Arizona to Utah

Monument Valley, AZ

Monument Valley, AZ, 'The Totem Pole'

Monument Valley, AZ

The beginnings of the Grand Canyon, AZ, west of Page, AZ

The Grand Canyon, North Rim, AZ

Buffalo in the park, AZ

Denny's brunch in Utah

weekend home style: warm and cozy

when I saw this home on design*sponge I immediately fell for it.

it's the chicago home of photographer emily johnston anderson and it is the epitome of warm and cozy, with some great wooden accents.

I love that card catalogue in the corner, I don't know what it is about these cabinets that I like, maybe it's all the little drawers...

I saw one in Chiswick yesterday at The Old Cinema antiques store, but at around £600 (and with no space to put it!) it was a bit out of my league...

We saw this piece outside and it was very cool.

And I have a hankering to one day have something like this, but I think that is a direct correlation to all my years in art classes.

I love this dark taupe chair (you might remember I got one like it about 6 months ago in the states, though my cat seems to have gone to town shredding the sides :( ) and the cool tree truck side table.

yay! kitchenaid mixer!

big fan of having pots and pans where you can see them.

the typical english teapot

cool rattan headboard, and again, what a cool wooden, twisty bedside table

funky whale pillow

I like the eames era style tier tray for cookies and cakes. also, a great russel wright sugar/creamer combo (I may have just bought one cheaply off ebay in a great 'ripe apricot' color....)

you can just make out the great contrast-wood detailing on the sideboard in the background.

better shot of the funky dining table bench

We're hopefully off to a city farm today to see animals and greenery.

So more about that later :)

imperial tea

along with the new goods, I was brought back a special gift from the Imperial Teas of Lincoln.

a special clear glass tea pot

and some special teas which 'flower' when brewed

beautiful

new goods

printer's blocks A-Z, 0-9, with ', ", !, still on their original storage board

I had to take some letters out to make them easier to remove

redoing the back room

copper print blocks

bakelite turning handles

cool wooden hook

old american yardsticks from across the states

1960s beechwood danish deck chairs

misc door pulls and letter boxes

door bells and escutcheons

mini hovis loaf tins

antique floor tiles

antique english fireplace tiles

that's all for now!

jean painleve

This 'science is fiction' short film about the seahorse by Jean Painleve is really beautiful.

I think that the Criterion collection of his short films may have to go on my birthday/christmas list.