Now today, mind you would be a great example of a good Monday to stay in bed. It's cool, and right now overcast...a big change from the last two weeks of glorious weather, but we could use the rain, I think. Another good weekend whizzed by. I spent the time cooking, harvesting many flowers before they go brown on the stem, and enjoyed din-din last night with the capital street duo at a brewery. And as is tradition, I got a bit calm and melancholic for the end of summer. As the Autumnal Equinox will roll in at precisely 2:19 pm here. I have noticed trees dropping leaves already, and minor changes started a week ago as summer aged on...and being a summer person, I will miss it but will enjoy what is always an amazing new season here in the East. I still have a busy calendar though...a couple day trips planned, another birthday Rehoboth Beach trip ( could this be a new tradition?), Halloween, and one last jaunt at the Woods. Then maybe I can plan on hibernating, lol. but do bring on the comforting colors and foods by all means!!!
Happy Monday dears!!!
I just want to lie in bed and nibble on a matador.
ReplyDeleteI do too!
DeleteThat makes three of us!!!
DeleteThe middle piece of shrubbery, in the top pic, looks as though Dracula (in bat format) crashed into it.
ReplyDeletePerhaps he got drunk on Bad Blood?
DeleteA lovely mood dear as always dear! The man slacking in the chair, the meat is all his? My goodness! I find the thought intimidating! Of course, my favorite among many comes down to the prettiest nature one with the mossy little pavilion. Truly a picture perfect! I wish I could climb in to explore.
ReplyDeleteYou sound like me Melanie. That was one of my favorite pictures too, makes me want to get in there and explore it. Of course so does the guy slung back in that chair. And that could take several hours.
DeleteAn eye popping mood, have a great day.
ReplyDeleteYou should know by now to wear your glasses when viewing this blog tootes! You might get an eye poked out.....
DeleteI am, as always, very sad when Summer is over. I don't mind Fall, but Winter is a bitch!
ReplyDeleteIs that a bull fighter or a bull? Both?
ReplyDeleteI'll find out and get back to you on that.
DeleteJ’adore, J’adore, J’adore !
ReplyDeleteLa terrace verdoyant, les fleurs, le chat noir (comme mon chat Frimousse :), le gâteau au carrotes, le croissant au petit déjeuner (meilleur avec du chocolat chaud) et le joli pavilion.
Le talentueux danseur Gene Kelly et cette dame spéciale Carmen Miranda, tous deux des icônes.
Et Mon Dieu !
L'American bien doté et torero bombé d'Espagne :)
Maîtresse, vous savez divertir avec vos mood board, un dimanche parfait :)
-Beau Mec à Deauville
Happy Monday to you too!
ReplyDeleteThe morns are meeker than they were
ReplyDeleteThe nuts are getting brown
The berry's cheek is plumper
The Rose is out of town.
The Maple wears a gayer scarf
The field a scarlet gown
Lest I should be old fashioned
I'll put a trinket on!
- Emily Dickinson
I'm with Emily... Jx
Let's leave me nuts and plump berry cheeks out of this.
DeleteI'm sure everyone's seen them by now. Even Emily Dickinson! Jx
DeleteThat first guy is getting hand prints and who knows what else all over those luscious dark walls!
ReplyDeleteHopefully it's washable paint!!!!
DeleteThe fabulous, the irrepressible, the flamboyant Miss Carmen Miranda. I doubt there's a gay man over the age of 50 who doesn't recognize the diminutive Brazilian export. This Gif is from the movie "That Night in Rio" but be sure and watch her strut her stuff in sky-high platform shoes in "The Gang's All Here," the Busby Berkeley 1943 extravaganza that features the song "The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat." You'll be rolling on the floor with all the phallic imagery.
ReplyDeleteI simply adore this woman who was wickedly naughty and often went pantyless on movie sets. Notorious for showing up commando, the cameramen learned quickly how to film her antics without showing her "South American Way." One photoshoot with Caesar Romero was a Hollywood scandal for revealing more of the star than was permissible at the time.
I ADORE CARMEN!!!!! I have seen most of her movies....and in most , for me anyhow, she was more memorable and would steal the show more than the top billed stars themselves!!!!! Years ago, I did an over-the-top Carmen Miranda one Halloween. The head piece was huge and weighted in at 8 lbs!
DeleteI have no idea why, its the simplest of blog posts, of any blog I read...yet, your Mood Boards on Monday is the one I most look forward to and I have no idea why like I said. And I use to have several suits like that of the model in the black and white picture. Love this board.
ReplyDeleteAnd that carrot cake looks scrumptious!!!!!!!
Love Carmen Miranda!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd that man's meat probably needs its own zip code.
XOXO
I LOVE those two interiors! Great inspiration for me when it comes to rooms. And that man and his penis??? I think I would be bedridden for five months! But the matador?!?!?!? YUM.
ReplyDeleteLove the Alphonzo Mucha illustration. I think there may be two of them, but I only can see his signature on one.
ReplyDeleteThere is always something of interests in these photos on Monday. One almost wants to make up stories to go along with the pictures.
ReplyDeleteI'll take all three of the men in that first room! That would make for a excellent Monday.
ReplyDeleteI want to be in the room with the jute rug and leather swivel armchair, with all the art. It looks like a room where I wouldn't be bothered by technology and could hibernate properly!
ReplyDeleteSx
Great collection of images!
ReplyDeleteIt's been a heck of a year so far; it feels like we went from Spring to July in about an hour, then August to Winter is about a week. Just catching the breath enough to size up the cores around closing up the yard. Brought in the tropicals this past, staged the rest of the potted plants for cleaning and debugging before bringing into the house. Then a pause until December when the deep cleaning of the flower beds and pruning back of the vines and trees begins.
And we're getting much needed rain this week, too.
It never stops, Mistress. It never stops.