July 2009 / Shell Sherree

Friday Fleurish: Tickled Pink

31.7.09

It's Friday Fleurish, so here's a rustic basket potted with pink hyacinth bulbs and packed down with a little moss. They'll intoxicate you with their fragrance all weekend. {No blood alchohol levels will be affected, I promise!} I was tossing up a few different paintings for you today, but when...

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Bombay Botanicals

28.7.09

I'm not living a lush life. I enjoy a quiet glass of wine or bubbly, but in moderation. And in summer, I'm partial to a Gin and Tonic with a slice of lime at 5:00pm on the occasional steamy afternoon. Bombay Sapphire's my choice. It's based on a recipe dating back to 1761, infused with ten botanicals...

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Venerdi in Venice: Grey Area

24.7.09

When someone says, "That's a grey area," {or "gray" area depending one's relationship to Her Majesty}, perhaps they are talking about this little spot in Venice, where one would love to walk up those stairs and be plied with home-made mushroom ravioli bathed in sage butter, accompanied by a rough...

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A Féery For Your Perfume Garden

21.7.09

If there was a prize for the prettiest perfume bottle, Van Cleef & Arpels's Féerie Eau de Parfum would surely have to be in contention. Fairies and dragonflies are a recurring theme for this French luxury house, and this bottle and fragrance were inspired by its Midsummer Night's Dream jewellery...

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Friday Fleurish

17.7.09

It's Friday again. As promised last week, we're heralding the weekend with a flourish of flowers. Today, I couldn't go past some overblown pink roses in a plain silver pot.Should this become a new tradition? Shall we alternate on Fridays between Venerdi in Venice and Friday Fleurish ... but what...

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Ballooning on Bastille Day

14.7.09

What better way could there be for us to celebrate the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille and uprising of the modern nation than with a frivolous hot air balloon ride over Paris, away from the commoners in the streets. {Mais oui, I made a little joke.} We should be sufficiently elevated...

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Hmm, I'm Torn ...

10.7.09

... Torn between posting a pretty bunch of flowers and calling it Friday Fleurish, or running with Venerdi in Venice. Venerdi is Italian for Friday. {Where there's a will, there's a way.}Venice w...

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Lion's Share of Le Tour's Attention

7.7.09

For the winners of the Yellow Jersey {aka Maillot Jaune} in Le Tour de France: a bunch of flowers and an adorable fluffy toy lion that might bear a startling resemblance to Don King, if Don King happened to be adorable. As it's unlikely any of us will score one of the real fluffy toy lions {or...

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Wine-Tour de France

4.7.09

Happy 4th July!While Americans are celebrating their independence, this illustrious date marks another important event on the calendar: the start of Le Tour de France. Lycra-watchers of the world, unite and rejoice! The rest of us will avert our eyes at the appropriate moments.This rider has his...

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The Other Salvatore

2.7.09

Clarence could hardly contain his excitement when his luxury watch from Salvatore Frogamo arrived, with its three interchangeable bands of human leather, and death-roll resistant to 15 metres. It came with the 'waxed, violet-tint' band already attached. Bellissimo! It would be his favourite, over...

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