Hemingway and all

Hi. Well, that was an awful weekend. Sickness, irritability, bad weather... oooof. OK, done with the rant. I hope yours was much better! I did read two wonderful (though disturbing and morbid) Hemingway stories. I'd have read more, but these needed to sink in a bit. He tells a great story. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber meant a whole lot more this time around (read it 20+ years ago??). I also finished the The Capital of the World. Marvelous but very sad. I highly recommend a Hemingway fix every once in a while. I'll be with him for a while, with forty seven more stories to read in the volume we had hanging around.
Since Hemingway's on my mind and he loved the bull fights, I smiled when I saw this sweet little painting by William Posey Silva... Reminds me of Hemingway. To be auctioned tomorrow at John Moran.
Bull Fight - Madrid by William Posey Silva.

Weekend

Happy weekend to you. I'm a little sick, so this is my plan today... I've been reading a lot of Hemingway lately. This is just the latest. Thanks for visiting this week!

Happy Weekend and Minka

I hope you have a happy weekend. If you have fifteen minutes, Minka is just a beautiful film about John Roderick's and Yoshihiro Takishita's traditional Japanese farmhouse. I plan to buy Roderick's 2007 book Minka, My Farmhouse in Japan too.Thanks so much for visiting me this week. Go outside this weekend!

Images are screenshots from Minka.
Minka by Birdling Films on Vimeo. Thanks to Janis's Pinecone Camp for recommending both the film and the book.

More Mogensen

Hello! Following Monday's post, here are a few more of Børge Mogensen’s home. These were scanned by Anna of Door Sixteen from Magnus Englund’s Scandinavian Living...I'm in love with the furniture (especially the 2213 sofa, the Spanish Chairs and the Poul Henningsen lighting), but also with the really personal art, objects and collections. It's a fascination with the story and well-lived life behind each piece. I also covet that rug in the fireplace photo. Definitely love that.
And finally, a few very recent photos from OEO, who will work with Mogensen's sons on "revitalising some of [Mogensen's] great old designs over the next years for the design brand STELLAR WORKS."I'd like to know the story behind the doll, above. Below are the first two Spanish Chairs ever made...I hope your Wednesday's going well!
photos: top group from Door Sixteen from Scandinavian Living, photos by Andrew Wood. Bottom group from OEO.

Happy Weekend

I hope you'll do something fun. We're off to see my niece in The Nutcracker!
She'll be in this sweet production...We're looking forward to this guy!And I just must finish again with this lovely, whimsical illustration (please forgive me, but I love it!)... Happy December!
The Nutcracker book cover from here (I've been going back to gaze at it for over two and a half years!), production photos from here, nutcracker from here. Illustration by Fukimo Hori.

Happy Weekend and I Want My Hat Back

Happy weekend! I hope it's cozy and full of family time.
This morning I had breakfast and a browse at our local bookstore. What a treat. I happened to pick up what turned out to be the best children's picture book I've found in a while: I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen...
The sweet, funny illustrations drew me in, but the story -- dryly, darkly hilarious -- was the kicker. It's home with us now, the newest addition to the library. Today I've found the New York Times book review, Klassen's tumblr, and a fun interview with him here. Definitely buy this one for your little one... or for yourself.
Illustrations from I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen.
1st photo by me, 2 from Nucleus, 3 from Cartoon Brew, 4 via Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast.