Four oopsies! But there's cake!

Between my travels and the searing heat in France after my return, I managed to forget not one, but FOUR birthdays! I'm so sorry... Better late than never, so happy happy happy happy birthday to Shapeshifterbelly, Roxiemax, Marie and PGFan!

Stairs for young (and preferably sober) people

There are only a few designs in this collection that seem ok for people of a certain age. Most of them, although very beautiful, make me dizzy!

Living jewellery

Designer Colleen Jordan came up with an interesting concept. Check it out:

Nomads of Mongolia: a vanishing lifestyle

We've been watching Marco Polo on Netflix, where the nomadic lifestyle of the Mongol peoples was already an issue, as Kublai Khan had settled in a palace after conquering China. There are some very small communities still surviving the advance of the modern, urban lifestyle now prevalent in the region...

All photographs by Jeroen Toirkens.

I prepared a post and forgot to publish it!

I tried, I really tried, but I was trying to post and having three conversations at the same time: Dora in Miami, Paul in Melbourne, and Billy in Munich. It was a lazy post because it's so hot, just some nice random photos... We managed to go for a walk in the morning, had lunch (when all the conversations were going on), then went to the beach and finally popped to the supermarket for some essentials. Not a bad day, apart from leaving the post hanging in mid air! I hope you enjoy the photos.