Posts in the “COVET” category
Sylphide Treasures – Gypsy Honeymoon II.
by angeliska on December 13, 2010
This flock of blue morpho butterflies seems to be exploring… Gypsy Honeymoon is one of the special spots on my list of pilgrimages whilst visiting San Francisco. I met the ravishing owner, Gabrielle Ekedal the first time my grandfather and (…)
Magic Windows #20
by angeliska on November 29, 2010
More Magic Windows photos from my New Orleans adventures: This house was decorated so wonderfully for Hallowe’en + Dia de los Muertos, I had to stop and gawp at it for a bit. I wonder who lives there? I like (…)
Tail of the Yak
by angeliska on November 14, 2010
There is a very special place, tucked away in the blossom-bedecked avenues of Berkeley, California – a little boutique where you must ring the bell to gain admittance, where you will find yourself surrounded by the most wondrous, most delectable, (…)
Magic Windows #19
by angeliska on November 9, 2010
“I alight at Esplanade in a smell of roasting coffee and creosote and walk up Royal Street. The lower Quarter is the best part. The ironwork on the balconies sags like rotten lace. Little French cottages hide behind high walls. (…)
Magic Windows #18
by angeliska on October 18, 2010
A perfect lady. White hair and red roses please me more than I can say. This is a real thing that exists somewhere, this rabbit. He’s almost four feet tall. Can you handle it? Real rabbit fur, and composition. I (…)
Witchball Honey
by angeliska on August 18, 2010
(Photo by Nancy Chow.) ★ I love Arthur Magazine – they always turn me on to the best stuff, and write about a lot of my favorite people, places and things that no one else seems to know about. Right (…)
Peachtree Moon
by angeliska on June 30, 2010
It’s been a strange and heavy time for me lately, fraught with unforeseen changes, and deep transformation. In times like these, I tend to retreat inward, and am prone to hermiting and becoming protective of my silence, my space to (…)
Magic Windows #12
by angeliska on April 20, 2010
Hooray, it’s Magic Windows time! It’s been the most gorgeous, luscious spring here – the last few days have been stormy and sullen (in a really enticing way!) Normally, I’m not a fan of gray and gloomy weather, but the (…)
Serpentine Honey
by angeliska on March 11, 2010
(Photograph by Muhammed Muheisen) A street performer uses a snake in his act on a road near Islamabad, Pakistan. I do not know the provenance of this photo, unfortunately. I tried using TinEye, to no avail. Anyhow, it makes me (…)
Trans-Siberian Birthday Wishes
by angeliska on January 6, 2010
So – after much deliberation and brow-furrowing, I’ve finally decided what the hell to do with myself and anyone who’d care to join me on my holy whelping day, this coming Sunday – January 10th. I’m having a Trans-Siberian Savages (…)