Something very exciting has happened. For a brief moment in time it's stopped raining! Hooray.
Meanwhile remember this turquoise necklace?
Wheeled it out again yesterday to match with a Missoni cardy
Wore it to see Armour. Totally deserving of its Oscar and Palm D'whatsy from Cannes.
The last few scenes are still playing on my mind. And the couple's apartment in Paris is pretty amazing too. 5 stars People. Run Don't Walk.
All the rain was conducive to a few of my favourite past times, like a bit of minor Decluttering
and baking
and bread making (gave this to my friend M to cook in her own oven for a family lunch)
and roasting
and quaffing
Everything is so green
Queen Beatrix, whose hair I admire enormously is abdicating in April
Her son will become King. His title at the moment is - prepare yourselves emotionally-
Prince of Orange.
Best title EVER.
I luff it how Beatrix wears Standard Issue Queen Hair:
as endorsed by Our Queen-
and my late Grandmother.
Wasn't our Martha quite the sort back in her modelling days?
Her hair was pretty high too. Look:
Can't wait to take this one back to the beach later this month
Good episode of Downton last night. Lots of Drama. Deadset handy that Lord G has access to the Home Secretary at a moment's notice.
xxxx
Downton isn't over in Australia?
ReplyDeletejust started few weeks ago- everything comes to Australia late.
DeleteAnd we pay hand over fist for groceries and air freight magazines. Case you're wondering.
Sorry about that. Hang on for the ride in Downton this season!
DeleteFF I thought of you this morning when I saw on tv a discussion on women without children & how they are treated by others, after Helen Mirren recently spoke about it in an interview with Vogue UK. Clearly it's on Helen's mind after reading about this very issue on your blog a few weeks back.
ReplyDeleteI am home from work today so I'm taking inspiration from you and doing some de-cluttering.
Glad to hear the rain has eased in Brisbane, according to the weather man, we have some nice sunny weather to look forward to this week in Hobart.
Ally x
Oh I luff Helen must read the UK Vogie.
DeleteDecluttering is key.x
Hi FF,
ReplyDeleteLuff finding a new post when I check in.
The Biblical rain has been quite something down here in NSW too (40 days and 40 nights, really? Jackie have mercy!), we even lit our fire on Fri night! So it's been oodles of baked comfort food all weekend. Tried a version of Jamie's baked fruit on Fri night, then Ladybird Johnson's Lemon Bundt Cake on Saturday (oh the halcyon days of 10 egg yolks in a cake!) and on Sun morning I made your crusty bread for our breakfast (to have with the 10 egg white scrambled eggs leftover from LBs cake) and it didn't let me down, so quick and so yum!
Your garden is looking fab, as are your decluttered closets! Tho I imagine they never spin too far out of a control as you seem like you're v all over the nasty business of clutter :)
Hope your Monday is off to a flying start,
Nx
Sometimes clutter creeps in...I luff it that you cooked Ladybird's cake. Best 1st lady name ever x
DeleteAh, luff the Queen Hair. My mother had hair like that Back In The Day. Once weekly "shampoo & set" then slept with toilet paper wrapped around her head for the rest of the week. The necklace and Missoni cardi were Made For Each Other.
ReplyDeleteGrandma got a weekly shampoo and set too.x
DeleteI believe our own Bob Hawke also sported that 'Do. I think he had it revoked when he left The Top Spot, just like the ex-popes red shoes.
ReplyDeleteHarriet.
Mrs Thatcher was a Fan too. All that height!
DeleteFF did you hear that the queen is in hospital with gastro?
ReplyDeleteI did I hope she will be ok x
DeleteEverything is lush at your place FF, from garden to wardrobe. Beautiful! Love that turquoise necklace.
ReplyDeleteluff it too but is a bit tarnished. x
DeleteWho knew Martha was such a looker back in the day? I still find her pretty.
ReplyDeleteGreat Missoni sweater. Love the color combination - I am sucker for anything with olive colors.
xo
yes Martha looks great to this day, luff her x
DeleteThe bone structure-- enviable.
DeleteThat's great hair. It will stand up to any crisis. Your garden is looking so lush. I'm v. envious. Mine is still crispy fried, not enough rain. Martha had good cheekbones, there's a photo of her somewhere wearing hot pants when she was a stockbroker on Wall Street in the early 70's. Her biography made for interesting reading, although I preferred Estee Lauders, which was equally interesting (plus she didn't feel the need to stab people in the back to get ahead...). Such an inspiring businesswoman. xx
ReplyDeleteLuff all Martha biogs esp Just Desserts- so ruthless!
DeleteMy grandmother's hair was weekly set and would have withstood a cyclone. x
Separated at birth? Can you please cross check a photo of Queen Beatrice and your doll from a couple of posts ago. I deadset knew that doll reminded me of someone. Must have been the standard issue royal hair.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of hair your garden isn't the only thing that's growing these days, baby FF's locks are looking lovely, I hold hope for I have what can only be described as a little bald baby.
OMG- could be a blog post in this!!!
DeleteMy kid didn't get hair til he was about 18months!xx
Never fear: both my daughters were bald as eggs well past the first year. The older one's hair is so curly that she didn't get her first haircut till age 4. But both are now teenagers with what can only be described as Superior Hair, and lots of it!
Delete---Jill Ann
My daughter is now 21. She didn't have hair until she was nearly 3. At her 3rd birthday she had these pathetic little wisps while her kindy friends bolted around with plaits to their waist. She now has hair so thick it takes an hour with the hair dryer and has to get it thinned by the hair dresser. Oh, and she didn't walk until she was 14 months. I don't think there's one rule for our babies...! xx
DeleteAll the babies in our family for generations are bald as bandicoots till they're well over a year old. But when it finally grows in it's thick and lush. Older granddaughter has never had her hair cut and she's now 8 so it's long and beautiful and the longest strands are quite fair at the ends - her baby hair. The younger one decided to give herself a haircut when she was about three but it's grown back long and blonde. Although for awhile after, it was very spikey, quite goth. Definitely not your standard issue queen hair! Best wishes, Pamela
DeleteStandard-issue queen hair -- I love it!
ReplyDeleteyes I might be using that phrase a lot from now on!
DeleteMy word, you are a productive lady. You give Martha a run for her $$.
ReplyDeleteI luff things that remind me of my (maternal) grandparents - Her: face flannels, accompanying her to the hairdressers while her hair was set, the smell of baby powder.
-Him: heirloom tomatoes.
In other news, my OPI manicure has chipped. :(
I loathe it when it chips too fast.
DeleteSo many things remind me of Grandma.
I still get a bit teary just thinking of them.x
Your garden is looking very lush and green. You are so brave with colour, I sometimes wish I was too but I'm brave with fashion in other ways.
ReplyDeleteI bought many new pairs of shoes recently and I keep looking at the piles of boxes in my bedroom thinking I will have to sort it out. But your decluttering has inspired me to get a move on. I am going to put on some music and make it happen. Decluttering is good for the soul after all.
Music is key for decluttering!!!
Deletemight do another session this arvy.
Always surprised at how many different ways you can wear that turquoise necklace - stunning! Also surprised at Young FF's hair color - somehow expect him to be Blonde like his mother!
ReplyDeleteLove any title that has Orange; William of Orange, Prince of Orange Mall, etc.
Your garden looks fantastic and lush!!!
ReplyDeleteMartha has a very steely gaze, doesn't she? very good looking, though.Your garden is looking very gorgeous and well-behaved.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely is the sunshine. I do hope it stays for a few days, but apparently that is unlikely.
ReplyDeleteMy grass and garden are growing at phenomenal rates!
I'm on tender hooks waiting for next week's Downton-I even cried last night! Poor Ethel.
When Ethel gave up Charlie I was Hardcore Weeping. I felt so so so sad.
DeleteI kept imagining how I'd feel if I had to give up my son to in laws as horrible as those...awful.
Standard Issue Queen Hair. Fabulous line!! So true, so funny!!
ReplyDeleteI really don't know how you do it...you are sorta like the Aussie Martha Stewart! Baking organising fashion gardening family...etc and you still pu on lippie!
ReplyDeleteFF I see a line of cushions and pillows in your future!!!! Martha started with food I see necklaces and nail polish as well the FF Collection coming your way soon peoples
ReplyDeleteMy mother in law has standard issue queen hair and the weekly shampoo and set. I think she keeps it because she likes to get the gossip from David, her hairdresser.
ReplyDeleteHi FF
ReplyDeleteI need help.
What's the best nail polish remover to use ?
Regards
Karen
Mrs T comment re cross check doll and Queen B made me laugh ! Please do a post of these two ! Have just moved to charleville and your blog is making me feel connected to home - thanks FF - keep it coming
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Your Grandma was so regal FF and such great hair.
ReplyDeleteshe was very Majestic.
DeleteAt Christmas I caught up with my cousins -we're all adults with our own kids and we all just still really miss her. She was a real matriarch and loved us all so much.
she had the best hair.
If he's the Prince of Orange....then why are they both wearing pink....Wish my garden was green...Rx
ReplyDeleteI love your Missoni cardi.
ReplyDeleteI have a Missoni sweater that I bought at Century 21 yonks ago.
I don't love it...I bought it because it was Missoni and because it was cheap.
Not the best way to shop.
And I love Queen hair too.
I wonder if Duchess Kate will end up with Queen hair?
Centuru 21 - thats a real estate agency. Surely you didnt buy the Missoni from a real estate agent??? Then again....wouldnt surprise me of some!!
DeleteI would totally buy FF nail polish. Sure to offer minimal chipping and superior range of colours. Downtown is a worldwide phenomenon but you have to be very careful where people are at. In New York recently and totally gave away latest plot development to poor guy I was on a food tour with. He was devastated and so was I!
ReplyDeleteSue Lenton
I know the ending for Downton too, but I only ever mention things vaguely after the episode has aired and never go into detail!!
DeletePrince of Orange! I never knew. Wonderful shoe arrangements, and your garden looks so lush. Martha's pics are stunning, but overshadowed by Boy FF.. love the pics of him running on the beach xx
ReplyDeleteAlways like seeing my favourite cushion ..the leafy one with pink pom poms
ReplyDeleteI loved seeing the model Martha also
Roaring with laughter at the 'standard issue Queen hair' FF!!
ReplyDeleteIt is a mode that we poor peasants can only dream of.
What percentage of it do you think is corgi?
adore that queenly hair!
ReplyDeleteJaneS x
Years ago when Tony Blair first became leader of the Opposition he had to establish contacts on the Continent, so went to his first Euro reception there. He tried to meet as many people as he could but was a little intimidated by it all. While standing by the buffet he found himself near a pleasant well-turned out woman of middle age and started talking to her. After chatting for a few minutes he realised he hadn't introduced himself. So after telling her he was Tony Blair, leader of the Opposition in Britain, she replied, "I'm Beatrix". He chatted a bit longer and then said, "And what do you do, Beatrix?" The reply, "I'm Queen". The really nice thing is that Tony Blair told this joke about himself. Best wishes, Pamela
ReplyDeleteLove this story Pamela.
DeleteLorraine E
xx
Luff that story
DeleteHi FF
ReplyDeleteGood hair is power!
Years ago my school's headmistress had a seriously high SIQH (Standard Issue Queen Hair) It was an object of fascination for us gells. She was a force to be reckoned with.
Cheers,
Renie
Suppose the Queen's Birthday in Amsterdam(in April) will now be the Kings birthday. Talk about a sea of orange everyone wears orange on the day. Was in Amsterdam for the Queen's birthday in 2012, it was quite an experience.
ReplyDeleteI luff this post - Standard Issue Queen Hair ! You should get a job as a scriptwriter FF.
ReplyDeleteJust saw John Kerry on the news and he almost qualifies for SIQH too. Helen Mirren was also interviewed on her upcoming role as The Queen in a West End play and she looked the business.
Martha Stewart was gorgeous back in the day, and with superior hair too.
By the way, I saw your twin on the train yesterday - blonde pony tail, lovely sequin top, fabulous handbag & shoes, skinny leg pink jeans AND she had a pink phone !
Am enjoying reading all the comments.
Lorraine E
xx
Haha loving your "standard issue queen hair" comment - made me smile! And what fabulous decluttering. Have been doing same as we are moving! Tomorrow a garage sale - Mr NT not embracing it - he loathes selling but I'll be there!! X
ReplyDeleteAdoring Standard Issue Queen Hair.
ReplyDeleteI got all of Downton on a box set and watched two episodes a night for 4 nights! And then it was over (I may have already commented about this - sorry am in a bloggy fog). It all got a bit shocking at the end. I did love it though. Quality TV.
Take care.
Hi Faux. Noticed you have been "off blog" for a bit. Hope all is ok. xx
ReplyDeleteHi Faux. Noticed you have been "off blog" for a bit. Hope all is ok. xx
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ReplyDeleteI missed you this past week! I read your posts first thing in the morning, they really help me feel smiley enough to get up and go to a job I do not like. I hope you feel better and that you weren't too badly hurt.
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