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After being stuck in studying for years, I've gone out. Probably on my bike, maybe just walking - but definitely out of the house. A lot. And I'm really enjoying it.

Not that I don't have time to witter on about going outside instead mind you...

My new bike - he's called Thomas (french pronunciation), handsome isn't he?

So please leave a message after the beep and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Or you can come and see what I am up to instead over at roopaprika.wordpress.com

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Things That Make Me Smile: Street Art Edition

Naked artists in San Francisco

 Jesus and the Oysters - Whitstable, Kent

 The Crane of Brick Lane, London

Recycling is good for you - Chelmsford

Mona Lisas - Monterey, California

Hurlingham Yacht Club - Putney, London

 Locks of Love - Cologne, Germany

 A message from Outer Space - Reading

 Heavenly bodies - Krakow, Poland

Shit Happens - Stockholm Museum, Sweden

These are some of my favourite bits of street art, big and small, I have seen on my travels. You can see more of my street art photographs here. 

Where is your favourite street art? If you have a photograph please leave me a link, I'd love to see them. Hope you are having a fabulous Sunday.

Things That Make Me Smile

Hello there, are you are having a wonderful weekend? Here is another little collection of things that have made me smile this week...

The Aussie and I have been getting things together to make over our new camper van. After searching high and low we completely fell for this fabric to make the  van's curtains with. It's from the Alexander Henry Pin Up collection and we just thought it was completely perfect and fabulous.

The arrival of my new chair: we have done so well recycling fabrics, revamping old furniture and making over things when we have doing up our house, we decided to treat ourselves to something new to finish off our front room. This 70s style chair is from Ikea and it is fabulously comfy. When I get to sit in it that is...

Please excuse the blurry photograph, but I was so excited. This is one of the guerilla gardened sunflowers that we planted at our local railway station to cheer up the commuters. It is now a mighty 6" high! Keep your fingers crossed it continues to thrive and escape the evil strimmers of First Great Western.

 Look how clear the River Thames is!

Now this will wind the Aussie up, because since we bought the camper van I keep teasing him that I am so over campers. Now it is all about the narrow boat... I do jest, but I saw this one on the Thames in Reading this week and it had everything I love from solar panels to a minature salad garden on the roof. How perfect... *adds narrow boat to wish list...*

Hope all is fantastic where you are. This is a scheduled post because I am currently grooving in a field. WE WANT PRINCE!

See you tomorrow x