splendid zinnias

Look at the splendid color combination of pale orange and lilac. This stunning zinnia is by far my favorite summer flower of the season.

It's the Zinnia elegans Forecast, a mixture of single and double flowers in all kind of exotic colors of purple, pink, lilac, orange, salmon, yellow and vanilla shades.

A few days after picking, the colors fade a bit and the zinnias are even more spectacular.

These ones are growing in the Villa Augustus garden. Note to self; I will definitely sow the seeds in my own garden next year.

wool experiments

Wool experiments for the upcoming COOL CROCHET WORKSHOP in Marrakech.

Color-testing on the Japanese hanger that I bought today at Pantoufle in Rotterdam.

sibella court books

Sibella Court, bestselling author of Etcetera, The Stylist's Guide to NYC, Nomad, Bowerbird and Gypsy is a globetrotter and treasure hunter.

Sibella is a unique and incomparable stylist and author. I love her style and sense of color.

Last week Henk got the 'The Life of a Bowerbird' a as birthday gift, which makes our Court book collection almost complete. Today I enjoyed browsing Bowerbird*

Heavenly books, full of inspiration to look at again and again! Highly recommended. You can find them all in The Society Inc.

Which one is your favorite?
* A bowerbird is an Australian native bird that builds a reedy ground nest and goes to extraordinary lenghts to decorate it with 'stolen' goods and found objects like shells, bones, pegs and shiny milk caps.