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Everything's coming up... (Sunday 5th July,2026)

#Roses again; I know!#But they're such a gorgeous sight such a delightful scent; I couldn't resist!#I couldn't pick them up either #Thus this is quite literally a garden bouquet #Roses #Everything's coming up...#Garden Roses #Magenta Roses #Rosa chinensis #Flowers #Garden Flowers #Garden #Back Yard #Home #Flowers of the day #Bouquet of the Week #Queue

Bowl of Roses (Sunday 28th June, 2026)

"The admirable Mr. Butler had noticed how his employer felt about the weather and had decided to compensate for the temperature. As Phryne opened her boudoir door after a brief wash in lukewarm water, a rush of cold air caressed her unwrapped form. For a moment she stood naked in the cold blast and smiled seraphically, though seraphs generally wore more clothes. How this miracle had come about?

Mr. Butler had placed a large lump of commercial ice in a washtub on a chair, and directed over it the breeze of the tall electric fan. Phryne sank down supine on her bed and let the cool air flow over her."

-- Ava quoted to me, last night, from Murder on a Midsummer Night.

We do that very often, read to each other; especially from favourite books, and Phryne Fisher Mysteries are particularly dear to us.

She chose this novel because she knows my room, my own boudoir, my blue haven gets really hot in the Summer and that the current heat wave is not improving things. She also knows that, inspired by Mr. Butler's ingenuity, I devised a similar, albeit humbler, contraption by placing a frozen bottle of water in front of my small fan. "And I know," my love added, "that you're laying naked on blue or sea-green sheets letting the cool air caress your own gorgeous body, and I wish I could magically appear by your side like Lin Chung, and caress you myself!" Naturally, there was little my fan-and-ice device could do to help with the other heat wave that flooded me then...

Afterwards, she whispered: "Do you know why else I picked Murder on a Midsummer Night, Aroha?" "The birthday approaching, perhaps," I guessed. Indeed, like Phryne in the novel, I shall soon blow my own candles. And apparently, I could look in the mirror and like the wonderful Ms. Fisher exclaim: "'You don't look twenty-nine. (...) You look lovely!'" For the sweet and very, very pretty Emma at work said, when she had to guess my age --I had correctly said nineteen when she asked me to guess hers-- apologising in advance that she always tends to guess older, that I was "definitely in [my] twenties"! It might be vain of me, but it feels fucking good!

#Phryne Fisher #Murder on a Midsummer Night #Kerry Greenwood #Ava #Toku Aroha #My Love #My Girl #The Girlfriend #She knows me so well #and she can be both incredibly sweet and savagely sexy in the same breath #Quote #Literary Quote #Australian Literature #Aussie Stuff #Queue

thisgreatdamnednight

1924 Dans La Nuit perfume bottle for House of Worth by René Lalique

Voilà l' été

Voilà l' été, j' aperçois le soleil

Les nuages filent et le ciel s' éclaircit

Et dans ma tête qui bourdonnent

Les abeilles!

L'entends rugir les plaisirs de la vie

C' est le retour des amours

Qui nous chauffent les oreilles

Il fait si chaud

Qu' il nous poussent des envies

C' est le bonheur rafraîchi d'un

Cocktail

Les filles sont belles et les dieux sont ravis

I've been humming and singing Voilà l'été oftener and oftener over the past couple of weeks, as the temperature rose, the skies cleared and Summer neared. The title from this 1980s hit song by Les Négresses Vertes simply translates to "Here comes Summer", and is about Parisians staying in the capital over the Summer and pretending they absolutely don't envy those holidaying in the South of France!

Perhaps I shall do the same and sing it louder next week as I'll start work at half past noon and the forecasters announce temperatures as high as 38°C! My ears might overheat, but yes, I can cool down with a chilled tipple, and "les filles sont belles" (like in every French song it seems!) and the sun shines and it's enough to please both the gods and me!

#Voilà l'été #Les Négresses Vertes #Song #French Song #French Music #French Band #French Folk #Folk #Folk Band #Indie Folk #Indie Folk Band #1980s Music #1980s Song #1980s #1988 #Chanson Française #Summer #Summertime #Queue

"Going to the loo. If that's of interest to anybody! Want to keep me company?"

--Flo said as we were in the middle of one of our breaks outside the warehouse. She made the announcement for the whole five of us sitting there whilst she was standing up; but the question, she asked looking at me, and I had to bit my lip not to reply: "Gladly!"

#Thus I absolutely do have a crush on Flo #what can I say; les filles sont belles...#and Flo particularly with her Disney-themed tattoos and her neat black liner very slightly winged line as sole make-up #(she has other tats but I try not to stare)#and the way her mouth curves in an ironic grin when she speaks #and the way her phone always comes out of her jeans back pocket over her orange vest (the sign she is a line manager not a mere yellow-vest #clad temp worker like us)#(There; I may have stared a bit...)#Flo #it doesn't tame my arousal that she might be flirting with me too #(or maybe it's the heat the fact I got up at quarter to four all week for the 5am shift or the beginning of my period but...)#She waved back at me on Monday as I was leaving and she and Fred and all the other line managers were gathered in the bosses' office #and she doesn't do corny things like that (when she says hello she mutters 'Salut' with the slightest hint of a nod)#when she came out on the second longer break today she said 'May I?' I replied 'With great pleasure!' and she smiled and sat beside me #and made most of the conversation (as I was eating overnight oats and I'm uncommonly coy when she speaks to me!)#and tied her hair up in a short ponytail brushing my face as she lifted her arms and bearing her neck in a most sensuous way...#'Sorry!' she exclaimed 'No worries!' I beamed #Yes I'm aroused and I think she's sexy as and *crush intensifies* and all that #But even if I had said: 'Glady!' out loud I naturally wouldn't have followed her to the loo to pin her against the wall and finger-bang her #or something like that #Firstly she does have a very small bladder and needed to wee and it only was a ten-minute break #secondly there are pegs in the bathroom stalls; very practical to hang bags but quite inconveniently placed for steamy washroom trysts!#AND she knows I've a girlfriend and I know she has a boyfriend (although I did enjoy hearing her say that she has a strong preference for #women in the same breath!)#Desire is not a bad thing eh?#and can't be controlled anyways #(what one does with it can)#Work #is so much more pleasant when pretty girls smile at you!!#(and Flo isn't even the only one smiling at me! I could as Ava says have my pick of work wives!)

newyorkthegoldenage

The Chiclet packing department at the American Chicle Company plant, Long Island City, 1923.

Photo: Underwood Archives/Getty Images

#Chiclet #Chiclet Packing Department #American Chicle Company #American Chicle Company Plant #Packing Plant #Factory #Factory Girls #I spent the past few days packing Listerine Mouthwash in alluring purple boxes for stores to display with Fred as my line manager #so; close enough and also quite cool #but I was *very* glad when Flo 'borrowed' me to her own packaging station on Monday #I could not see a lot of her because she was putting sleeves onto shower gels to be sold in twos one side of the 'oven' that heats and #shrinks the wraps neatly around the bottles and I was on the other side putting stickers with the list of ingredients on each lot #but I think she was happy with me as when she came to check the work she picked a few of the shower gel lots up had a look at them and #nodded appreciatively #and when Basma one of the bosses came to fill cardboard boxes with the packs I had just put stickers on (a job I managed each time I did it #the previous week; and she (Basma) was a little overwhelmed and she kept telling me 'They're going faster eh?' and I kept replying :#'No; or I couldn't keep up!' but Flo said later that she *did* wrap the shower gels a bit faster and so I did keep up!#I reckon I may have impressed her a bit #and I like to impress Flo #I might have a crush on her don't you know!#About #About me #putting the sleeves and stickers are the only jobs one can sit for in this warehouse #thus yes; close enough #Flo #Chiclets #1920s

artistsanimals

Title: Two Young Deer in a Forest Artist: Rosa Bonheur Date: c. 1880 Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 26 x 21 ¾ inches Description: “Judging from her numerous paintings of them, deer were among Bonheur’s most popular subjects. According to the artist, her own interest in this theme began when she moved to By, where her property backed onto the Fontainebleau Forest, which then had a large deer population. She liked to track deer or lie in wait for them at night so she could observe their customary behavior, later sketching from memory what she had seen. Perhaps the example of Landseer was inspirational, for Bonheur expressed enthusiasm for his famous painting of deer. Her first deer paintings fate from the 1860s, a decade when the French Realist Gustave Courbet (1819-1877) frequently treated this subject. At the 1867 Paris Universal Exposition, she exhibited Deer in Repose (Detroit Institute of Arts) and Family of Deer Crossing the Summit of the Long Rocks (Forest of Fontainebleu, 1865, location unknown). In 1877 she built a pen for a doe and stag she used as models. Over the next twenty years, Bonheur’s production of deer paintings was considerable. The Haggin painting dates from a time when the artist was deeply preoccupied with this subject. Here she creates a feeling of intimacy with her animal subjects by establishing a viewpoint at the eye level of the standing doe. Light filtering through unseen foliage is an effect that especially attracted Bonheur. Since this dappled lighting helps to camouflage the deer, their appearance in this painting is like a quiet moment of revelation, in which we are allowed to observe an alert young deer looking directly out of the painting as well as a more relaxed and older one reclining on the forest floor. By the time Bonheur painted this work, her eyesight was weak, and she had to use spectacles to finish details, yet her careful technique had not diminished. Deer and landscape are captured deftly with delicate, yet visible strokes of paint, while the roughness of the bark is re-created with thick impasto.“ Source: The Haggin Museum

Peony and Pea (Sunday 14th June, 2026)

#Peony and Pea #Peony #Peonia #Sweet Peas #Lathyrus odoratus #Flowers #Garden Flowers #Garden #Front Garden #Back Yard #Bedroom #Home #Flowers of the Day #Bouquet of the Week #Queue

the1920sinpictures

1925 c. Teal silk crepe chiffon evening dress. Embroidered Czech beads in shades of gold, silver and garnet. A Corelli embroidered tulle hem. From Augusta Auctions.

Scented Beauty (Saturday 6th June, 2026)

#Scented Beauty #Sweet Peas #Jasmine #Lathyrus odoratus #Trachelospermum jasminoides #Star Jasmine #Pink Sweet Peas #Flowers #Garden Flowers #Garden #Back Yard #Bedroom #Home #Flowers of the Day #Bouquet of the Week #Queue

damndorothea

i saw this somewhere else but reply / tag what you did today so everyone can see that we all did something different today

#I was about to rant about my train being cancelled when the temp work agency lady rang to say that work; too; was cancelled today #Thus I read in my velvet chair lunched with the parents and went for a stroll in the nearby woods #and almost immediately my stride slowed and I gazed up at the trees trying to catch a glimpse of the birds I could hear singing #and I watched butterflies and I walked to my elder trees only to find it was too late to pick flowers #as tiny green berries were already starting to form (I hope I shan't miss them when they are ripe then!)#I returned home with my little basket empty but rather quite happy #(although I'm sad I didn't get to hug Eloïse goodbye on her last day; she's travelling to Japan next week...)#A good day so far nonetheless #(which could still be improved if I could see you in that milkmaid dress you bought today love ;))) )#About #About me #Things I did today #Queue

treasuresfromthearchives

Cashmere Bouquet Soap Advertisement - 1923

the1920sinpictures

1929 Travelling first class on a train. From America in the 1920′s, FB.

#I was pretty much this lady in the front this morning #Reading and gazing at the landscape #although there are no longer first and second class carriages on commute trains #the second train I take to work is quite empty and very quiet and thus rather feels like it #I may not look as stylish though as I'm off to work (in a warehouse)#Train Vintage Train #1920s Train #First Class Carriage #Travel #Commute #1920s #1929 #Queue

Blooms for Mum (Sunday 31st May, 2026)

#Blooms for Mum #not flowers from the garden this time #although we do have gorgeous peonies #Mother's Day #Happy Mother's Day #Flowers #Peonies #Alstroemeria #Gerbera #Asparagus #Mother's Day Flowers #Mum really liked it #Home #Living Room #Queue

"She wants to work with me! Fay, tell her you prefer working with me!"

--Fred, to Flo at work this morning, as the former "borrowed" me for the latter's team, to help them on their shift. I hadn't worked with Fred in a long time, and I had missed it, and thus enjoyed it heaps. As I did having two women vying for my abilities (if not my affections); always a treat, especially for one who was never picked first (and rather often picked late) in PE classes in one's school days!

"She likes everybody," Flo retorted with a hint of a wink at my attention, "she's easy-going."

#and it's true; I get along with everyone at work #but I may have a crush on Flo...#Fred #Flo #Line Managers #Fred has always been sweet with me #the last time I was filling display stands with shampoos or shower gels sand she was line manager; she came to help me filled my table with #products and things like that #a feeling one is most used to from one's school days #being the teacher's pet!#and Flo is kind and cool and I still want to impress her!#'Well Aroha you can really have your pick of work wives eh? Not that it surprises me' Ava said when I told her #I still love to impress her too #Quote #Work #About #About me #Queue

the1920sinpictures

1927 Rectangular cigarette case decorated in blue enamel in Various hues; the central square plaque of floral design, set with lapis lazuli, turquoise and mother-of-pearl leaves and petals and rose-cut diamond details. It has French assay marks. From Bygone Days Worldwide, FB.

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