We are always arguing about the best umbrella. Normally, it comes down to a solid simple enormous black umbrella with a basic wooden hand in the shape of a cane. OR, something like this. I love the goldfish.
Big Fish Umbrella, via ModClothSunday, January 2, 2011
Sunday, August 22, 2010
If I could live again my life...
2010_08_17_chair, originally uploaded by hedr_goblin.
Instants
If I could live again my life,
In the next - I'll try,
- to make more mistakes,
I won't try to be so perfect,
I'll be more relaxed,
I'll be more full - than I am now,
In fact, I'll take fewer things seriously,
I'll be less hygienic,
I'll take more risks,
I'll take more trips,
I'll watch more sunsets,
I'll climb more mountains,
I'll swim more rivers,
I'll go to more places - I've never been,
I'll eat more ice creams and less (lime) beans,
I'll have more real problems - and less imaginary
ones,
I was one of those people who live prudent and prolific lives -
each minute of his life,
Of course that I had moments of joy - but,
if I could go back I'll try to have only good moments,
If you don't know - thats what life is made of,
Don't lose the now!
I was one of those who never goes anywhere
without a thermometer,
without a hot-water bottle,
and without an umbrella and without a parachute,
If I could live again - I will travel light,
If I could live again - I'll try to work bare feet
at the beginning of spring till
the end of autumn,
I'll ride more carts,
I'll watch more sunrises and play with more children,
If I have the life to live - but now I am 85,
- and I know that I am dying ...
- Jorge Luis Borges
If I could live again my life,
In the next - I'll try,
- to make more mistakes,
I won't try to be so perfect,
I'll be more relaxed,
I'll be more full - than I am now,
In fact, I'll take fewer things seriously,
I'll be less hygienic,
I'll take more risks,
I'll take more trips,
I'll watch more sunsets,
I'll climb more mountains,
I'll swim more rivers,
I'll go to more places - I've never been,
I'll eat more ice creams and less (lime) beans,
I'll have more real problems - and less imaginary
ones,
I was one of those people who live prudent and prolific lives -
each minute of his life,
Of course that I had moments of joy - but,
if I could go back I'll try to have only good moments,
If you don't know - thats what life is made of,
Don't lose the now!
I was one of those who never goes anywhere
without a thermometer,
without a hot-water bottle,
and without an umbrella and without a parachute,
If I could live again - I will travel light,
If I could live again - I'll try to work bare feet
at the beginning of spring till
the end of autumn,
I'll ride more carts,
I'll watch more sunrises and play with more children,
If I have the life to live - but now I am 85,
- and I know that I am dying ...
- Jorge Luis Borges
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Dorian Greyhound
I don't why, but I love stuff like this.
I was in a Ross Dress for Less the other day. I LOVE that place. Sooner or later, everything under the sun, finds it's way to Ross Dress For Less.
Shot glasses with Marylin Monroe's face on them...
Lemon zesters in the shapes of real lemons...
T- shirts with line drawings of the Eiffel tower, covered in rhinestones...
Lamps covered in leapard print and trimmed with hot pink faux ermine...
Martini mixers in the shapes of rockets...
I even saw a random pair of bronzed baby shoes there once, just for no reason.I think they were supposed to be part of a pair of book holders or something along those lines.
And things that are so strange, I can't even really describe them. Sculptures of fish and cows and frogs and I don't know what else.
A few weeks ago, when I was dragging a friend there, I found a painting. It was a nineteenth century country gentleman, in his library, in his breeches and a waistcoat. His hand was a little strange as it seemed to be made entirely of thumbs. And his face was a sad looking bull dog kind of a thing, with eyes that looked right into your soul, and a weary expression of betrayal that read to me as, "really?"
LOVED it. I was talked out of buying by said friend, only for the following reasons:
1. I don't currently have a particular friend I love enough to buy it for (and said friend was looking at me with a very glowering look, so THAT was out)
2. It needed to be in a set of three.
This is where Dorian Greyhound comes in. I'm not sure if they do sets of three, but I bet they do. And I bet they will be made entirely of wonderful.
image via Design*Sponge, via Dorian Greyhound
I was in a Ross Dress for Less the other day. I LOVE that place. Sooner or later, everything under the sun, finds it's way to Ross Dress For Less.
Shot glasses with Marylin Monroe's face on them...
Lemon zesters in the shapes of real lemons...
T- shirts with line drawings of the Eiffel tower, covered in rhinestones...
Lamps covered in leapard print and trimmed with hot pink faux ermine...
Martini mixers in the shapes of rockets...
I even saw a random pair of bronzed baby shoes there once, just for no reason.I think they were supposed to be part of a pair of book holders or something along those lines.
And things that are so strange, I can't even really describe them. Sculptures of fish and cows and frogs and I don't know what else.
A few weeks ago, when I was dragging a friend there, I found a painting. It was a nineteenth century country gentleman, in his library, in his breeches and a waistcoat. His hand was a little strange as it seemed to be made entirely of thumbs. And his face was a sad looking bull dog kind of a thing, with eyes that looked right into your soul, and a weary expression of betrayal that read to me as, "really?"
LOVED it. I was talked out of buying by said friend, only for the following reasons:
1. I don't currently have a particular friend I love enough to buy it for (and said friend was looking at me with a very glowering look, so THAT was out)
2. It needed to be in a set of three.
This is where Dorian Greyhound comes in. I'm not sure if they do sets of three, but I bet they do. And I bet they will be made entirely of wonderful.
image via Design*Sponge, via Dorian GreyhoundTuesday, April 20, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
John Saladino, and the essense of light.
Saldino is using Vermeer as a reference for light in his design work.
From the Veranda article: "I followed Vermeer's philosophy, which was to take vernacular objects and imbue them with transcendence,"
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