The BBC publishes a weekly gallery of readers’ pictures on a set theme. For week starting Thu 28t July the theme was wind, and I submitted the three photos below. One was selected and you can see it here (it’s at the end)). Stay tuned for more!
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Brooch Time
When we were at the Balôn last month, we found a box full of old wrist watch faces selling for between €0.50 and €2.00 (for the ones that still contained part of the mechanism attached to the face). I spent almost an hour choosing the best ones, and last week made two brooches. Here they are, along with a few photos of the faces alone:
(Last photo credit: Randa Carranza)
What I bought at the Gran Balôn
Last month I visited Torino, and went to the Gran Balôn, an amazing flea market just north of the centre. I bought two practical and beautiful items for the house, an OMG stove-top espresso maker, and an old wooden draw (and you can’t have too many draws, can you?).
If you like these, there’s more to come…
Textures 1 – London and Torino
I love the textures one can find, walking in any city. Here are some from Torino & London:
Stay tuned for more textures from Zurich and beyond!
Vintage Photography
Last Christmas I received a wonderful gift from my Dad in Lima: my grandparents photo albums from the 1920s – 1940s. I scanned some of the photos, and also the best album pages, that my grandfather Oscar carefully laid out captioned:
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