Monday, December 01, 2008

100 things i love in this world

The 36 Things List is going well - I’m immersed in Janet Frame...finished ‘Owls Do Cry’ on the weekend, also reading ‘The Goose Bath’ and re-watched ‘Angel At My Table’ last night.

I attempted a river swim yesterday, but the water was glacial so just paddled instead. Whilst at the river, I stole some rocks for number 21 on my list.

My dear friend Sarah has volunteered to coach me in sushi making - so I feel like I’ve got that one covered.

I started, but didn’t get finished sewing a tunic for myself on the weekend.

I am attempting to save coriander and silverbeet seed. (Thanks, Natasha, for the tips.)

So yeah - I feel like I’ve made a good start.

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Also, inspired by Andrea - here’s another list - obviously it doesn’t include the people in my life, because that goes without saying, and it’s in no particular order (before Drew emails me to ask why The Smiths are 16th)…

100 Things I Love:

1. shelling peas and beans

2. red shoes

3. vinyl (records)

4. The Clash

5. flowers which grow in footpath cracks

6. jars of paintbrushes and saucers of paint

7. standing out in the rain on hot summer evenings

8. still life photos

9. cafe breakfasts

10. yeasted chelsea buns

11. living room dancing

12. 1970s florals

13. unusual dolls

14. poetry

15. stripy socks

16. The Smiths

17. New Zealand birds

18. op shops

19. fortune tellers

20. cities

21. fairy lights strung in trees

22. chuck taylors

23. maps

24. carrot cake with cream cheese icing

25. row boats

26. guerilla and street art

27. hills

28. surprises

29. inky pens

30. French anything

31. cinnamon

32. live music

33. raspberry jam

34. going to the movies

35. childrens’ books

36. chai

37. needle and thread

38. fresh american doughnuts with black coffee

39. xylophones

40. postcards and flyers

41. handknitted socks/slippers

42. river swimming

43. snail mail

44. dark denim jeans

45. English terraced houses

46. rape fields

47. the smell of the sea, especially rock pools

48. moleskine journals

49. band t-shirts (even when people wear band t-shirts for music I don’t like - I just love the dedication that a band t-shirt denotes)

50. jasmine tea

51. art galleries

52. baths

53. strawberries

54. moomintrolls

55. autumn leaves

56. watercolour pencils

57. knitting

58. grapefruit juice with soda water

59. indian textiles

60. fringe festivals

61. homegrown tomatoes

62. chunky silver rings

63. other peoples’ creative spaces

64. nasturtiums

65. bantam hens

66. patchouli oil

67. letter presses

68. Derek Jarman

69. invented ritual

70. plant dyes

71. clouds

72. bare wooden floors

73. hand drawn fonts

74. bright coloured stockings

75. community gardens

76. songs with 3/4 time

77. sour cream and onion Pringles

78. mix cds made by friends

79. potted geraniums - remind me of Europe

80. baklava

81. vodka cocktails

82. libraries

83. frogs

84. overgrown garden paths

85. old tea cups

86. smooth river stones

87. lockets

88. brown paper packages tied up with string

89. prayer flags and Buddha statues

90. scissors

92. bushwalks

93. dark chocolate

94. bonfires

95. bicycling without a helmet

96. homemade, handmade gifts

97. affordable (good) art

98. eating outside....riverside, beachside, lakeside, hillside, in the trees....

99. hip flasks full of whiskey, on cold winter days

100. words

I like your listy goodness. I am currently watching the Joe Strummer documentary - maybe it could keep Patti company?

Hey chick, I was wondering if you’re anything like a size 9 cos I have these wonderful red patent high-heeled (wedge heel) shoes that I love and bought thinking they’d fit because the 8 didn’t but they are actually too big to walk in. They’re so cool and if you are a size 9 (*squinting and crossing fingers here*) and think you’ll wear them (christmas parties! birthdays! nights out on the town!) they’re yours. (They weren’t expensive - they’re brand new - I haven’t even been able to wear them - and I SO want to but can’t think of a way to make them fit because a) they have a peep toe and b) there is elastic in the back of the heel and that SHOULD keep them on but doesn’t, they’re not slingbacks though).

Anyway, very inspiring post!

T x

Oh and I’ll do your tarot cards for you one day soon - I am also good at tea leaves

Hey Tania-

the shoes sound fabulous! AND I have a wedding to go to in February - but can you let me pay you something for them???

xx Helen

everytime i read lists like this i smile and grin and nod and want to sit down and have a cup of tea with the author. your list is no different but now i feel i cannot make my own. i’d be copying sooo many things. poetry, my friend, you are poetry spinning with dizzying melody. you are!

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