venern: Things of beauty...

Hello!! Seriously, TGI Friday! This week sees the end of the work project that I have been devoting myself to for the last six months. Professionally it has been the most challenging project that I have ever been involved in and for me personally, despite the fact I have done my job for years, I have learned so much! I work for a household-name corporate multi-national, so there is always a great deal of process, formality, structure in the work I do. But in this project there has been the need to be much, much more innovative, more resilient; I have never 'thought on my feet' to this extent!

So, this just shows that life can always make you learn, even when you think you have seen it all!

This weekend, we have my Danish relatives over; we are introducing them to the Friday Night Curry tonight. Saturday a beach hut barbeque party for Boo and her friends. Sunday, more family fun. Busy, busy! Must schedule in some 'down' time soon!

Thanks for all of your lovely comments, as ever, you lift me up.

This week's things of beauty...

I love this image from 'The Graduate'...the contrasting looks on their faces! One of the best ever film endings...

This Swedish room is so beautifully calming...especially the symmetry of the flowers and lamps...

Edwardian lace detail...there's something so gentle about this image...an extract only of a wider piece.

via are so happy

Milk glass opaque...

Summer-time bowl of cherries...my husband can tie a cherry stalk in a knot, no hands! Think about it...

My favourite Georg Jensen Fusion ring stacks...so gorgeous...

Counting down to some serious Portugal beach time...Elle Macpherson doing what she does best; bikini and cowboy hat.

I am still studiously avoiding the shops...budget will not allow...but I do love this Isabel Marant dress...

Simplicity in dressing is what summer is all about...from Sarah Klassen's wonderful blog Haute Design

Oops, back to dresses...my mind is never too far away. Of all things (even shoes), dresses are my best thing! I will always stray towards dresses instead of separates. My wardrobe is full of them...