Near-ish:
The oldest picture first: I took this back in June - a reminder of summer. Only another 8 or 9 months before the view from my kitchen window will look as green as this again.
Far:
This was the unusually reddish-gold full moon we saw in September. Several of you in blogland posted about it, and your pictures were so much better than what I can produce. Still, it was a very beautiful sight (again from my kitchen window), and I decided to keep the pictures.
A really daft "blondes joke" comes to mind. One blonde asks the other: "What is further away from here, London or the moon?" - "Hello?! Can you see London from here?!" (I know, I am terrible with jokes. I never remember the good ones.)
Near:
During my Yorkshire holiday in August, I came across a notebook sporting a pattern of foxes that I really, really liked. I didn't buy it, because the notebook had only about 8 pages and cost nearly a fiver - way over the top. But the effect it had on me was that now I was looking for Things With Foxes on them everywhere - the right kind of fox pattern, not just any image of a fox.
The day after I returned from England, I went into town for some errands and happened to spot this mug in a shop I normally don't visit regularly. I simply had to buy it, and find it so fitting for autumn (although of course foxes are there all year round). I've been drinking my morning coffee from this mug every morning since then, and you know what my preferred reading material is to go with my first morning coffee? Your blogs!
The last of the three dresses I brought from England. This was, I think, a particularly good find at "Monsoon" in Harrogate. It does not show properly in the picture, but the fabric is textured, and I think the whole piece has something of Star Trek about it. Couldn't I be a Science Officer aboard Deep Space Nine in that?
That's it for now. Next up should be the woodland walk we went on last Saturday.
Yes. You do look like a star-trooper in that outfit Officer Riley, but you need to add a raygun and perhaps a silver helmet with a big shiny visor.
ReplyDeleteI don't want to be a star-trooper - that's Star Wars, not Star Trek :-) A silver helmet would certainly be stylish, though...
DeleteIt does look starshipish. I always enjoy a good blond joke.
ReplyDeleteI love jokes, I'm just useless at telling them because I rarely remember them properly.
DeleteI love those moon pictures!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Frances! It looked so unusual and beautiful, I had to try and capture it on camera.
DeleteReally like the fox mug with the little footprint inside.
ReplyDeleteVery cheerful autumn napkin to go with it too.
Makes me smile :)
Me too, Monica, every morning :-)
DeleteI forgot to take a picture of the loop scarf my Mum gave me a while ago - with little foxes printed all over!
I'm so glad that you decided to share these pictures with us...The last two are perhaps my favorites. That fox mug is charming! I'm not sure what you mean about the fabric being structured. Do you mean textured? It certainly is a pretty dress and just your style.
ReplyDeleteIndeed I mean textured, Kristi, thank you! It's such details that show I am, after all, not a native speaker (or writer) of English. In German, you'd say that the fabric has "Struktur".
DeleteYes, isn't the fox mug cute! (I don't often use that word, but it certainly fits here.)
I really like your full moon photos! It's so hard to get a good one (for me, anyway, with my cheap digital camera or my phone) that I rarely try anymore. And I love your fox mug!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jennifer! I trust my oldish digital camera because it does not want much faffing, and although I lack the ambition to learn how to take REALLY good pictures, I am mostly satisfied with the result of my "effort" - sometimes even getting a pleasant surprise :-)
DeleteOh, I love all these photos! The green shot from your window, and the MOON photos, send me over the moon! That is the cutest fox mug, I am glad you treated yourself to it.
ReplyDeleteAnd I also like your blue outfit very much! Does it remind me of Star Trek? Yes, it does and that is the highest compliment, they only had pretty girls on that show!! (Captain Kirk would always fall in love with one but she almost always died! LOL!) I love Star Trek and I know you do too! Live long and prosper! (Can you do the Vulcan salute? You know I can!!)
Of course I can do the Vulcan salute, Kay - you're not surprised, are you :-) Sometimes I wish I could do the Vulcan Nerve Grip, too ;-)
DeleteA lovely series of photos! Thank you so much for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, Linda! I am not entirely sure but I think this is your first visit (or first comment) on my blog? In any case, welcome to my Mental Library :-)
DeleteThe fox mug rather reminded me of what a fox might look like if painted by Rosina Wachtmeister
ReplyDeleteA little bit, yes. But Rosina would have completely cluttered it up by giving the fox numerous patches of colours and the background would look different, too :-)
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