Just Reading

Photography by Melissa Gaggiano

I've been doing lots of thinking lately and not a lot of writing here. I did a fair amount of blogging last month and that just blogged me out. So this month I’m taking a little blogging sabbatical. Perhaps.

There are a few things on my plate at the moment. My granny square blanket project continues. I have high hopes that this project will be complete in three weeks. Pinkies crossed, yeah?

I am also reading. Surprise! Surprise!

I found a great deal on a Marian Keyes book in an op-shop. $3 for This Charming Man. Very, very happy about this. Kept announcing to everyone I met that I bought a good book for $3. When I read aloud excerpts from her books cannot help but put on what I imagine to be Marian’s Irish accent. As I type this I am even typing with an Irish accent.

I have three new books on order. One of the books is Twilight translated into French. Being an on again/off again Francophile it made a cosmic sense to blend it with my appreciation for Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight. What better incentive to learn a language than to use one of your favourite stories.

Inspiration Friday

Can you guess today's inspiration theme?

The Cat Empire Doing It Their Way

The Fabulous Sophie Griotto

I like to keep my eyes and ears open for new and inspirational artists. The latest artist whom I stumbled across on the internet has been a French fashion illustration artist — Sophie Griotto.

Sophie's drawings are stunning. There is a perfect balance between simplicity and detail in her work. You can believe the backgrounds and people in her drawings really do exist.

I highly recommend visiting Sophie's fabulously designed website which can be found here:

www.sophiegriotto.com

* The featured art in this blog entry are the work of Sophie Griotto.

Wish of the Day

When I see French on the written page I wish that I was fluent in the language.

For lunch I just ate two toasted rye sandwiches with cheese, tomato, salt and pepper. I wonder what else I can eat.