PLACES: COUNTRY LIFE

WE WERE STARTING TO GO A BIT STUDIO STIR CRAZY,

SO WE CAUGHT THE TRAIN TO CATCH SOME RAYS AT THE OLD RECTORY IN SUFFOLK. THE GRACIOUS INVITATION FOR A BIT OF COUNTRY AIR FROM DEAR HONG KONG FRIENDS BACK IN THE KINGDOM FOR A BIT. 

MASTERS OF THE HOUSE.

 (WE'RE SO INTO JOHN'S BRITCHES AND ROBERT REDFORD COIF)

AN 'X' FOR ALIX OF BOHEMIA? HOW CLEVER OF THEM TO KNOW WE WERE COMING

WE TOOK THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA LOLA FOR A COUNTRY WALKIES, HER MADRAS BODY RESPLENDENT AGAINS THE VELVETY GREEN ENDLESS LAWN. 

WE HAVE BEEN SO WELL FED AND WATERED, IT TOOK EVERY EFFORT TO TEAR OURSELVES AWAY FROM THE SCENE AND GOOD FRIENDS AND BACK TO LONDON.

BUT WE HAVE RETURNED, RESTORED AND INSPIRED. 

HONG KONG, C'EST SUPER COOL.

REALLY, ANY CITY THAT BOASTS SUCH A TURQUOISE AS ONE OF ITS MANY CHARMS WOULD WIN MY HEART- AND WON MY BOHEMIAN HEART IT HAS.

BUT ALAS, ITS TIME TO GO FOR NOW. 

WE'VE SAID OUR GOOD-BYE'S. ONE OF THE MORE EMOTIONAL MOMENTS INCLUDED ONE LAST HUNT FOR TREASURE THROUGH SHAM SHUI PO. AS USUAL, THE CITY PROVIDED FOR ALIX OF BOHEMIA. BITS TO TIDE US OVER UNTIL THE NEXT TRIP: TURQUOISE ZIPPERS, CORAL BUTTONS AND MEXICAN LACE.

A FAR LESS ROMANTIC PICTURE, THE PACKING EXTRAVAGANZA OF ALIX OF BOHEMIA AND CO.(BEAR THE DOG IS COMING TO LONDON TOO).
IT DAWNED ON US THAT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE MOVED CONTINENT FOUR TIMES. THOUGH OUR MANTRA IS USUALLY 'MORE IS MORE', THIS SEEMS A BIT EXCESSIVE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO LAYING DOWN SOME PERMANANT ROOTS IN THAT GLORIOUS CITY OF LONDRA.

BUT FIRST, ITS TIME FOR ANOTHER TRIP, BEFORE THE HUSSLE OF THE FALL SEASON. AND WHAT DOES A BOHEMIAN WEAR FOR A MONTH OF TRAVEL? TO CALIFORNIA? TO MEXICO? TO KUALA LUMPUR AND FINALLY LONDON?

WHY, AN ALIX OF BOHEMIA JUMPSUIT FROM SPRING 2012 OF COURSE.

CIAO FOR NOW DARLINGS.

WE'LL BE SHARING SOME BITS FROM THE ROAD- BUT APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE FOR THE RADIO SILENCE, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE RECHARGE TIME ON THE AGENDA.

BONSOIR, HONG KONG, ET MERCI.

HONG KONG GARDEN

LIVING IN HONG KONG TWO YEARS NOW, THIS URBAN AND WILD LANDSCAPE STILL FEELS FOREIGN, CONSISTENTLY PRESENTING EXOTIC TREASURES. I OFTEN FEEL AS THOUGH I AM SEEING EVERYTHING FOR THE FIRST TIME. WE HAVE BEEN ON A BIT OF A FLORAL TANGENT LATELY, WHAT WITH PERFECTLY LOVELY TEXTILES AND FLOWER CHILDREN AND SUCH, BUT AFTER TAKING THIS WEEKEND ON THE PEAK, ITS TIME TO SHARE THE INSPIRATION IN ITS ORIGINAL CONTEXT:

THE AFOREMENTIONED CONTRAST, ONE WHICH SEEMS SO STRANGE, THE URBAN AND WILD LANDSCAPES COLLIDING. 

I FOUND THIS TREE SO FABULOUS WITH ITS BUNCHES OF BRIGHT GREEN CLUSTERS. I WAS TEMPTED TO RUN HOME AND EXPERIMENT WITH DANGLING POM POMS. LUCKILY I RESTRAINED MESELF; THERE IS NO WAY I COULD EVEN BEGIN TO DUPLICATE THE SUBTLETY AND SIMPLE PERFECTION SEEN HERE.  

RUNNING WITH THE THEME, NEW LATTICE COTTON CANVAS IN KEEPING WITH THE FLORA-FAUNA MOTIF. 

TREASURE: LOOK WHAT I FOUND.