She goes, she is, she wakes
the waters
primed in their wave-form, a
flux of urge
struck into oneness, the solid
surge
seeking completion, and
strikes and shatters
and is its fragments,
distinction’s daughters
and now, unholding, the cleave
and merge
the hew and fusing, plundering
the verge
and substance is the scheme it
scatters
and what it numbers in
substantial sun.
Her hands hold many or her
hands hold none.
And diving the salt will kiss
a convex eye
and be salt fact and be the
bodied sky
and that gray weight is both
or beggared one,
a dead dimensional, or blue
begun.
(She goes, she is, she wakes the waters) by Karen Volkman via 1
The Outfit:
Pale Yellow Breton Top: bought in a charity shop, originally from Boden
Red Gingham Capri Pants: bought in a different charity shop, originally from H&M
Straw Hat: bought in yet another charity shop, originally from Accessorize
Vintage Rose Print Scarf Tied Around Hat: from Kiki
Sunglasses: from the High Street can't remember where
Nude Pumps: very old from New Look
The Soundtrack
Beth Orton: She Cries Your Name
Portraits of me taken by my Mum on my little digital camera while we had lunch together at our beach hut, other photos taken by me.
As Mr Eve and I live near to my folks, every summer we all share the cost to rent this little hut at a nearby beach.
I'm delighted to be a part of the next Visible Monday, hosted by the lovely Patti from www.notdeadyetstyle.blogspot.co.uk, click on the website link to see her outfit and those of many others.
Oh as you probably already know, Google reader is shutting down on the 1st July, so if you'd like to follow me another way then click on my Bloglovin' button to the left of this post, or click here.
Very jealous you are at the beach. Lovely photos! (and poem - inspired choice for the images) Where are you? I think I have been here - right on this same stretch with all these colourful boat houses.
ReplyDeleteHow nicely warm and happy you look and how great to be able to enjoy the colors of the ocean, the hut colors and show some skin against the bright sun!
ReplyDeleteI would love to see Mr. Eve, your folks and the inside of the hut...maybe next time?
So cute!! Perfect beach day!
ReplyDeleteOoooh, a beach hut! I'm all tears in my eyes emotional, and I can't imagine why...perhaps I had a beach hut in a previous life. It just looks so romantic and magical, and English seaside. {Sigh} And you my darling, you look the perfect ingenue in your red gingham and yellow breton. Sometimes I think we could be sisters.
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Beautiful by the see, my derest Emalina.
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ReplyDeleteOh, I miss the sea! I've just finished reading the Fortnight In September and it poppped into my mind because the family in that rent a hut on the beach.
ReplyDeletewow, you look so 40s/50s with this outfit and in this lovely scenery!
ReplyDeleteCan't show this post to my husband, because if he should be my stylist he would give me exactly that outfit (and I know that I don't look good in trausers, but you really do!).
ReplyDeleteAhh, to be by the sea, that would be lovely... I love this alternative version of a nautical look with different colours, very 1950s/ Audrey Hepburn, and so pretty! xxx
ReplyDeleteFeeling envious :) It is soooo nice to spend time at the place like this, watching the sea waves and walking along the pebble beach. You look super pretty and sexy in your simple outfit.
ReplyDeleteWas your outfit planned to match the beach hut and parasol so beautifully, or was it serendipity? Either way, it's a stunning combination of you plus backdrop that evokes 'British seaside' to perfection.
ReplyDeleteAh, how wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful images, I love how you've matched your ensemble to the umbrella and the chairs. The combination of that gorgeous beach, your pastel outfit and the huts looks picture perfect.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful hut, the perfect back-drop for the incredible you, so jealous of the warm weather...Thank you so much for your sweet comments on my blog xxx
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely gorgeous! So quaint and lovely and would bring out the poet in just about anyone. I love it. My husband's family has beach cabanas, but they aren't quite so picturesque! These are amazing and you look like you belong in a postcard...
ReplyDeletexo ~kim
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ReplyDeleteoh those pictures are so beautiful, you made me smile here and i wish i could have lunch with you there on the beach! a cute and refreshing outfit! you remind me a bit of audrey hepburn;)
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Oh, I'd love to have a beach hut!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun pictures, and a perfect outfit for a day at the beach.
What a joy!! The ocean, people you love, pebbles to collect, and breezes to savor. You look like a gorgeous pin-up girl of the early '40's, before you're discovered by Hollywood. Just perfect!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jean, you do look like a gorgeous pin-up girl!...The pants are just perfect. Great photos and beautiful colors.
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Love the view. Your outfit is so comfy for a day in the outdoors, too.
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You are a dream! I love the water and pebbles!
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Lynn
Oh, these photo's are stunning. They are a vintage summer delight. I am terribly in love with the beach huts, I haven't seen these before but what a brilliant idea and just a photo perfect setting. You, my dear, add to this background the elegance and charm of the century.
ReplyDeleteWonderful charity shop hat!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos and I love that hat!
ReplyDeleteHow jealous am I! A beach hut, perfect weather and those fabulous pants!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful idea ... wee beach huts for rent! Glad you're having fun here, and you look cool and summery and very pretty in your pastels. Have a great summer.
ReplyDeleteLoving those beach hiuts, you never see anything like that around here
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Ariane
The beach hut concept is brilliant. Functional yet colorful, and perfect for time at the beach. You do beach holiday as beautifully as you do the other settings that delight the senses. Love Kiki's scarf on your summer hat!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful poem. Love that you tucked it in to this lovely post (the beach huts in a colorful, intimate row...like a fairy tale). Your outfit (ah, a hat!!!) is inspiring, breezy, sweet.
ReplyDeleteYou are simply so fabulous. Beautiful clothes and location, and I love that Beth Orton song!
ReplyDeleteOh you lucky duck! I love beach huts, I think I'd expire with excitement to go in one!
ReplyDeleteYour outfit is so sweet, you've a bod to die for and legs that go on for ever! xxx
Ah, I#d love one of those huts as well! Lovely combo with the pants and that cute shirt! Great, suptle pattern mixing!
ReplyDeleteGreat style for a stylish leasure time at a stylish place!
ReplyDeleteHow very marvelous! I adore the seaside holiday culture that abounds in parts of the UK. Here in Canada, though people do certainly flock to the ocean and lakes alike the moment the mercury starts to shoot up, (by and large) we've never really had the same kind of long standing tradition with taking seaside vacations that exists in your lovely land (here we tend to head off into the woods to go camping, nestle in cottages on the lake, or traverse the endless stretches of highway on road trips all season).
ReplyDelete♥ Jessica