tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47168586847883781542024-03-04T21:39:37.633-08:00AURORA RABYaurora rabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150137569356989214noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716858684788378154.post-1725707516345058802013-01-18T10:47:00.001-08:002013-01-18T10:47:30.893-08:00Traveling in Ghizou - CHINA- Bai Miao<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In this province of China there are many minority groups outside the han majority chinese.<br />
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Whilst going through villages this Autumn we happened upon a wedding and stopped to congratulate the bride.<br />
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The wedding guest in the two photos above was looking very lovely for the occasion.<br />
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Friends were gathered together chatting before the event.</div>
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But the bride was magnificent and smiled ....it was her day after all....<br />
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aurora rabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150137569356989214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716858684788378154.post-27633790703055465392012-07-13T05:51:00.000-07:002012-07-13T05:51:00.105-07:00Hellens ...a beautiful Herefordshire home<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Love the fireplace and flagstone floor</div>
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some great portraits<br />
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dark works<br />
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<br /></div>aurora rabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150137569356989214noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716858684788378154.post-63750552862606165542012-02-15T02:53:00.001-08:002012-02-15T04:20:46.459-08:00The American brand J.Crew is to open a shop in London<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This brand -J Crew- has grown in recent years from a high street fashion label much like Banana Republic..to a label that finds itself at home in NY fashion presentations.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Autumn 2012 courtesy Telegraph</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The creative director is Jenna Lyons with her elegant brown side-parted hair.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here she is standing behind her model styled very much in her own image and wearing a chartreuse dress and Breton stripes. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Jenna herself is wearing Cutler and Gross glasses.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We really adore this look!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And here is our own Duchesse of Cambridge</div><div style="text-align: center;"> ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja9BcbbQkEZJkjvpmULgrNn_PosGw2E7B8zpyeDWQA3jjShMYooiWdwcE29kCG7yG3Qi8hHjNR9gj4tzLS70cL32ddJvHHJ9C8voqnP0PzYquEhu7JUzeucFPaMs9Ld8ZHGR8I-MnhEqQ/s1600/hobbs+coat.tiff" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja9BcbbQkEZJkjvpmULgrNn_PosGw2E7B8zpyeDWQA3jjShMYooiWdwcE29kCG7yG3Qi8hHjNR9gj4tzLS70cL32ddJvHHJ9C8voqnP0PzYquEhu7JUzeucFPaMs9Ld8ZHGR8I-MnhEqQ/s400/hobbs+coat.tiff" width="395" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Photographed in Liverpool wearing a brown Celeste coat by Hobbs which is rumoured to have been purchased by Kate back in September for £369 and as it was from the 2011 collection it was slashed to less than half its original price £182 making way for the new Spring stock. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The coat was an immediate online sellout success.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Good news for the UK fashion industry! Well done Duchess of Cambridge.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Fishing floats</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Women doing the gutting and cleaning of the fish.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Don't you just adore these stainless steel cooking pots?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I do.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> This is the beach in Varkala</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Evening time and enjoying a sundowner at the shoreline</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> A little evening shopping?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFChXokZgo-LOKBb3evySrGp2ZacBtjCoMIgwdddj1NanJoxe0kp-x75rbQbNTDPXriaUEKcKAc8ZTEWSr1ysLtdspxEcQY5zYuojiUEhfZzvaEHpEpK_1Yg7UtAz5t0Ko5VT8BdZxTU/s1600/DSC_0953.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFChXokZgo-LOKBb3evySrGp2ZacBtjCoMIgwdddj1NanJoxe0kp-x75rbQbNTDPXriaUEKcKAc8ZTEWSr1ysLtdspxEcQY5zYuojiUEhfZzvaEHpEpK_1Yg7UtAz5t0Ko5VT8BdZxTU/s320/DSC_0953.JPG" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Early morning swim.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Fishermen's homes at night</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A school trip!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>aurora rabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150137569356989214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716858684788378154.post-78598329397800429242011-05-05T05:07:00.000-07:002011-05-05T05:07:48.792-07:00LEVENS - last week I visited this unique topiary garden.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6UbXn41djurFM13GrJ9WLMZd9LetpGeSLxtBXPxijLsIVpWCTYiH-8vLfYsTrO5ff9Zzkso7_LazyoWbX8uXmdRZ4nAz68nx8ZqngP8rJm_XRGxF4a7rc2fiYJHqGScPIRMB4xIqkk1A/s1600/P1040705.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6UbXn41djurFM13GrJ9WLMZd9LetpGeSLxtBXPxijLsIVpWCTYiH-8vLfYsTrO5ff9Zzkso7_LazyoWbX8uXmdRZ4nAz68nx8ZqngP8rJm_XRGxF4a7rc2fiYJHqGScPIRMB4xIqkk1A/s400/P1040705.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> For a long time now I have been wanting to visit this unique garden -famous for its three hundred year old topiary- which is situated fairly near to Kendal in the Lakes. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally last week at the end of April we made it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">It did not disappoint.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">This garden is very special. It is a real visual treat. A very gem of a garden.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> (Although sadly , the day was overcast for my photos)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGfpF3EgKVIkbCXbJJbGAM_iBE_YL5zLRvquvykqbxqt1nAFwci030pTlhG26-jeZ0hOZeBzMIS-2W6Myr3_2SJrKkQ848k69fhWXoVYfeS1uhgpVNKNaEP19lUJHUVPk-DbW3c_kwDc/s1600/P1040707.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGfpF3EgKVIkbCXbJJbGAM_iBE_YL5zLRvquvykqbxqt1nAFwci030pTlhG26-jeZ0hOZeBzMIS-2W6Myr3_2SJrKkQ848k69fhWXoVYfeS1uhgpVNKNaEP19lUJHUVPk-DbW3c_kwDc/s320/P1040707.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">These yew and box trees take four gardeners over a month to trim.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Each box bed in this section of the garden was inlaid with violas.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Again each flower was different. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I love them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I want to make myself a felt corsage modeled on these little gems!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Here we arrive at another part of the formal garden - its so sculptural that its almost difficult to know from what angle to view it.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And then I saw and fell in love with this one!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This garden and Elizabethan house are <b>a must visit!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">They are truly wonderful. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">The garden a triumph!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">What a brilliant game it is too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"> involving strategy and its really engaging.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">There is a fair level of skill to master too.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Love it!</span></div></div>aurora rabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150137569356989214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716858684788378154.post-6834236498810164192011-05-02T14:22:00.000-07:002011-05-02T14:22:33.613-07:00What fun was had! PL4 Brov's Talbot<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOi3sUchwZLzw-krbk0F9lS9x_wSug3_sIzHRXAPYIq_pUexrLDhyN6ZIniyAfJ815xPHlgJyUJPZSGrlZw8C98PXujpu-GpJtpOtkPuoKyrFXJ_3RWUIACQc6HKvqzyBl5-SfDMGZd2o/s1600/Jeni+in+PL4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOi3sUchwZLzw-krbk0F9lS9x_wSug3_sIzHRXAPYIq_pUexrLDhyN6ZIniyAfJ815xPHlgJyUJPZSGrlZw8C98PXujpu-GpJtpOtkPuoKyrFXJ_3RWUIACQc6HKvqzyBl5-SfDMGZd2o/s320/Jeni+in+PL4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">By the way reader no way was she a size 16...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BUT</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">delicious food served downstairs </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">reader...I recommend it</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why do seaside houses anywhere in the world look so right? painted blue?</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just look at this one.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with a beautiful decoration in the plaster on the front...</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">how about this for a front door?</span></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and here below- mock Tudor building styles </span></b></span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shrimp net anyone?</span></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a great little maritime museum in this 16th Century building where Charles 11 once dined</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiNP-9QfWkM-pjD_qvPgadR92RGCzOYD-4-229WNczObfMw5dQrXz6jTLeucKeWFM8USkot9D5CCQhKH0rdHfhvg8QMAP7CNKkR4Nexgvp6H0zTb9osyLQhIF60EUg8Iu89WaSYa3kb5Y/s1600/P1040534.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiNP-9QfWkM-pjD_qvPgadR92RGCzOYD-4-229WNczObfMw5dQrXz6jTLeucKeWFM8USkot9D5CCQhKH0rdHfhvg8QMAP7CNKkR4Nexgvp6H0zTb9osyLQhIF60EUg8Iu89WaSYa3kb5Y/s400/P1040534.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A little wedding fever! and some great small individual shops...</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of course the odd home populated by fairies is there too ...</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SSHH !</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div></div>aurora rabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150137569356989214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716858684788378154.post-15527520922469358992011-04-07T00:19:00.000-07:002011-04-07T00:19:21.059-07:00Jane Birkin's Hermes bag is being auctioned on ebay today for the Red Cross relief fund for Japan.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px;"></span></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> - the 'customised' -with stickers and beads! black Birkin Hermes handbag that has been carried around the world with the actress for the past five years </span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">will be auctioned today on Ebay to raise money for the Red Cross relief work in Japan.</span></span></b></div></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="rtl" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span> </b></div><div dir="rtl" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Let's hope it does really well. </span></b></div><div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><br />
</span> </b></div><div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Meanwhile here's Jane herself - </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">I just adore this style- </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> I am a huge fan<span></span> of the ultimate nav</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">y blue top</span></b></div></div><div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;"><br />
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</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>I started collecting these gorgeous little moulded glass fruit gems on ebay from the USA a few years ago after seeing and reading about them in </b><a href="http://www.millersantiquesguide.com/items/31449/a-1950s-austrian-fruit-pin-with-silver-foil-backed-/"><b>Judith Miller's</b></a><b> guide to collecting costume jewellery. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>It would seem that they were made in Austria and then shipped to the States.</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Its really difficult to have a favourite as they are all so lovely and highly collectible. </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>They really are such fun... and very topical too.. with fruit images being splashed all over the fashion pages for Spring / Summer 2011</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>These are such juicy looking apples</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Two mauve translucent pears -symbol of my county</b></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Red cherries set in a black japanned base.</b></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Strawberries again with two sets of enamelled leaves and two highlight crystals</b></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Peaches ? Plums?</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A solitary large crystal pear.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><b>Can you please comment if you like ONE of them more than the rest.Or if you know more about them ...I would love to hear more about them...</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Where in Austria were they made?</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Why solely for the American market?</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><span></span><span></span></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;">Any other collectors out there who can help?</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: orange;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The colour combinations have been so well thought out</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">This photo is courtesy of Wilderness Travel</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;">Love it!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0c343d;"><br />
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</span></b></div></div>aurora rabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150137569356989214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716858684788378154.post-71028410892269423842011-03-15T12:56:00.000-07:002011-03-15T12:56:21.727-07:00Kerala...and Fort Cochin +some of the things I love about India...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">After the unfolding of the sad news from Japan this week the state of emergency there continues to be an ongoing cause of worry, sadness and concern to the rest of the world. It is in our thoughts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Yet less than a month ago no we were wandering around the southern most tip of India </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">seeing at first hand the reconstruction that has gone on... after the last Asian tsunami. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Poor fishing villages and homes have been completely rebuilt along the shoreline. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">....................................</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Today</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> I have downloaded the second section of photos from our holiday and here is a taste of Kerala.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Calicut north of Fort Cochin on the coast is the place where calico was shipped out. The pool and hammock say it all.A few days to relax after a very busy time in Mysore. Slowly making our way back to Fort Cochin for the flight back to the UK.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">I wish that I could have brought this courtyard garden home with me... Its just perfect. I love these old colonial wooden homes with an interior courtyard- so different from any garden in England.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Another breakfast and ..... another omelette as we get set for the day...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">But how delicious does this supper in the evening look?</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">And in the bedroom an antique teak 19th C daybed for lingering on ...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><b>The Courtyard restaurant- Fort Cochin...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><b><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">And here was a perfect little homestay called Precious I think which I passed on a walk and awarded the 'best garden of the trip' award to...isn't it special? You can find it near the Vasco da Gama church and the cricket field.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>aurora rabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150137569356989214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716858684788378154.post-69847249001636826342011-03-13T08:42:00.000-07:002011-03-13T08:42:07.145-07:00TWO TREASURES belonging to My TWO Great- Grandmothers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_CTkmVOusJ2Vkonhjv5ru3iLiQB55F4hpazW-kKxebWYHi6HBtCcw4fQWTBlbIP4GFRoFyuuKSctQrxAX15TdgfEWd-NxKDWrDEJWSI5rG2FSL77ikjjRx980TGRCw6b4W0xgV38hw0/s1600/P1040371.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_CTkmVOusJ2Vkonhjv5ru3iLiQB55F4hpazW-kKxebWYHi6HBtCcw4fQWTBlbIP4GFRoFyuuKSctQrxAX15TdgfEWd-NxKDWrDEJWSI5rG2FSL77ikjjRx980TGRCw6b4W0xgV38hw0/s320/P1040371.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Firstly from Hodson Bottom, Chiseldon in Wiltshire Maria Barrett's cup</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">a baby's entertainment collection collected by Mary Ann Addy.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Early Victorian plastic charms ? collected and strung on silk...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Do you have simple items like this that have been kept and passed on in the family?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span></div></div>aurora rabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150137569356989214noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716858684788378154.post-9530626255390902022011-03-10T03:35:00.000-08:002011-03-10T03:35:18.113-08:00an item for the summer wish list<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHUHo7fscQpeHAcqe11n_zFb75y6qRFllfzfDF0fiEYRIR80ag5ExR2X7pXjMG2A7lnlkH_uQCy5-__E0WlmTYhTxI10vxBZIonmsaFxXTJzjpRqh36OAsmMAmy3RcS8EACx1WG6PfTo/s1600/chanel+sunnies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHUHo7fscQpeHAcqe11n_zFb75y6qRFllfzfDF0fiEYRIR80ag5ExR2X7pXjMG2A7lnlkH_uQCy5-__E0WlmTYhTxI10vxBZIonmsaFxXTJzjpRqh36OAsmMAmy3RcS8EACx1WG6PfTo/s320/chanel+sunnies.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
</div>aurora rabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150137569356989214noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716858684788378154.post-18983621314066717792011-03-07T05:28:00.000-08:002011-03-07T05:28:48.721-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;">http://www.nikkinakkilou.co.uk</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check out Nikki's blog she has a great sense of style -love this post she did last month on MANDARIN</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>aurora rabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14150137569356989214noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4716858684788378154.post-51423179639080243742011-03-07T05:27:00.000-08:002011-03-07T05:27:13.694-08:00More Mandarin -tangerine- orange<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxIYa570cMnJW9eU6YmEMq4tVlaAhM2vQvDJ2VPWmsu7opa1SVzE9BhxaFElUxN_RVFUJZHOubdnSYQCWyuhq9XudjyqR1to1hq6MNqzBDNofheYL6w7R8nqrh4duz0xOjrjALo62rVM/s1600/orange+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZxIYa570cMnJW9eU6YmEMq4tVlaAhM2vQvDJ2VPWmsu7opa1SVzE9BhxaFElUxN_RVFUJZHOubdnSYQCWyuhq9XudjyqR1to1hq6MNqzBDNofheYL6w7R8nqrh4duz0xOjrjALo62rVM/s320/orange+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><b>Simple frocks</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSapgCcXVI44b561KKLMtiAN2dFVjVC_gMO3qPOQ6lQk41IkZLo0qOFW7LiLS4pG1wH6pWoLK66pGi9GskZ49SNQTVkH4e3v47-ybpy6EWPnBRgyfrBzKZrKPaDgc3sCZrqg28UXj9-QU/s1600/bike+hugger.com.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSapgCcXVI44b561KKLMtiAN2dFVjVC_gMO3qPOQ6lQk41IkZLo0qOFW7LiLS4pG1wH6pWoLK66pGi9GskZ49SNQTVkH4e3v47-ybpy6EWPnBRgyfrBzKZrKPaDgc3sCZrqg28UXj9-QU/s320/bike+hugger.com.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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