Of the Book-Hunter

In torrid heats of late July,

In search, beneath the bitter bise,

He book-hunts whiles the loungers fly-

He book-hunts, through December freeze;

In breeches baggy at the knees,

And heedless of the public jeers,

For these, for these, he hoards his fees-

Aldines, Bodinis, Elzevirs.

-Andrew Lang

Photographs by verticalspace

Peripheral

Some works of extraordinary photographer, John Dugdale.  Can you imagine being a photographer and going blind at a young age?  All he has left is his peripheral vision.  Yet he continues on!

 

These are shots of his Hudson Valley farmhouse.

Ladies Almanack

Djuna Barnes.  Influential writer, illustrator and a stylish stunner.

"Come on, go feed Whiskers. No, don't eat it; give it to Whiskers"

Every Winter I seem to go through a "I can't take another Winter at Grey Gardens" phase, you who know me well are acquainted with it.  I turn off the phone, lock myself in, plump down by fire, grab my knitting needles and wait 'till the robbins beckon me outdoors.  Don't get me wrong, I always seem to accomplish a lot during those hibernation hours and relish that time period, but I am ever so happy to see that trees are budding, flowers blooming, fish are jumpin,' cotton is high, etc etc.

Isn't this photo shoot stunning!?  Very Beverley Nichols, although when it came out I had no idea who he was.  This is one of those spreads where I cut out every picture and pasted in my book.  I went looking for it, and it's still there!  Perfect in everyway!  Look at the rest here.

I can't wait until life looks like this everyday!

Bookish-by-the-sea

Remember last week when I started a quest to find the perfect bookish cottage by the sea?

Well, dears, I found a few more, one found by another.

This is pretty spot on just missing some leather volumes, which I'm sure is on the other side of the room:

NEXT! (whacks pointer to chalkboard) is this specimen:

A "good thing" although a bit too elegant.

On to the one sent to be by his Lordship, Uncle Dunkle:

By Jove! that mountain man never ceases to suprise me!

To wrap up class, think back to Ang Lee's adaptation of 'Sense and Sensibility.'  (The most beautiful of all Jane Austen films.)  Yes, well remember the "terrible" cottage in Devonshire they make a home of?  C'est parfait!

Everytime I watch it my body shivers with longing. 

 I looked and looked and these are the only measly pictures I could find:

"Willoughby...Willoughby"

Get's me everytime.

The closet of Daisy Buchanan?

Nay! 

'Tis none other than Tsilli, found by way of moodboard.

Lady Katherine's Funeral Mix

My humble veneration

top: caravaggio "death of the virgin"

bottom:  lauren.rabbit via chateau thombeau