In my minds eye..

Patti smith taken by annie leibowitz

annie leibowitz

annie leibowitz

Annie Leibowitz

 One day i want to have at least a fraction of her talent!

Night y'all!
X

A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art.

So my predictions for this coming year...I refuse to post stuff that i dont approve of.

The seeds of change.

Today I came accross the most amazing seeds in a rather ugly little carpark.  After questionioning a few clever people, I found out they are clematis seeds. Each individual seed looks like a tadpole with a furry tale, and they are all attatched to the plant in the most beautiful little star like mess:)

~ Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we set out to deceive~  Sir Walter Scott

And this pretty ditty is an absolute must hear..what a voice:)

Her name is Nadeah, she is the former(?) singer of Nouvelle Vague and this song is called "Odile"

Goodnight my dears

Getting to know you, Putting it my way, But nicely, You are precisely, My cup of tea.

If I was a month, I would be april
If I was a day, I would be Friday
If I was a time of day, I would be sunrise
If I was a season, I would be spring
If I was a sea creature, I would be a seal
If I were an emotion, I would be empathy
If I was a country, I would be the South Africa.
If I was an item in a house, I’d be a mirror.
If I was a drink, I would be earl grey in a cast iron pot.
If I was a tree I would be a birch
If I was a flower, I would be a Peony
If I was weather I’d be a thunderstorm.
If I was a fruit I would be a grape
If I was a colour I’d be sunflower yellow
If I was a sound I’d sound like a stormy night.
If I was a dish I would be a couscous with to much flavour
If I was a taste I would taste like cinnemon
If I was a song I’d be golden brown the stranglers
If I was a pair of shoes, I would be barefoot.

written on my behalf by one of the bestest of best friends a long time ago

Choose to chance the rapids, and dare to dance the tides..

moi...still drowning in my wooly scarf

Today while walking to the bus stop i noticed lots of plants starting to sprout out of the ground, and it got me to thinking about the mentality i tend to have in spring compared to that which i have in winter (and yes, i am aware that winter is probably still to come,seeing as we have hardly even had snow that settled this year...) for the last few days even though it has been cold as hell, it has been beautifully crisp and sunny. As soon as the sun comes out my motivation is reactivated, and my hibernation mode is switched off.  

a bit of springtime on my table:)

My amazing rose bush in my garden, this little guy decided to bloom in december, and has been going strong ever since...apart from his weird frost blisters :)

The evening light at the end of summer and beginning of spring is just amazing, it is such a warmth that bathes everything in its reach in gold.

anyway, enough photos of pretty light:)

goodnight one and all..X

To make an end is to make a beginning

      So, I have finally done it, i have gone and started my own blog, one of the things on my list for 2012, along with eating healthier(5 portions of fruit or veg a day etc..) starting some kind of sport(which was what I resolved to do last year and the year before...hmm) i found this text from T.S Elliot rather apt for the beginning of a new year.

        Well, I guess I should probably introduce myself quickly, my name is Joanna, I am 24 years old and have been living in Hamburg in Germany for the last 3 years, I am originally from a tiny village in North Yorkshire, England, but my blood is 50 % Irish 50% Swiss and 4 years ago I left part of myself in South Africa(where I lived for a year)..so one could say I am a bit of a mongrel.

     I am an avid music fan, and constantly on the lookout for new beautiful tunes to brighten up my life, my aim is to share lots and lots of my findings on here.

         Another passion of mine is clothing, one could almost call this passion of mine an addiction, an addiction that I love but one that leaves my purse rather very empty most months, and my cupboard is bursting with things I never wear yet cannot throw away. In an ideal world i would always wear things like this:

from the film the edge of love...amazing

or this:

(pic from Freepeople.com)

Well,I guess this is enough random banter for a first entry, and I will leave you with a beautiful song from a not so beautiful man(he looks like his head hair has slided off his head onto his chin)       William Fitzsimmons: so this is goodbye....for now:)

goodnight children!