Strawberries and Cream

 Spilling out of vases on the dining table.

Today I've been making strawberry jam and strawberry ice-cream with local strawberries.

As I swirled the bright red puree into the cream, making fine threads of hot pink, I thought of how much I love this colour combination.

It is all around me right now.

Favourite books.

Cloth from Sapa, Vietnam, a trip taken at exactly this time, 10 years ago.

Cheats ice-cream.

 The last lone gerbera, from a local flower farm.

Stretched fabric over a canvas.

A recent gift, brought back from the Philippines by a friend.

What is your favourite colour combination right now?

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Valentino wisdom

I have started the mammoth and daunting task of sorting our our walk-in-robe. As I pile clothes into boxes of: to keep, to give away, to bin. I keeping thinking of a quote by Valentino.



"If it doesn't make you feel beautiful, then don't wear it"

....or words to that effect. I am remembering the line from an interview, that I had seen with him, many years ago.

I'm a little worried, as so far that is leaving me with one skirt and two pairs of shoes!



Why the red? I have been inspired by Astrid and her 'my life in red' project, this month.