I love you as one loves certain obscure things, secretly, between the shadow and the soul

Yay, tomorrow is a public holiday over here....and who doesn't love a mid week holiday...and the weather is really looking up.

Vogue China 2008 via Vive Le Chic




Russh Australia 2008 via Vive Le Chic

Numero 2004 via Vive Le Chic

I-D Mag 2007 via Vive Le Chic




Lula mag 2008 via Vive Le Chic



I-D Mag 2006 via Vive Le Chic







Jalouse mag 2003 via tfs

(Title credit: Pablo Neruda)

While you dream, the city breathes

I've been tagged by Ruth from Flossy Blossom. Thanks Ruth for thinking of me:)
Here goes:

What is your current obsession?
photography, keeping warm (it's winter here), packing up the house to get ready for a move.

What is your weirdest obsession?
I never go to the bathroom in the dark in case there's a sewer monster lurking around:)

What are you wearing today?
You don't want to know, I'm packing and tidying the house - old jeans and an older sweater.

What's for dinner?
Hmmmm.....minestrone and some nice sundried tomato and herb bread.

What's the last thing you bought?
Some really cute, thick, warm socks ....and food

What are you listening to right now?
That would be the sound of the washing machine:) Other than that....Kings of Leon and old Depeche Mode

What is your favourite ice-cream flavour?
Double chocolate

What do you think of the person who tagged you?
Difficult one since I don't know Ruth personally, but I enjoy reading her blog, lot's of gorgeous images and interesting info and tidbits to discover.

If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
I'll let my imagination run wild on this one - Paris, New York, Sydney, Tuscany, Scarborough (in Cape Town South Africa)

What's your must have piece for summer?
Since this is a dreamy kind of tag....I'd go for the beautiful Balmain sandals with the crystals

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
Anywhere warm, beautiful and by the sea

Which language do you want to learn?
French and Italian What's your favorite quote?
"Don't worry about tomorrow, tomorrow will worry about itself" and "Believe, believe, believe!!!"

Who do you want to meet right now?
Kate Lamphear so I can borrow her clothes:)

What is your favorite colour?
Shades of blue, green, pink, purple, black and white

What is your favorite piece of clothing in your own wardrobe?
My skinny jeans, scarves and docs

What is your dream job? To be a layabout millionaire and travel the world taking photographs and writing about it

What's your favourite magazine?
Lula

If you had £100 now, what would you spend it on?
Clothes


Favorite designer?
Anna Sui & Alexander Wang,

Do you admire any one's style?
Behati Prinsloo's street style, Kate Moss and Kate Lampher

Describe your personal style? A mix of tomboy and feminine, grungy but with a strong dash of chic

What are you going to do after this?
Make some coffee and then carry on cleaning house

What are your favourite movies? Juno, Frozen River etc - good indie films and documentaries

What's your favourite fruit?
Nectarines

What inspires you?
Beautiful music, poetry, books, art, fashion editorials and photography

What music do you like this week?
Nouvelle Vague

The rules :
1. Respond and rework; answer the question on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your invention, add more one question of your own.
2. Tag eight other people.

I'm tagging the following people:
Too Haute to Handle
Love Maegan
La Porte Rouge
ReRead
Rand
Emma Adeline
Hanne
A Girl and her Dreams

(Picture credits: All pics via Stripped down to the bone)

I've drunk too much, said too much, can we go home now?

I don't know where this week has gone...scary. The weather has turned and Winter has arrived, it's really quite cold now....brrrrr. Here are some of the pictures and quotes inspiring me today.















(Picture credits: 1: Candace Meyer; 2; photo & text by me; 3: sorry, hate doing this - but I can't remember; 4: Peter van Beever; 5.6 & 7: Our Labor of Love; 8: art by Cassandra Warren; 9: via ecstacy lover; 10: Carl Bengtsson; 11: photo by Yana Toyber & quote from The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd)