In this weather...

forget about the cleaning

and no matter what age you are

     

                                                                 pick out a costume or knit your own

     

                         and head for the beach...

    

     

where you can hang out with the girls

     

but don't forget to bring a parasol

and something to read for when you aren't sunbathing

     

or listening to music

      

make sure you look your best

     

because who knows who you might meet there

     

 

then we can go and have some fun on the pier

ready?

cleaning ladies - imgur.com / older swimmers - Elana Halvorson Flickr / young swimmers - Tin Trunk Flickr / 1934 swimwear catalogue - acatamongthepigeons blog / 1930's knitted swimsuits - Pamoolah Vintage etsy / girls with car - Christine Flickr / girls on beach - unknown / girls with surfboards - mademoisellebbb.blogspot / girls posing - the nifty fifties tumbir / Japanese girl - ffffound.com/ girls reading - unknown / girls sunbathing - myvintagevogue tumbir / girl with radio - unknown / Ava Gardner in yellow bikini - miss-osiria-rose tumbir / girls + boys - unknown / kissing couple - via shani mcgecko / man - drtuesdaygjohnson tumbir / on dodgems 1924 - hollyhocksandtulips tumbir / two girls - vintage-retro tumbir

It's Summer...

Clifford Webb...

Corduroy written by Adrian Bell in 1930, the cover illustrated by Clifford Webb, who also illustrated the first two books of the Swallows and Amazons series written by Arthur Ransome. 

                     

Pretty in pink...

       

a favourite film... but not a colour I'm fond of

                  

but with so many different shades of pink...                       

             

     

there's bound to be something to like

     

     

             

     

             

    

   

             

     

peonies - Elena Kovyrzina's Flickr photos / girl - astro.sina.com.cn / embroidered jacket - unknown / feathers - ocean-scape.tumbir.com / vintage hanky - fabric-things.com / rubellite crystal / silk thread - dye for yarn / hydrangeas - Warren photographic / rug - nibarugs.com / dyed paper - helenquinnnyc.com / embroidery - unknown / silk thread - dye for yarn / bark - Victoria's Flickr photos / fern pattern - Dagobert Peche / diatom electron microscope photo - Dr Paul Hargreaves & Faye Darling  / ranunculus - sealilystudio etsy / jacket - Elsa Schiaparelli / pleated silk - unknown / Glasgow Roses - Charles Rennie Mackintosh / rose painting / shoes - unknown / embroidery - Ann Macbeth 1906 / tin photo - Rebecka Ryberg Skött / peony - Nicole W. Redbubble  

I've been driving in my car...

I've been driving in my car, it's not quite a Jaguar
I bought it in Primrose Hill from a bloke from Brazil

I've been driving in my car, it don't look much but I've been far
I drive up to Muswell Hill, I've even been to Selsey Bill
I drove along the A45, I had her up to 58

This copper stopped me the other day, you're mistaken what could I say
The tyres were a little worn, they were O.K., I could have sworn
I like driving in my car, I'm satisfied I've got this far

all photos - getty images - Charles Hewitt 1949 / Fox Photos 1936 / Fox Photos 1937 / words by madness 

The last days of April 2014... mood board

          

      

          

       

      

       

 

      

      

      

     

book cover - 25.mediatumbir.com / copper sheet - helenquinnyc.com / illustration - Edmund Dulac / forget me nots - tassels.tumblr.com / illustration - Masako Kubo / macro photo of dover sole - Corlia Peters-Scaf / leaf photo - A. Vale / linen - Sania Pell / painting - Max Bohm 1908 / resin doll - Elena Odriozola / oxidised copper - unknown / illustration - Matt Dawson / painting - Sergei Mayyutin 1909 / rock errosion - Jennifer Bright / girl - norvegr-presence.tumblr.com / paper cutting - Aasen Stephenson / pattern - Otto's field C Tana Lawn Liberty / prussian blue linen - unknown / girl - noperfectdayforbananafish.tumbir.co / girl - Alice by sleetwealth / writing - ranialthibani / illustration - Robert Inpen / curtain polaroid - Daniel Boudinet 1979 / sewing box - masumi1117.tumblr.com / wallpaper - collection.cooperhewitt.org / painting - Maurice Sapiro / girl - Malcolm Liepke