I Capture the Castle
(Because its visually gorgeous). Barefoot In The Park (Because it's wonderful). Cathy Come Home (Because it's heartbreaking)...
Vintage video
Books
"She's Come Undone." by Wally Lamb. "The Kitchen Diaries." by Nigel Slater. "Simple Abundance." by Sarah Ban Breathnach. "Still Life with Chickens." by Catherine Goldhammer. "Cold Comfort Farm" by Stella Gibbons. "Bird By Bird." by Anne Lamott. "Around the House and in the Garden." by Dominique Browning. "Persuasion." by Jane Austen. "Wild Mind." by Natelie Goldberg.
Vintage HouseKeeper. Yummy single Mummy. Owner of BrocanteHome.Com. Former interior designer and winner of the award for the worst hairdresser's receptionist ever to preside over an appointment book. Crazy about car boot sales and dusty old junk shops. Domestic Goddess meets Mrs Haversham. Hoarder. Book lover. Magazine addict. Scatty and eccentric. 35 going on 23. Serial internet dater (Don't tell my Mum!) Rubenesque, for my sins. Waffler, writer and blogger...
Words To Live By...
"Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. do the hardest thing in the world for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth..."
"Develop interest in life as you see it, in people, things, literature, music- the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasure, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself..."
Act for yourself and forget yourself? Tell me now, can it be done...?
Who I'd like to meet:
Ummmm...Martha Stewart? A nice man. Mrs Beeton. John Galliano. The Junk Gypsies. Tracy Emin. James Stewart. The Puppini Sisters. Madonna. Shane Macgowan. James Dean. Rachel Ashwell. Pete Doherty. All sat around my table sipping verbena tea and nibbling on teeny tiny rose scented macaroons..
Are you like me? <a href="http://www.rockyou.com/events/track.php?event=ms-lk-c-q1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rockyou.com%2Flikeness%2Fquiz.php%3Fq%3D1">Take my "Just for fun!" Quiz to find out!</a>
Hope you and your little angel had a great time this Halloween! I'm cutting up last nights Pumpkins for toasted seeds and pumpkin scones! Happy All Souls/All Saints! God Bless
Dearest Alison, My deepest sympathy to you and your family for the loss of your dear Uncle Roy.
"Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord, And let perpetual Light shine upon them. May their souls And the souls of all the faithful departed Through the mercy of God Rest in peace. Amen."
