Toy Time

Market traders refusing to be put off by the rain on the Roman Road

 

Slick of Colour

Morris Louis, Gamma Tau,1960

Clyfford Still, PH- 131, 1951

A slick of colour this morning in grey central London as I had a look round Hauser & Wirth on Saville Row.

Both paintings are part of an exhibition showing the collection of Reinhard Onnasch and spanning the London, Mayfair and Piccadilly galleries. Ends 14th December 2013.

Horseshoe for Sunshine

Horseshoes in Cornwall a few weeks ago. Fingers crossed for some sunshine this week...

Winter Essentials

Last weekend I hopped on a train with Tessa and spent a couple of days on the Isle of Wight. It was very wintery weather and the coastline looked dramatic as we watched the rain blow in.

Of course Tessa and I debated high brow topics all weekend, but in between and especially on the platform at Southampton station we discussed what items we most need (want) in our wardrobes this winter. This discussion was prompted by my favourite jeans which basically fell apart as I was wearing them over the weekend, and are now sadly too embarrassing to wear due to a rather large rip in an unfortunate place.

Jeans shopping is never fun in my book, and now sadly I am forced to seek some out. R.I.P £12 Primark jeans I have worn for 3 years.
 We agreed on the notion that jeans were an essential winter purchase. We also discussed boots, trainers, coats...
We decided this was not an essential:

 But for me, these definitely are and have been for many years running now:

Another great winter comfort is my massive fleece lined parka that I got a couple of years ago in Manchester. It really means business.

I tend to think the things to spend money on over the winter months are on pieces that you wear on the outside, i.e shoes, boots, coats etc... Everything else seems to be covered up the rest of the time. There's a lot of talk about knitwear at the moment. I've been a jumper lover for years and years. You can read my knitwear musings here, here and as well as an attempt to save a beloved knit here.

Dream Weekend

Sad that the weekend is over - I enjoyed the rare treat of having both days off from work - and that my opportunity to steal this J.Crew men's mac of my Mum's is over.... I didn't spend very long in clothes that were acceptable outdoors (PJs prevailed) but really loved wearing this 1990s gem. We also drank the bottle of Lanson pictured - another great highlight of a weekend indoors.

Cornish Christmas

Can't wait for this again in a couple of weeks

Fire

My brother and I had fun last week in Cornwall throwing a bonfire party for my grandparents. George was in charge of the rockets, I was allowed to light the little ones............. Turns out the pound shop sells great matches, and I reckon George is looking pretty good in one of the worlds hardest garments, that lovely anorak.