#153: Peacock
‘I shall always remember how the peacocks’ tails shimmered when the moon rose amongst the tall trees, and on the shady bank the emerging mermaids gleamed fresh and silvery amongst the rocks…’ – Hermann Hesse, The Journey to the East
Category: The Other Livvy
#152: Red kite
‘The freedom of birds is an insult to me.’ – Cormac McCarthy
#151: Hellfire Caves
‘There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.’ – Mary Shelley, Frankenstein A photo from my trip to the Hellfire Caves in West Wycombe. One of a number of creepy faces carved into the plaster and stone walls… To see more #NSFW photos from our underground adventure, check out my… Continue reading #151: Hellfire Caves
#150: Shakespeare’s Pupper
‘Thou callest me a dog before thou hast cause. But since I am a dog, beware my fangs.’ – William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
#149: Royal Shakespeare Theatre
‘Movies will make you famous; Television will make you rich; But theatre will make you good.’ – Terrence Mann
#148: Summer in the park
‘And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.’ – F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
#147: Beetle
‘Ladybird, ladybird fly away home, Your house is on fire and your children are gone. All except one, And her name is Ann, And she hid under the baking pan.’ – traditional nursery rhyme Until I searched on Wikipedia, I had no idea this had a second verse. It’s quite strange…
#146: Brightening a bad day
‘Today might be shitty, tomorrow might be shitty, the next day might be shitty… but who’s to say that one of the next days won’t be the best day of your life?’ – Benjamin A. Collier
#145: Classic car
‘There’s real life for you, embodied in that little cart. The open road, the dusty highway, the heath, the common, the hedgerows, the rolling downs! Camps, villages, towns, cities! Here to-day, up and off to somewhere else to-morrow! Travel, change, interest, excitement! The whole world before you, and a horizon that’s always changing!’ – Kenneth… Continue reading #145: Classic car
#144: Legs
‘He always thought a muse should be sex on legs.’ – Lauren Beukes, Broken Monsters