{quotable thursdays/new wellies/walking}

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.

Henry David Thoreau

I bought some new wellies the other day...it's a sign that summer will soon be gone and the autumn season will be here...

 I chose these quotes because, walking is a metaphor for so many things. In the literal sense, I love my walks in the English countryside. It allows me to leave my worries back in the city and to think about things in a fresh way. But the quote by Thoreau, also reminds me that our minds do loads of walking, and as I sit here trying to write another conference paper and my brain is swimming with ideas & unformed sentences and conclusions, I need to think about them as deep mental thoughts. I need to also remind myself that there are only so many things in a day that we can get done...and that what we think, in the end, determines what we are. Negative thoughts make us negative, positive thoughts bring us to more rewarding and fulfilling lives...
and another quote I couldn't pass up from Leonardo:

For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.

Leonardo da Vinci

it's true...once travel/flight is in your blood it never leaves. If you follow my blog, you'll know I fly often! I can't keep still and for me, this is what life is all about. Stretch your wings and aim for the skies!

{but if grounded...make sure to do lots of walking!}

now...these boots are made for walking, so stay tuned for posts on walking the English countryside soon.
xoxo
L

{minted}

I've been drawn to the colour mint recently. Light & fresh for summer (and maybe because mint goes so well in Pimm's!)
So here's some points of minterest:

{minty pouf}

{what's not to LOVE about mint & gold?}

{mint vespa}

{minty blue pour le petit dejeuner}

{minty transport}

{mint retro tables}

{mint at work}

{minty cottage}

{mint nails}

{some mint accents--earring, shoes & cardy...& NO, I'm not pregnant--the dress is pouffy at the tummy!}

{mint happiness}

xo, 

L

{kate spade wallet}

My parents gave me money for my birthday back in November, and I wanted to spend it on a new wallet (or purse as they say in the UK) but I couldn't find one that would be big enough to fit all that I like to fit in it. Until the other day when I found this lovely wallet (Cobble Hill Lacy in tangerino) online at kate spade. Not only do I absolutely LOVE the wallet, but I'm especially impressed with the service--emails along the way confirming order, shipment etc... (& free shipping) and then when it arrived, it came in oh-so-cute wrapping, with lovely tissue paper, and a lovely box, and a lovely note thanking me for shopping...
yay for Kate Spade!
I don't normally wear much orange, but I think this is just a lovely colour for a wallet & it makes it easy to find in one's handbag!
so here is my lovely package...

{here it comes all wrapped with love}

{a little note & a quote}

{cobble hill lacy, Kate Spade}

and some images inspired by it...

{black & white stripes}

{orange books}

{orange via the perfect palette}

{this seems very kate spade}

{something about this screams kate spade}

{more orange}

{plenty of orange things here}

{bow ties}

{orange & b&w for the home}

xo,

L

{made in paris}

{via granada movie posters}

The movie, Made in Paris, was on last night. I had never seen it, but it was actually kinda good. Ok, it's very 1960s: simple story line of a girl-just-wants-to-get married, but the outfits are too wonderful to pass up. & most of it is set in Paris.

{love that chandelier & pinkish tones: via imdb}

 

{this one & the one below via doctormacro}

 

{source}

Some images inspired by the movie:

{pinterest}

{this one & below, via my wonderland}

{via picsy}

{via terrier & lobster}

{this & the one below, via zsazsa bellagio}

 

{via Julie Leah}

{paris, je t'aime from coco+kelley}

She stays in this lovely Parisian flat, but it's a bit over the top, like Rococo over the top, so if I could tweak it a bit, it would have components of something like these pics below: 
 

{via sense of direction}

{fancy chandeliers via zsa zsa bellagio}

 

{via sweet home style}

{via coco+kelley}

xo,
L