Blossom To Blossom

 

 

From blossoms comes

this brown paper bag of peaches

we bought from the boy

at the bend in the road where we turned toward   

signs painted Peaches.

From laden boughs, from hands,

from sweet fellowship in the bins,

comes nectar at the roadside, succulent

peaches we devour, dusty skin and all,

comes the familiar dust of summer, dust we eat.

O, to take what we love inside,

to carry within us an orchard, to eat

not only the skin, but the shade,

not only the sugar, but the days, to hold

the fruit in our hands, adore it, then bite into   

the round jubilance of peach.

There are days we live

as if death were nowhere

in the background; from joy

to joy to joy, from wing to wing,

from blossom to blossom to

impossible blossom, to sweet impossible blossom.

 

 

From Blossoms by Li-Young Lee, via 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Outfit:

 

1910s/30s Style Floral Ruffle Dress: bought from Ebay a few years ago

 

Green Silk Sash: vintage fabric from Kiki's days as a couturier

 

Green Patent Ballerina Pumps: a gift from my mother from the Boden sale

 

White Cotton Parasol: from Ebay

 

Vintage Style Silver Teardrop Earrings: from Accessorize

 

Vintage Style Green Pendant Necklace: gift from my mother

 

 

 

The Soundtrack

 

Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations

 

 

With many thanks to the inspiring Sara of Ladylike Delicacy for introducing me to the joys of an old photo generator in her delightful post 100 hundred years ago..

 

Photographs taken by me, self portraits using the timer on my little digital camera. 

The eye infection continues, but is no longer painful, and the gp says it will take as long as it takes, so I am treating it with a good dose of ignoral.

 

 

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.

 

I'm also delighted to join Shoe Shine, a great new event hosted by the uber-cool Bella of http://www.thecitizenrosebud.com/, click on the website to see her cute shoes and those of many others.