Cathedrale Notre Dame de Bayeux
The heart of Bayeux is a cathedral town. Bayeux cathedral is on the gentle slopes which rise above a small river The main shopping street run east west just a couple of blocks north of the cathedral with a quaint residential area (with some nice cafes) just to the west of the cathedral. The cathedral [more…]
By Kate
Spanish Skirted Dress
The picture is a bit blurry – I must take a better one, but after sharing the pictures of Dante Marioni’s Blue Group, I thought I would add this blue dress I designed. I love the Spanish skirt. In case you are wondering what this is doing on an Ancient Egypt site it’s simple. In [more…]
By Kate
Californian Halloween
I never understood the fuss about Halloween until I spent a Halloween in Silcon Valley. In Britain was are used to seeing a few houses decorated at Christmas. The road up from me is one where most houses are illuminated outside. That’s nothing though compared with the decoration I saw in Old Palo Alto. Whole [more…]
By Kate
Burgundy Orchid
When I was in Thailand I visited a couple of orchid farms and can’t recall quite which orchid farm this was taken in but it was just one of literally thousands of blooms. My father used to grow orchids and was always excited when he got one or two blooms. I’m really not sure how [more…]
By Kate
Blue Group – Glassware by Dante Marioni
Blue Group is a 1994 piece by the American artist Dante Marioni which was displayed in the Stanford Museum in 2008. It features three tall, slender pieces of hand-blown glass in lustrous blue. [more…]
By Kate
1920s Flappers
When I was a little girl, I used to watch the old 1920s silent movie, Chapin, Buster Keaton, the Keystone Cops and the like. They weren’t exactly highbrow but for a young girl growing up in the 1970s they were fun all the same. They have left me with a love of the 1920s. Some [more…]
By Kate
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant – Billy Joel
There is some great material on YouTube and I’m delighted they have come to an agreement with some major artists to feature their material. The trouble is, one is never sure which artists’ work has been approved and which haven’t so videos might disappear or embedding might be disabled. It’s a shame because it can [more…]
By Kate
Cheiro – Palm Reader
A short post about the clairvoyant astrologer and chieromancer Count Louis Hamon aka “Chiero”. [more…]
By Kate
Bruce Lee
My visit to Hong Kong was overcast at the best: wet much the time. I was staying in the Shangri La hotel in Kowloon, near the Tsim Tsa station. I’d caught the ferry back over the harbour and by the time I reached Kowloon the weather was finally starting to clear. I walked past [more…]
By Kate
Black Cake Icing
Black cake icing has a reputation for being hard to make, which is a shame because it can be used for some really fun cakes like this piratical cake by magpi. In fact black cake icing can be really easy. Your local supermarket may stock ready made black icing, or it can be bought online. [more…]