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very beautiful

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Coming across this video today made me smile. I liked the video so much I actually stopped listening to the other video that was rolling at the time, which was Led Zeppelin – Going to California, which pretty much should say how stellar Allan Poon's work was. The music is cool, however the film and the motion of animals, had me transfixed.

the spades

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Seemingly dream couple, Mr & Mrs Spade have now moved on from their fashion labels and taken on new and exciting projects. From found objects to films, gallery spaces to small wineries – all by the pretty little price tag of millions from the sales of the labels to propel their lives. hmmm.

the kiss

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Interesting work by Tino Sehgal. Looks like a great show , sad to miss it.

spring cleaning!

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This label built by wendy makes me want to throw away all my clothes. Well done Wendy!

reverse reverse Sunday

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On this snowy Sunday in February, I had breakfast for dinner and dessert at the start of the meal. Trying my hand at Mum's pancakes, adding a few twists to see what worked out best, the little experiment turned out some banana plus vanilla and chocolate pancakes. Chocolate was of course the winner, with the addition of rasberry compote, soft Danish butter, sea salt and Canadian maple syrup on the side to make those little fluffy pancakes really delicious. Snowy Day chocolate pancakes... 1 and 1/2 cups of all purpose flour 4 teaspoons sugar 2 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 teaspoons of Valrhona cocoa 2 large fork beaten eggs 2 tablespoons cooking oil (or butter of marg. melted) 1 and 1/4 cups milk Combine flour sugar baking powder and salt in a bowl and stir. Make a well in the center. Add eggs oil and milk. Stir just to moisten. Dust with icing sugar and pile a plate full of fresh berries, jams, butter and maple syrup on the side. When tucking into this littl...