Wanderlust: 20 places in the world you must see

Swiss Alps in Autumn; photo: Robin Halioua via Airows

Feeling restless?  I am.  For some world wandering inspiration you MUST check out this beautiful list from Airows of 20 places that will make you want to run around the globe.

My top 5? (Aside from the Swiss Alps, above - ok, and basically the whole list.)

Antarctica.  I can't handle the cold but I'm going, going, going. Photo: Jim Raycroft

Canyon Waves in Arizona.  Photo: Greg Mote

Falling off cliffsides in France.  Photo: Tim Geers

Stunning transparent waters in Portugal. Photo: Agostinho Fernandes

And, last but not least - the Stairway to Heaven which hopefully I'll get to do with my loves, Lucy, Anna and LG in April.  Aloha, Hawaii.  Photo: Mark Payton

Woollahra streets

via SP

Heavily missing these Woollahra streets this month.  I love this time of year in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs and that gorgeous purple - vibrant and lilac all at the same time.  Thanks SP, for making me thoroughly homesick.

Brighten your Monday

via Piece of Cake Piece of Mind

Love this little DIY posie of peonies - perfect for brightening a friend (or your own) day with a burst of colour and les fleurs.  Learn how here, at Piece of Cake Piece of Mind.

Smell the rain

via Dangerously Debonair

Reflections: Anish Kapoor

Anish Kapoor, Museum of Contemporary Art

 

“The world is a looking-glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it, and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion; and so let all young persons take their choice.” 

- William Makepeace Thackeray

 

Green frame

 

Glorious Sydney (post) summer sun, silhouetting.  Reminds me of a Beatrice Coron paper cutting.

Italia

via Etsy

Hipster nieces

Anya and Siona in NYC

 

When your nieces are hipper than you, the only thing left to do is blog them.

Iridescence

 

Image by Jonathan Canalas via Serendipitous Romance

" "Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss..." He turned to me.  "But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare." "

-Wendelin Van Draanen, Flipped

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Starlight and Yeats

via Serendipitous Romance

From Book III, The Wanderings of Oisin.

And I can smell summer coming on

via my blackberry

 

"And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer."

 

— F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
 

I've posted this quote before, but I couldn't resist once more.  This week has brought back the sparkle and the sun to Sydney - but what I have loved the most is that ever so slight sweet fragrance with balmy undertones in the air - the vaguely, heady reminder just under the breeze in the evening that spring is near.  It has stopped me mid conversation, walking home many a night this week to just soak it up - rarely does something make me so very happy.

Coveting: jewels

via Eva Chen

Miu Miu cameo collection, Prada brooch.  Divine.

Beautiful structures

via Boss Hunting

Rooftop garden at Chicago City Hall, Glasshouse by Carlos Santambrogio.  Love.

Accordian

From top: via Vanessa Jackman, other selected photos from Tumblr

(Please let me know if one of these are your pictures so I can credit you!)

Sweet smells

via my blackberry

Gorgeous outside aesthetic for the opening of natural candle maker Ecoya's flagship store on Queen Street, Woollahra.  And wow, did it smell beautiful!  You can see more beautiful photos over at 915 blog.

Gold, baby, gold

via The Outnet

When searching for jewellery, I get in a spot of bother (or advantage, depending on your outlook) - allergies mean anything that isn't real gold or silver causes a skin reaction. Luckily, one can always find the good stuff on the Outnet.

From top: Monica Vinader mini luna 18k gold vermeil moonstone and labradorite; Oscar De La Renta 24 karat gold plated multi strand necklace; and Yves Saint Laurent gold plated enamel ring.

Divine

via Elle

This is an old shot, from one of last year's runway shows - Lanvin, I think.  Was rummaging through my pictures folder - so much fun to find surprising beautiful things.

Spring ad campaign: Hermes SS12

via Fashionologie

Gorgeous.



Whole lotta love

Godly

via Sunflower79