Archive for July, 2009

Pretty little books

July 18, 2009

Browsing in The Travel Bookshop, I came across these perfectly-formed little books by Penguin.

Cathedrals & Castles

Birds of Selborne

Let Us Now Praise Famous Gardens

The Beauties of a Cottage Garden

Admittedly, I’m not sure I could happily read anything along the lines of ‘Let Us Now Praise Famous Gardens’, and feel £7 is a little steep for something I would only put into my bookshelf to languish forever, and so my hard-earned money must be spent elsewhere.

Note: The travel bookshop does not only sell travel books; I almost bought a new copy of ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’, but common sense prevailed (this time)!

Beautiful animated music video

July 1, 2009

Music by Sarah Blasco (you can get the MP3 for free from that link!) and directed/designed by Celeste Potter. Love the magical narrative and folksy colours, as well as the whimsical music. Mmm.