tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6552163785888247852024-03-05T11:43:25.949+01:00pink milkpinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.comBlogger213125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-84665125188867548122011-10-16T14:41:00.001+01:002011-10-16T14:43:06.722+01:00With a cape of Harris Tweed
Listening to an item on Woman's Hour on Harris Tweed, which has taken me back to a very peaceful break on Harris earlier this year during which my sister and I bought Harris Tweed capes, sported proudly in the photo above, in the front garden of the croft we stayed in.
Harris Tweed warehouse and shop near the quayside in Tarbet. Harris Tweed is spun, woven and dyed in the Outer Hebrides pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-40234066161198667692011-09-24T14:47:00.000+01:002011-10-16T14:52:18.490+01:00Ginger biscuit baking
"I might bake some biscuits, what do you think?"pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-46146775321541785162011-08-27T11:51:00.000+01:002011-08-29T11:59:20.964+01:00Small pleasures
Flowers from a friend, glorious even in death as they collapse under their own weight after blazing for nearly two weeks.
Quiet moments on the river bank looking at the freshly trimmed weeping willows. The one on the left looks like its mother has put a pudding basin on its head and cut round it.pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-87444802250228169082011-08-19T10:40:00.000+01:002011-08-19T10:40:55.312+01:00Cameraless in Morocco
Tangier seafront, towards the port and old town.
A few days of sun in Tangier, for which we both managed to forget to bring the camera. We took a limited amount of phone photos, as didn't really like waving it around in the middle of a crowded medina.
Beautifully restored riad in the kasbah, with yellow mini. A sea breeze, I nearly lost my skirt, never mind modestly covered shoulders.
pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-60715086680976989932011-08-05T08:41:00.000+01:002011-08-05T08:41:00.828+01:00Moo cards
Rather over-excited about my new freelancing business cards from Moo cards. Quick and easy to make and a great choice of custom designs, I hope they turn up before I leave for the UK...pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-32571567576082559782011-07-30T11:09:00.000+01:002011-08-02T11:11:08.865+01:00Summer garden
My parents' beautiful garden in the UK, is a lesson in how to make the most of a small space. It comes into its own early summer, last time I was home we had some beautiful sunny days and could really enjoy it.
In the passage leading down the side of the house from the French windows of the lounge, geraniums provide a splash of colour amongst the pots and miniature allotment planted with pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-91496621263639339862011-07-20T15:10:00.001+01:002011-08-04T08:41:14.883+01:00Projet Nivea, par trnd
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Last week the phone died. 'Died' is maybe not quite accurate, 'was killed by the wrong kind of batteries' more so. A little electrical pop and the non-rechargeable batteries quietly exploded, leaking battery fluid all over the inside of the handset and corroding the casing. Gone.
Nevermind, it wasn't exactly a style classic... unlike its replacement, our new mint green ScandiPhone, picked out pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-2612213133761872882011-07-09T22:33:00.000+01:002011-07-09T22:33:10.155+01:00Early Saturday evening run
Red hot pokers in Martin Luther King parc at Batignolles, 17th. My face is now approximately the same colour, a very heavy evening.pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-16138670288589043632011-07-02T15:07:00.001+01:002011-07-02T15:08:52.070+01:00Berko cupcakes to round off dinner...
A delicious end to dinner with friends, Berko cupcakes and Kusmi violet tea.
Kumsi Tea had a flash sale on vente privée last week, €35 vouchers for €20, so we bought one each and got a little carried away in the Kusmi sops at Opéra and on the Champs-Elysées. Green tea, jasmine tea, loose leaf Earl Grey, violet tea, their famous Detox Tea and a miniature of Label Impérial signature tea, all in pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-84530858379552917232011-05-12T10:45:00.005+01:002011-06-16T10:51:20.021+01:00Underground Paris
An intriguing look at what lies beneath the city, found in the National Geographic's Paris Catacombs photo gallery.pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-59514440886150463972011-05-04T09:38:00.000+01:002011-06-08T10:02:59.266+01:00Latest addition to the kitchen...
Still loving Hipstamatic... and our new birdy and his bottom, on the pantry wall...pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-18711567600006443832011-04-29T15:08:00.000+01:002011-06-07T15:15:46.052+01:00Trying out hipstamatic...
A latecomer to the retro cool that is Hipstamatic... now I just need my ageing iPhone to behave.pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-92073467355962096902011-04-21T20:15:00.000+01:002011-05-15T22:46:38.545+01:00Lava and Icicles: The Blue Lagoon, Iceland
Rejkjavik, by the Viking ship, looking across the bay to where the sky meets the sea. Ice blue, everywhere. Saturday afternoon, halfway through a unique and surprising break.
Back to Friday morning, Charles de Gaulle airport. I don't know where I am going, so I have a case carefully packed for town and country, high heels and Converse, sun cream and snowboots. The snowboots were a suggestion pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-11325716027681819852011-04-12T16:56:00.000+01:002011-05-01T20:41:50.754+01:00Found! Mid-century espresso setA surprise sunny Sunday morning brocante in the quartier. I popped out for mince meat and came back with a six-piece mid-century porcelain espresso set for €5. Must find a prominent display position before husband comes back...
Back last weekend from a wonderfully peaceful trip to the Hebrides... photos to come.pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-56860833150224583752011-04-05T08:17:00.000+01:002011-04-12T08:28:29.476+01:00Trouvé: table récup'
Last Sunday, we picked a table up off the street, and brought it home. I have never done this before, it felt a little like stealing, a little like virtuous recycling. It was quite heavy, and I was bright red with exertion and embarrassment stemming from a feeling of doing something slightly naughty, and the sneaking suspicion that someone was going to come running up the street after us, pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-8210668961643789902011-03-30T17:40:00.000+01:002011-03-31T07:30:43.841+01:00For March babies
Three of my friends are having March babies, here are some of the items I have been looking at. pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-3959390560042679462011-03-26T15:02:00.000+01:002011-03-26T15:02:16.037+01:00To be ginger snaps...pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-4562044678378448302011-03-20T23:34:00.000+01:002011-03-20T23:34:52.438+01:00This time last week we were here
This time last week we were at the Blue Lagoon, near Reykjavik in Iceland, bathing in a geothermal pool surrounded by snow-capped volcanoes. It was the best surprise I have had, in ten years of surprises. Here's to another decade.
More to come...pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-12453834576907507472011-03-11T09:38:00.000+01:002011-03-11T09:38:00.194+01:00A wet shave with your brunch, sir?
A wet shave man spends every Sunday afternoon in our favourite place for brunch, the Truc bar round the corner on rue Poteau.
For €10, you can have the whole massage, shave, hot towel, oil experience.
Your wife can enjoy a final coffee and pampering by proxy.
Sunday brunch at the Truc is a bargain at €20, with patisseries, coffee, muesli, pancakes, and a salmon, bacon, or homemade burger pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-18136366158803916372011-03-08T16:12:00.006+01:002011-03-09T22:18:18.449+01:00Daniel Craig and Dame Judy Dench for International Women's Day<br><br>
Check out those stats and tell me gender diversity is no longer an issue.pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-54736811468269562752011-03-01T20:13:00.001+01:002011-03-01T20:14:26.669+01:00This week I have learnt...That an extra 50cm squared can make all the difference to a kitchen worktop (but so can the loss of an entire drawer).
That sharing music when you're lazy and usually listen to the same artists can be much less daunting with a fab music-sharing site like Lets Loop.
That Royal Jelly really is something, with added Vit B even better at boosting both energy and morale.
That party costumes are best pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-90782454417786027482011-02-26T00:06:00.000+01:002011-02-26T00:06:07.902+01:00Bettina Rheims, Printemps and the Diamond-Encrusted Eiffel Tower
Photographer Bettina Rheims has provided Printemp's latest windows, with a nine-frame story of diamonds, dresses and deception set in its Boulevard Haussman store. Each frame showcases a different designer, inlcuding Balenciaga, Chloé, Dries Van Noten, Maison Martin Margiela and Valentino, as the model searches for a diamond-encrusted Eiffel Tower in the clutches of a myterious stranger. The pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-67630979043629537962011-02-20T17:27:00.000+01:002011-02-20T17:27:12.852+01:00Sunday baking
Fruity, nutty sweet bread cake to have with cheese, or maybe for breakfast - in which case we shall definitely call it bread rather than cake, as we don't eat cake for breakfast... And a beef and Guinness stew on the stove. Last week, focaccia, and also the week before, when we had beef and pheasant casserole. And lasagnes and herb and lemon chicken, and sweetcorn mash, and cake. Even though thepinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655216378588824785.post-63915727916188709262011-02-12T16:18:00.000+01:002011-02-14T16:19:54.106+01:00Secret anniversary weekend Upcycled little green suitcase, by Betterintime.
"Do I need clothes for warm weather?"
"No"
"Do I need sun cream?"
"No"
"Do I need clothes for cold weather?"
"No"
"Do I need my passport?"
"Yes"
I still need to know what to pack though...pinkmilkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16512541946670611013noreply@blogger.com2