fantastic mr. bfg and the giant peach in the chocolate factory

my latest painting is of roald dahl, best known for writing pretty much every great childrens book ever.

toute la france

i probably should have picked up a copy of peter mayle’s a year in provence, seeing as today commences my seventeen day journey driving around france.

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seasons down under

donna hay (kind of like an australian martha stewart) has come out with a new cookbook all about using whatever ingredients are in season…

and does so in a beautiful way.

you can find it here.

…and while we are on the subject of new books, i am excited about the new martha book, encyclopedia of sewing and fabric crafts, the follow up book to the first encyclopedia of crafts.

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you can find it here.

the 300 meter tower

some blueprints found on the eiffel tower website from monsieur eiffel for his famous (and widely unknown and unpopular) eiffel tower.

they are reproductions taken from his book ‘the 300 meter tower’
lemercier publications paris 1900.

blueprints.

waist down

beautiful skirts featured in waist down, a collection of skirts by miucca prada.

the book