We’ve been having the most glorious late spring/early summer weather here in Todmorden and our vintage garden chairs have been seeing some action for the first time this year. We completely disagree with whoever came up with, “blue and green should never be seen”!
Photo credit: Rachel Rochford
I was browsing Pinterest (yes, I haunt the boards there on an almost daily basis!) looking for photos of Trinidad, the place where I grew up.
Whilst there, I stumbled upon the photography of Rachel Rochford. This image is one of my favourites of Rachel’s, it was taken in Observatory Street, Port of Spain. I love the composition, the colour and the quintessential ‘Trinidadian-ness’ of the building - the bright, three-toned walls, the wrought iron ‘burglar proofing’ at the windows & doors, the corrugated metal roof and the Rasta with his KFC drink & snack!
Rachel’s posted lots more of her wonderfully observational images on Tumblr, she’s a very talented photographer - and ceramicist, and painter, and jeweller (I spied a pair of earrings I love, but alas they’re sold!). Visit her Red Fire Innovations website to see more of her splendid work!
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
In our case, it was the egg - the one that came with the Terrybaun egg cup & saucer we blogged about last week!
This chicken is also a piece of slipware that we recently found - the cute little figure is only 9cm tall. We thought it might be a pie funnel when we first saw it. It’s hollow but there’s no hole to let the steam out. Perhaps just a little ornament then… unless you’ve got other ideas? Its colour is reminiscent of that classic Wedgewood Jasperware blue. Very sweet - we wouldn’t mind a flock of these!
