Miscellaenous moments April 2015

How have you all been?

It's well and truly a new season and I feel change in the air.
Must be the change in weather and that lunar eclipse.
Fresh start.

I really missed Millie while I was away.
We hung out yesterday and it felt like I was on holiday.



Because the opening of the sliding bi-fold doors means 24 degree weather
which adjusted for London in April is a scorcher.
Even my Greek husband asked for some sunscreen.

It's good to come back home to great weather.

Spring bloom time in London is rather underrated.

There are blossoms everywhere and London soil handles magnolia trees better
than some of the home counties.

But I have to be careful about my freckles so took some time out to go to the auction house to check out some bargains.

I put in a failed bid for this games table that looked like fun.

It was quite damaged but it was from Fortnum and Mason's 100 years ago so some decorator or store dealer must have snapped it up.
But it's things like this why I love an auction house.

Sorry Tabitha but I will admit to flipping this over a few times when I got this as change in a store.

The only time we all use the term "legal tender" is in this instance.

My trip to Korea was lovely - I get so spoiled with care and food.
This item below is the first stage of miso!

Basically it's like a blue cheese.
It's still drying and has a bit more to go until it ripens.

Korean appliances are hilarious.
I have a relative that has crystals and flowers on their fridge.

This was a popular model because it has a drinks only opening  ( center right ) to save energy.

More kitchen paraphernalia are these oil blotters for your food.


We went to Jeonju in the southwest of Korea which is a historic village and saw this traditional door that was souped up with a modern pincode lock.

It was a pivotal city that was a fort in the 1300's.

We went there because it has one of the few remaining portraits of one of my mother's ancestors.
He's the guy who started the Jeonju Lee clan which was named when he moved south to this city.
Apparently he was a powerful warrior which explains my mother's temperament! ;P

This was his horse with which he won battles.

It was like one of those Who do you think you are trips.

Don't tell my family but my highlight was eating bibimbap which was invented there.

Koreans take botany just as seriously as the Japanese but political turmoil and wars ruined their gardens.  In the last century people stopped gardening so much which makes me realize that the saying the planting a garden means you have hope.

So it's a treat to see color and flowers of any kind.
It means Korea has settled from the last 100 years.

I finally visited Zaha Hadid's building in Seoul.

They preserved a historic site from a few thousand years back and juxtaposed so well with the lines created randomly by technology that Zaha uses.

Walking around the building was so interesting because it looked so different from every angle.

It happened to be fashion week and this blogger was hilarious and so hungry for press because I kept bumping into him again and again as I was walking around the building myself!

Here's my uncle and dog walking along the pines in a completely different atmosphere.
I love the light from the sunsets in Seoul.

I wish my family lived closer but then again it gives me an excuse to get out of London!

Muriel from the French Yummy Mummy nominated me for the Sisterhood bloggers.
I didn't really follow the rules because it's a wonder I got this post out at all but I thank her!

Stay well xx