think pink

Emilia Clarke in Vogue UK December 2013 // Fjura by Luisa Brimble // Protagonist by The Line

I almost can't believe I'm saying this but... I really want some pastel pink in my life. It's almost not even pastel, it's like that suede-y, blush colour of young peonies. I blame you, Jessie.

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how could I ever?

@hannahroserose

'We would not leave our native home
For any world beyond the Tomb.'

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The Great Gatsby Giveaway

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Wasn't The Great Gatsby beautiful? I mean, wasn't it really, really beautiful? The production, the costumes, the make up, the jewellery. Rewatching it now, a few months after I first saw it on the big screen, I am struck by how truly spectacular it really is. It's such a perfect metaphor for the story's central message. Beauty is promise. But it is also ephemeral. It's growing up, it's getting old, it's the discarded party favours and crushed flowers that Gatsby treads on after the party... I really liked this film. And thanks to the lovely people at Village Roadshow I have 5 copies of the DVD to give away to readers of Capture the Castle! To enter, please leave a comment on this post with a link to your favourite image from The Great Gatsby. I shared a few of my own to get you started - Daisy and Jordan on that pristine, perfect lounge, Daisy surrounded by flowers at the afternoon tea, Daisy covered in rumpled silk shirts. Daisy, daisy, daisy. I really couldn't take my eyes off Carey in this movie. So, to win a copy, just leave a comment with a link to your favourite image and an email address so I can get in touch with you if you win, and I'll pick 5 winners in exactly a week's time on Thursday, October 3. It's that easy! Unfortunately this giveaway is only open to Australian residents. I can't wait to see your favourite pictures!

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things I'm going to do this summer - #1-3

101 cookbooks

one. Buy fresh flowers every day. 

two. have long lunch parties with friends that turn into dinner parties that turn into sleepovers.

three. drink ALL of the champagne.

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to market

park and cube

Remembering that time me and Rachel went to the flower market on the hottest day of summer and how my hair smelt like peonies for days and we ate a breakfast plate in the sun at 8 am and felt like we had accomplished so much already and how it really was the best day ever.

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cold beer beautiful girls

"Pink peonies are my favorite flowers; they remind me of my mother's garden in Napa, where I grew up. She received the vase on her 40th birthday, a gift from some of the crew on Apocalypse Now; she gave it to me on my 40th birthday. The yellow Pelican camera case was a gift from the camera crew on my film Somewhere—I'd been introduced to them by the late cinematographer Harris Savides—and later they worked on The Bling Ring. It reminds me of Harris and my camera team. The photo cube was a gift from photographer Andrew Durham—it's got pictures of my daughter from a trip to Morocco and Portugal when she was a toddler. The Contax T3 is my favorite camera; I use it all the time to take snaps on-set. The sparkling wine, called Sofia, is from my father's winery. When I was a kid he told me he would produce a vintage for me when I turned 21. The Louis Vuitton cherries were part of a display at the Vuitton store in Los Angeles; when they were taking the display down I asked if I could have them. The photograph of Charlotte Rampling was a present from the photographer Helmut Newton, whom I love. I'd written a piece about the image for Vogue, and he sent it to me after he read it. The framed artwork at right (with the words "Cold Beer Beautiful Girls") is by Ed Ruscha; I'd borrowed it to use on the set of Somewhere and ended up buying it. I've loved Steiff bears since I was a child. My husband gave me this one years ago. Now it's in my kids' room. I love that I have an excuse to buy more of them." 

Sofia Coppola's favourite things. BRB while the internet explodes.

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into the wild

kinfolk

I really don't think I can wait until November. I was going to try and find some more appropriate images to match this post but then I saw these and I couldn't help myself. A visit to a peony farm..... I don't think the internet will be able to cope after this. Tomorrow I'm heading to Tasmania for a week and a bit. I'm looking forward to some more quiet time to get (even more) acquainted with my thesis. And I'm also looking forward to going to a part of Australia I have always wanted to visit. Tasmania is a foodie capital, a chilly paradise land for people who love coats (pick me! pick me!) and also happens to be the unofficial Australian home of the peony. How about that for a link? I'll be in the North West of Tasmania, so if anyone has any tips for places to eat/visit/see up there (specifically around Burnie/Devonport/Penguin) leave a comment or send me an email hryee1@hotmail.com . I'm mostly looking forward to finding a nice cosy cafe to sit in to knock out my last chapter.

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beautiful blooms

flower drum // luisa brimble // flower drum

Hurry up, November.

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