There's richness in simplicity.

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Lovely hand block printed items from Roberta Roller Rabbit.
bikini

kurta

scarf

beach towel

Hand block printing is a centuries old craft performed by the finest artisans in India. This painstaking process involves the application of raw mixed paints on fabric using handmade irons or woodblocks. Several blocks are used to create one print because each color in the design is applied separately. The printed fabrics are then carefully laid out to dry in the sun transforming the color of the paint from dull and muddy into brilliant hues. Because this is all done by hand (not one machine involved) and then dried by the sun, you will find some printing differences with the fabrics and products. This gives the collection its unique charm, and makes each piece special.

Daydream Sunday: Safari

Nomads Serengeti via Tanzania Odyssey

affordable places to go on a safari

an essential packing list

dance to this

Seascape escape.

A gaussian blur-like memory of lingering beach fantasy moments, dressed in unassuming bright prints juxtaposed against the backdrop of dark sand and sea... 

Harpers Bazaar Russia April 2011 courtesy of Fashion Gone Rogue

Artist: Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin

Post-Impressionist French artist, Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), left a bourgeois Parisian existence and settled with natives in Tahiti for some time. He perceived Tahiti as a land of beautiful and strong people, who were unspoiled by Western civilization. His paintings captured their warmth in the richness and honesty of color. (images via Paul Gauguin)

I need the sea

because it teaches me. -Pablo Neruda

photo courtesy of hardtoexplain

To be present, to relax, to wonder, to escape, to dream, to live.... This image speaks a world of inspiration...what to work hard for... because it's impossible to wake up on the wrong side of the bed, in a hammock. :)  Work hard, play hard, travel far.

Ada's Non-Local Finds: San Luis Obispo, CA

Needed to get away. Went to Cali to see a dear friend...