Sunday 27 January 2013

Candy Cane Children

I have been totally crushing on horizontal stripes lately.

 

 More specifically, Tim Burton style black and white ones

 


After much searching I finally found these on a fancy dress website


 It struck me as odd that these are not more widely available 


 Who wouldn't want a pair of these tights, they're fabulous!

I want more pairs!

I want them in every colour!


Today I wore black, white, grey and red, the colour scheme of every teenagers bedroom in the 80's

Blouse,  cardigan and skirt - all high street via Ebay
Tights - Online fancy dress shop (can't remember the name of it)
Boots - My trusty Docs (oh how well you've served me in the snow my dears)
Handpainted wooden brooch - Ebay


Mr N told me that in this blouse I look like James Garner in Maverick.  

I had never heard of it so I googled it, and found this...


It's a fair cop

xx

Monday 21 January 2013

Lets have a black celebration


The snow and ice means I have had plenty of occasions to wear my current, and possibly all time favourite coat.  


Isn't it grand?


I have wanted a long black steampunk/military style coat for ages but was holding out for the perfect one... at last found on Ebay.   Paired with another of my beloved acquisitions my new Dr Marten knee boots, I feel like the 'gothmother'

 

Maybe not so much when the coat comes off


Oh yes I embrace colour, and it certainly has it's place


But I don't think I will ever be able to resist the allure of my first love for very long.


I wore:-

Hat - Debenhams
Top, cardigan and skirt - Ebay
Tights - Can't remember
Boots - Dr Martens - present from my mister
Coat - Joe Browns via Ebay - another present from my mister 
Russian Brooch - Etsy
Scarf and bag - charity shop


Anyway, here is where I should post a link to 'Black Celebration' by Depeche Mode from where I pinched my post title.  But, you know what?  I'm gonna choose a different DM song cos this one is sexier and has a video featuring Dave Gahan at his hottest!

You're welcome 

Saturday 19 January 2013

Drowning in Berlin

  
 When the child was a child 
It walked with its arms swinging,
wanted the brook to be a river,
the river to be a torrent,
and this puddle to be the sea.
When the child was a child,
it didn’t know that it was a child,
everything was soulful,
and all souls were one.


  When the child was a child,
it had no opinion about anything,
had no habits,
it often sat cross-legged,
took off running,
had a cowlick in its hair,
and made no faces when photographed.

 
When the child was a child,
It was the time for these questions:
Why am I me, and why not you?
Why am I here, and why not there?
When did time begin, and where does space end?
Is life under the sun not just a dream?
Is what I see and hear and smell
not just an illusion of a world before the world?
Given the facts of evil and people.
does evil really exist?
How can it be that I, who I am,
didn’t exist before I came to be,
and that, someday, I, who I am,
will no longer be who I am?


 When the child was a child,
It choked on spinach, on peas, on rice pudding,
and on steamed cauliflower,
and eats all of those now, and not just because it has to.
When the child was a child,
it awoke once in a strange bed,
and now does so again and again.
Many people, then, seemed beautiful,
and now only a few do, by sheer luck.
It had visualized a clear image of Paradise,
and now can at most guess,
could not conceive of nothingness,
and shudders today at the thought.

Source

 When the child was a child,
It played with enthusiasm,
and, now, has just as much excitement as then,
but only when it concerns its work.




When the child was a child,
It was enough for it to eat an apple, … bread,
And so it is even now.
When the child was a child,
Berries filled its hand as only berries do,
and do even now,
Fresh walnuts made its tongue raw,
and do even now,
it had, on every mountaintop,
the longing for a higher mountain yet,
and in every city,
the longing for an even greater city,
and that is still so,
It reached for cherries in topmost branches of trees
with an elation it still has today,
has a shyness in front of strangers,
and has that even now.
It awaited the first snow,
And waits that way even now.


Source


When the child was a child,
It threw a stick like a lance against a tree,
And it quivers there still today.

A Song of Childhood
Peter Handke

Source

 We finally have snow, a blanket of cold to luxuriate in, and my heart yearns for Berlin

Thursday 10 January 2013

Just follow your eyes

Hello my friends.  It's been a little while.  How thee fettlin'?



These are some pics of me from last month getting down and dirty in the back alley with my new haircut and glasses


Yes I finally have a prescription for glasses, and just look how pleased with myself I look


Coat, blouse and tights - high street (Next, I think)
Skirt & vanity case used as handbag - Charity shop
Boots - Ebay

 I have wanted glasses for ever but I have never felt inclined to wear them just for fashion purposes.  To me that is the equivalent of wearing the t-shirt of a band you've never heard of just because they have a cool logo, ugh! (Yes all you teenage Ramones 'fans', I'm looking at you!)

Anyway, years of working with computers finally took it's toll and I was delighted to set about searching the interweb for glasses inspiration, which I found in the form of:-



1. Velma, 2. Enid Coleslaw, 3. Random 50's chick, 4. My stalkee style crush Emily, 5. Janeane Garofalo, 6.  The West Wing's Amy Gardner aka Mary Louise Parker

...and many others

So what's been happening?

I've had a wonderful break from work including many a duvet day, much needed time with family, time with friends featuring whiskey, home cooked food and flowing badinage, house clearing, and general lazing about.

We went walking in the forest looking for signs of the Gruffalo




and found a giant mosquito!


My gorgeous Mr N did some baking...


Yes, they were all as good as they look, although the lemon sponge cake was the pièces de résistance

I finally spent some time posting random stuff on my Tumblr page which I created and then left dormant for months.  I really enjoyed the anonymity of blogging into the ether. 

And although pickings have been relatively slim at the charity shops of late (which I blame on the time of year) I have managed to find a few pretties


 Boxed lace hankerchiefs and cute kids musical jewellery box


Orphaned china plates 50p each


Cute vintage kid framed pics & colourful tealight holders


Botanical print pic and vintage pinnie made for someone with a tiny waist!

It's nice to be back.  I've missed my little blog.

How is everybody?

Lucy x
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