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[hurly_burly]

sydney trip was lovely, sydney weather was not.  many thanks to miss d for putting me up (and putting up with me), thus making the trip financially feasible as well as infinitely more enjoyable.  we essentially spent two days meandering about the city while money trickled out of our bank cards, and i bought many, many things which i simply do not need.  it was marvellous.  fabric for beautiful simple hungarian dress was purchased from miss d (no suitable material having presented itself in the fabric shop on friday), and plans have been layed to make dorothea's chemise ( http://www.bestpriceart.com/vault/cgfa_hholbein2-3.jpg ).  since i was planning to visit a friend in melb in a month or so, i will buy linen while i'm there.

favourite things purchased this weekend include (but are not limited to):
ivory lace parasol,
chocolate from vanderwee,
beautful embroidery silk in gold and cherry red,
yummy honey soap and apple/almond face mask from l'occitane en provence,
a respectable pile of books.
mermaid and centaur figurines for the small girl.
the beatles' white album

am now sunk deep into an entirely inexplicable quagmire of depression.  can't even summon the energy to make dinner or watch the sweaty rdj singlet scenes in 'iron man' (which i promise are not the sole reasons for the purchase of the dvd - there are also the clingy t-shirt scenes, and the tormented, soulful close-ups!).   i don't understand this, i just spent the day with my beloved moving half my stuff into his house, i really ought to be suffused with gladness.

but no.

oh, well.

i think a shower and a nice clean fluffy bathrobe, and soaking my feet, and putting on a face mask will make me feel better.  no cuddles, for alas, my love has gone to savage river for work until tuesday.

right, now where did the enormous box of bathroom goodies go...

Comments

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I was hallucinating the red in that band ... but maybe using it instead of cream for the tassely bits would be fun!

I do not think it is depression, I think it is sugar withdrawal from all the chocolate, and the fact that you sill have not caught up on sleep and that his Tallness has sodded off, again. Your cure, however, sounds sovereign.

And on the morrow, RDJ in all his singletted glory will still be there.

XXX!

[glass-violet.livejournal.com]

cherry red embroidery silk is always a joy to have in one's sewing box. and you're right, it would look lovely twisted into cord and used for the tassely bits.
i distinguish depression from your common or garden variety sadness by it's beautiful red and purple varigated foliage, and the fact that it is suffocating me. his tallness now thinks that i secretly don't want to move in with him (but he is an idiot, and thinks that i secretly don't love him, too. i keep telling him, i would not make gooseberry fool at 1am for someone i didn't adore!)
time for invigorating peppermint footbath, and extensive moiturising, and lots of sleep.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

He's a bit of a thickie some days.

Are you sure that none of it is caffeine withdrawal, there was an awful lot of chocolate and some coffee ...

And you left the make-up bits behind: were they rejects or just an oops?

[glass-violet.livejournal.com]

oops! well, i couldn't possibly remember to pack everything, that'd be flying against nature! i shall pick it up the next time we're in town.
*sshh!* ixnay on the affeincay!
yeah, it probably didn't help. fatigue + coffee + moving upheaval = ungood.
but feeling much better already. :)

Dorothea Dress

[annes-stuff.livejournal.com]

Hello there

Here is a higher resolution picture of the Dorothea Dress.
http://images.zeno.org/Kunstwerke/I/big/1250003a.jpg

Here is another image will cool smocking on the hemd..
http://images.zeno.org/Kunstwerke/I/big/26V0035a.jpg (Hans Holbein the Elder, 1516-1517)

And here is one by Bernard Strigel.
http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/european_paintings/portrait_of_a_woman_bernhard_strigel/objectview.aspx?OID=110002212&collID=11&dd1=11 (This one you can only view/save small sections at a time with the high resolution, however, on the Yahoo Lists I am on someone jigsawed the picture so if you would like me to send it to you, let me know).

Cheers
Anne
(One of your apprentice sisters)

Re: Dorothea Dress

[glass-violet.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And it would be lovely if you could send the jigsawed Bernard Strigel (email = ormoluclock_at_gmail.com). Woo hoo!