Veras

Things I wish would come back in style

and although I'm thinking, "If I were really worried about being in style, I wouldn't be getting a $30 whack job at Punky McPabst's House of Thinning Shears"


Goldfinger silver


I believe the color of this Aston-Martin was called "silver birch"

sailor zeitgeist

More Caribbean textile printers

Bahama Hand Prints

Ruth Clarage

http://www.bagshawsstlucia.com/

Hiccups

Server issues, I think. Sorry!

Gerd Arntz

German, 1900-1988. Why use words when you can use pictures?




Isotypes via gerdarntz.org

Late bloomers

It's been an unusually cool, rainy summer here in Chicago. My balcony garden got off to a pretty slow start. Things are kicking into high gear now that summer's half over:

My baby clematis finally bloomed! One of my favorite plants. I hope it survives the balcony's brutal winter microclimate.

This is the only time I've a sweet potato vine bloom.

The planter boxes on the shady side of the balcony always seem to do better. The south-facing side is brutally hot.
The offspring of one of last year's trailing petunia somehow sprouted between our building and the sidewalk. Unfortunately, it was weeded a few days later. I've also seen dill and cilantro sprouting below the balcony. Sure beats the usual dandelions and fast food wrappers.