The lovely Michael Allen. And an interview with him here.

A cold melon soup and a quinoa salad for supper on a warm summer eve.

Alex Colville

Alex Colville died peacefully at home on July 16th 2013.

Family and Rainstorm (1955) is my favourite of his paintings.

Mending with E. and enjoying her latest elixir with rose petals, mint and raspberries.

Hopewell

Hopewell.

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Babies were kept outside windows, so that they could be exposed to sunlight and air to get Vitamin D for good health.Usually in Scandinavian countries or even the US in the early part of the 20th Century.

no photographing

Tim Rautert's No Photographing. 

BLESS
and
Becca Barnet.

In my ribbon tins I found the right ribbon for the crocheted set: a fine cotton-wool twill tape in dove grey that I bought in 2006 at Mokuba, Toronto.

(There's also the beautiful Mokuba New York)

Miss Moppet

Miss Moppet.
I'm getting the 23 little Beatrix Potter books together for the baby and The Story of Miss Moppet is yet to be included. S. reminded me of Miss M. again. She's catsitting a little wide-eyed cranker who looks much her.

 Bibliothèque Ambulante #1

with 1218A.