Something Good Some Days 112
Just good stuff from around the traps ...
Ducks by Sir Peter Scott
August already, what?! Here are some good things from July in case you, like me, are still catching up …
(These links were first published on my blog Meet Me at Mike’s.)
These pens are so cute! Found via Katie Considers
Amazing green rice looks amazing!
How to appreciate your life more, according to science.
This pretty fruit pastry could easily be mixed up, seasonally speaking.
A mini profile of Asma Khan.
How gorgeous are these paint chart artworks by Rachel Spelling? Found via
A simple and delicious-looking pasta to try.
A bunch of French country kitchens to snaffle inspiration from.
Chicken soup recipes for wintery days …
Gosh!
These bird sculptures are so interesting.
There are some great interiors features in this post. (The pegboard wall! The slide! The dining table and chairs!)
A gorgeous Spanish villa.
The birth of a rare white bison calf is steeped in meaning.
Guy Ritchie’s Wild Kitchen looks so interesting.
This IKEA bedspread is nice.
The latest season of The Bear “struggles to make its point about the abuses and toxicity of the restaurant industry because it is willing to absolve the real-life chefs who have actually engaged in that kind of demeaning behavior” – found via Kottke.
Why AI homes miss the mark.
Notable things coming to streaming services in Australia.
Well, this looks beautiful!
Vegetarian batch cooking … so helpful. Six meals with one-hour’s prep.
Blueberry Coffee Cake seems like a good idea.
I’ve loved Jenny’s illustrations since I was a child..
This book looks great.
I loved this Poh home tour. You might too!
A killer-looking Nicoise salad.
Incredible! So many elephants!
A four-leaf clover collection.
A favourite person is getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
These shoes are adorable!
A new Wuthering Heights film is coming.
Wow. This house!
The best foodie bakeries, sandwich shops and dessert spots in Melbourne for 2024 (so far).
These ceramics! I love them!
Vanilla-strawberry hydrangeas?!
I loved reading this. It felt so true.
The hotel room allocations for the cast of The Outsiders.
I love this pretty dress. (Found via Katie Considers)
Vogue lists 33 cookbooks everyone should own. (I only have 15 of Vogue’s choices and I own hundreds of cookbooks.)
An amazing creature called the Woolly Dog.
How about this living room?!
I want to read A Month in the Country.
Claire Thomson has a new cookbook out.
The Gardening Bohemia exhibition looks brill.
Liberty had done a Brian Wildsmith collab! Gasp!
A free-to-browse embroidery book from 1929.
Blackberry crumble bars. Bookmarking for summer.
Who uses typewriters anyway?
Books that feel like escaping to a Scandinavian summer house.
What’s something popular you just don’t get? (Mine is … (sorry) the Marvel movies … and action movies in general.)
An online database of Marimekko patterns.
Heidi’s delicious-looking berry pie.
Or raspberry lemon cake, perhaps?
Meera Sodha writing about burnout and breakdowns.
This necklace is ace DIY inspiration.
These ‘curiosity clouds’ are so brilliant.
A very healthy-looking salad for the non-vegetarians.
Jane Austen’s favourite SAVOURY TOAST!
A candle that smells like freshly baked croissants!
In love with these knitted washcloths. So cute! Making some.
How to make Salad Cream.
Five healing books to inspire gentle transformation.
Incredible paintings. Chock-full of detail.
Five pick-me-ups.
Broccoli and Fontina croquettes. Yum!
Speaking of which, the favourite condiments of ten Australian chefs.
Let’s make a banana and blueberry loaf?
This HOUSEBOAT. Gosh. So gorgeous. What a dream.
Clotilde’s Raspberry and Yoghurt Cake.
These paintings are nuts/great.
Paddington in Peru is on the way!
Garlic butter, zucchini and tomato pasta.
The patchwork quilts of author Lucy Boston. (Found via Persephone)
Six excellent-looking toastie recipes.
Key lime pie cookies.
Maria Popova’s Audubon bird poetry.
I love the curtain-heavy kitchen in this post.
Hope you are managing okay during these strange times, dear reader.
x Pip