Wildcat

 

 

 

 

 

He pads on grassy banks behind a fence,

          with measured paces slow and tense.

          Beyond his cage his thoughts are sharp and white;

                  he lives a compelled anchorite.

                  A solid ghost gone blind with all the green,

                              he waits and waits to be unseen.

 

 

A Snow Leopard by Jason Gray, via 1

 

 

 

The Outfit:

Vintage Fur Coat (mink): passed down from Granny Penny

Black Wool Beret: passed down from Granny Penny

Leopard Vest Tunic: from a charity shop

Grey Cardigan: from the high street

Denim Shorts Underneath: from Topshop

Black tights: very old, bobbly and bit too worse for wear

Black Rosette Shoes: old from Irregular Choice

Sunglasses: old from the high street

 

 

All photos taken by me using the self timer on my little camera.

 

 I am delighted to be a part of Visible Monday, hosted by Patti from Not Dead Yet Style, click on the website link to see her outfit and those of many others.

Also linking this post to Shoe Shine, a great event hosted by Bella of The Citizen Rosebud, click on the website to see her beautiful shoes and those of many others

 

 

Shepherd's Hut Love

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practise resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life, to live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to cut a broad swath and shave close, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms.”  

 

 

Extract from Walden: Or, Life In The Woods, by Henry David Thoreau via 1

 

 

 

The Outfits:

Vintage 1970s denim hot pants: inherited from my dear Mum, along with the legs!

Green & Black Breton Top: from a charity shop

White & Blue Swan Breton Jumper: old from Topshop, in the days I still shopped there

Watercolour Painted Top: gift from my Mum

Capri Pant Jeans: old from H&M

Hunter Wellies: from Ebay

 

 

 

The Soundtrack

Mazzy Star: She Hangs Brightly 

 

 

All photographs taken on holiday in Dorset about 4 years ago, long before my blogging began. It was one of our loveliest ever shepherd's hut adventures, and that's saying something as we've had a few! Details of Sam the shepherd's hut, available for holiday let, can be found at the glamping website Canopy & Stars.

 

This seems a fitting post with which to celebrate the first anniversary of this blog Kiki & the Gypsy, which started life simply as a wardrobe of old clothes, a love of nature, and a photograph from our stay in a gypsy carriage to use as the header.

  Enormous thanks to all of you who read and comment on this blog, I feel very lucky to have found this welcoming and inspiring community, you're amazing and have brought such pleasure to my life.

 Here's to the next year of blogging!

 

 

 I am delighted to be a part of the next Visible Monday, hosted by Patti from Not Dead Yet Style, click on the website link to see her outfit and those of many others.

It's also a great pleasure to be joining Ariane at her Show Me Your Style link up at Style Sud-Est.

I'm also popping by Jane from The Flight Platform for her link-up, themed this week Behind The Bike Sheds (hope these hot pants are rebellious enough for you Jane!).