Get Offa Ma Porch..

'Moving to the country, gonna eat a lot of peaches...' This song from the mid 90's (yes, I am OLD) has been haunting me for DAYS. Why I hear you ask? We are contemplating a move to the country. Not like, the suburban style lifestyle block ten minutes from cafes and bars type country, but PROPER country. With a water tank and everything. And a goose. We've found a property we like, with a house that needs a bit of work but it essentially sound, small paddocks for a few sheep, goats, chickens and pigs, a plantation of fir trees and a couple of big grassy knolls..and the scenery. Oh the scenery. In a beautiful valley with trees as far as the eye can see.

Obviously there are pros and cons. Number 1 pro being I can wear cute checked shirts, skinny jeans and stylie gumboot-style boots without looking like a hick. Ooooo and arran jerseys! Lovely. Seriously though, there are lots of pros. *BHD and I have been talking about living in the country for years and now it could be a reality. *It would be a fab place for Miggy (and any future Miggy's) to grow up. *It would be challenging and something completely different (yep, I reckon that's a pro). *We Could have CHICKENS! And a GOAT! *Financially it would mean we'd be almost mortgage free. Wow.

And cons. *It's about 45 minutes drive from the city we currently live in and all of our friends - would we feel isolated? It is actually the only con I can think of at the moment, but it's a pretty big one. Hmmmmm. oh, and I guess we'd have to check out all the facilities in the closest town to make sure we could get, you know, doughnuts and arran jerseys on a regular basis.

Stay tuned....

The Prettiest of all The Pretty Things....

Miss Miggins. Miggy. Miggs. My Daughter the Incredible. She is divine.

CAT

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CHORTLE

Anna Pugh, Anna Pugh, to you and you and you-oou...(and Grandma Moses)

I love dogs. I love the countryside. I love folk art. All these things are bound together in the glorious visions that are Anna Pugh's paintings. Did I mention I love dogs? I wonder if I could commission a painting of Stanley B. Furchild? Hmmmm.....

I'm also quite fond of an American folk artist called Grandma Moses. (Bottom three images. Must learn how to layout Blog better - any tips?). She didn't start painting until she was in her 70's - go lady! I love the simplicity of her work - kind of childlike. And just plain pretty.

No explanation required...

Good Golly Miss Molly....

LOVING this. Amazing illustrator and all round wicked woman....check out her website at http://mollycrabapple.com/

If dreams had wings.....

Birds. BIRDS. To quote Buster Bluth: 'IT WALKED ON MY PILLOW!'. Birds rock. And they make AWESOME images. Imagine a feature wall in your bedroom with one of these prints as the wallpaper...too too decadent.

Beauty is in the eye...

So. A blog. I've been reading a lot of fashion blogs recently and while I don't know a whole lot about fashion, I know what I like. And what I like to look at. There is such a plethora of gorgeous images out there in the strange land of the internet, and I'm always coming across them and thinking 'Awwww LOVELY!' and then forgetting about them. So, hopefully this blog will be a way to keep them all in one place so I can come back and look and them - and also to share them...'cos pretty things should be shared, right?

Pretty Bowie..

In honour of my first post, here are some pretty images of the man who inspired the name of my blog..