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27, 28 for the ask game

28. 3 things you love cooking/baking

love love LOVE making cookies, lemon drizzle cake w fresh thyme, and slow-cooked peppers w chickpea & tomatoes

(answered 27 💗)

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6, 27!

Hi, thank you for the ask!

6. do you use a watch?

I used to wear one daily, but broke the habit after lockdown

27. what’s your favorite or go-to outfit?

Blouse and jeans (or a sundress if I'm feeling really lazy)

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Conservatory inspired details at Palmenhaus Restaurant, Vienna, Austria 

[c-offeeandcocoa]

4, 10, 29, 39

4: What was the last book you added to your tbr?

Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall. I’ve been seeing it everywhere, and it’s exactly the kind of geopolitical/historical non-fiction book that I like reading!

(now that I think about it, it’s actually probably Brain Gender by Melissa Hines lol but I don’t think that counts because it’s for an essay).

10: Sci-Fi or fantasy? Why?

Ooooh tough one. When it comes to TV shows, sci-fi definitely, but books? I think fantasy, actually, I probably read more fantasy than sci-fi. Unless you count dystopia as sci-fi because I absolutely love dystopia. But fantasy’s amazing because of the worldbuilding and the suspension of disbelief - I love being able to connect to a character despite them living in a world that’s almost unrecognisable.

29: How do you sort your shelves? (i.e. by color, author, title etc.)

By genre - so like contemporary, children’s, crime, classics, historical fiction etc. I also have a separate shelf for non-fiction books and those are sorted by topic. Within the genres, I tend to sort by author for everything except classics and contemporary, which I sort by publisher - so I have all my Penguin Modern Classics together, all my Penguin English Library books together, all my Vintage Classics together etc. etc. 

39: Name one of your favorite childhood books

SO MANY UGH. I think I’ll go for one that wasn’t a conventional one (so like, not Harry Potter) - I really liked the Doomspell trilogy by Cliff McNish! OH and the Jane Blonde spylet series by Jill Marshall - I was properly obsessed with these when I was about seven and came up with my own spy name and everything. 

+ask me about books

[gastby]

Hiya! For the compliments: if you're interested in non-fiction, I just finished The Silk Roads. It's a bit of a tome but the writing style is surprisingly breezy and it's so interesting.

okay, I just looked this up on goodreads and it sounds so interesting???? I’m usually not one for non-fiction, but wow! may have to check this out! thank you!

url: not going to lie, I had to look up what expat meant because I’m dumb lmao, but this url is so cute! I like how personal and aesthetic it is! <3

icon: I’m assuming this is a selfie (an amazing one at that)! you’re sure cute and this is such a nice picture! c:

theme: I love multi-column themes for aesthetic blogs and this works so well for your content! I also really love the hover feature on your posts!

mobile theme: this header is AMAZING! I really like this mobile theme! the colors are nice and it’s sure aesthetic (how many times have I used that word now?? lmao)

overall: you seem like the c o o l e s t person ever (I mean, Cambridge grad?? come on) and your going to be a lawyer? are you actually a super hero? also your blog is lovely and so calming to look at! you post some quality pictures that I will reblog on my aesthetic blog, so thanks for bringing your blog to my attention!

do I follow: not yet | (+) follow | forever and always

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Museo Carrer, Venice, Italy

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Morning at the Hermitage Museum 

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Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza by Alessio Gioana on Flickr