A new Dean Bowen painting for the collection: Bird with Stick Insects. He’s made friends with the nest of blue-toned mid-century ceramics.
Dean Bowen Bird
May 19th, 2010 by Tracy | 1 Comment - click to view »
What do you think? 1 Comment - click to view »
Categories: Other Stuff, Retro Stuff
Bookmark this permalink or use our trackback.
Like to read more? Subscribe with RSS 
Autumn Days
May 17th, 2010 by Tracy | Click to leave a comment »
Ah, these gorgeous autumn mornings – wonderful light and invigorating breezes. Yesterday we had breakfast beach-side, and later rode our retro bikes down to Scarborough. All that oxygenated blood supply made a glass of sauv blanc even more enjoyable at cocktail hour, which extends from roughly 6-9pm.
What do you think? Click to leave a comment »
Categories: Other Stuff, Travelogue
Bookmark this permalink or use our trackback.
Like to read more? Subscribe with RSS
Retro Travel Maps
May 1st, 2010 by Tracy | Click to leave a comment »
There’s something poignant and beautiful about old illustrated tourist maps that satisfies my love of retro design – and my nosiness about people’s excursions and travels…
These fold-out maps of Paris and London are from an elderly couple who kept these as souvenirs from their early 50s trip – the London map even had a little dried sprig of foliage pressed inside.
What do you think? Click to leave a comment »
Categories: Retro Stuff, Typography
Bookmark this permalink or use our trackback.
Like to read more? Subscribe with RSS
From the Record Bar
April 25th, 2010 by Tracy | Click to leave a comment »
A quick detour through the local Vinnies had me pondering the death of the LP. The large area of the cardboard sleeve provided huge acreage for artwork and typography – sometimes amazing, sometimes cringey, sometimes touching off fond memories of my parent’s collection – I’m talking Neil Diamond, Glenn Campbell, Charley Pride… wait, maybe I was flicking through their old collection?!
I had to have this Perry Como album with its saturated colour, 70s type and super-tanned Perry, and gave it a spin on the old hi-fi. I defy you to listen to ‘And I Love You So’ and not mix a martini.
50c bought this great Golden Books’ ABC rhymes record – you read along with the record, and the illustrations by Roland Rodegast and Grace Clarke are absolutely charming.
What do you think? Click to leave a comment »
Categories: Retro Stuff, Typography
Bookmark this permalink or use our trackback.
Like to read more? Subscribe with RSS
Sewing Diversion
April 21st, 2010 by Tracy | 2 Comments - click to view »
I’ve been sewing from Vintage patterns lately. This modern Butterick shift dress pattern with a turned boatneck collar worked a treat in fabric purchased from Tessuti – a kinda 60s look (and early Elvis hair). And don’t I match the blue Gordon Andrews’ Rondo chair perfectly?
It’s hard to sew when Miss Trixie exercises her rights to sit on anything papery or vaguely mat-like!
What do you think? 2 Comments - click to view »
Categories: Other Stuff, Sewing, Trixie
Bookmark this permalink or use our trackback.
Like to read more? Subscribe with RSS
Easter Sort-Out
April 7th, 2010 by Tracy | Click to leave a comment »
Yes – it’s post-storm cleanup time! Easter weekend passed in a nice blur of reading, watching Mad Men (I’m obsessed), sipping the odd glass of Sauv Blanc, and sorting.. wait, that’s every weekend!
Yesterday I offloaded a cool collection of EYE and Baseline typography magazines to an old friend from uni days.
Then I listed some vintage knitting magazines on eBay – with more to come. I prefer to let these lovelies go to a good caring home, rather than sit neglected in files at my place. But look, aren’t the fashions gorgeous? And I had a good laugh at the names the inventive editors give to their jumper creations: Paula, Melinda, Gayle were all smoldering babes, but then there was a rather plain apple-munching Eilleen.
Now that I’m looking at those hats, I’m almost tempted to pick up the needles…
What do you think? Click to leave a comment »
Categories: Retro Stuff
Bookmark this permalink or use our trackback.
Like to read more? Subscribe with RSS
Floreat Lakes
March 26th, 2010 by Tracy | 3 Comments - click to view »
What started as an exciting oddity – hailstones in Perth – quickly developed into disaster movie stuff.
Within 5 minutes our front lawn turned into a lake lapping into our house, the roof became Swiss cheese and water poured from light fittings, ceiling fans and cornices, and windows were smashed. Neighbours kindly brought in armloads of towels to help us mop up. I had images of Charlton Heston parting the Red Sea – where’s a staff when you need one?
Amazingly, the computers survived, and our bedroom stayed dry. Our cat bolted, but was later found in a neighbour’s house watching TV.
What do you think? 3 Comments - click to view »
Categories: Other Stuff
Bookmark this permalink or use our trackback.
Like to read more? Subscribe with RSS
Greens Pool in the Sun
March 9th, 2010 by Tracy | Click to leave a comment »
Is there a more spectacular place to swim? I doubt it (although the water can be rather fresh!) – just ask my sister – she swims there every week whatever the vagaries of the weather.
Snorkelling and swimming with my nephews on the long weekend was great.
What do you think? Click to leave a comment »
Categories: Travelogue
Bookmark this permalink or use our trackback.
Like to read more? Subscribe with RSS
