You haven’t got *good Christmas music if you don’t own Songs for Christmas – Sufjan Stevens. I particularly like how little credit he gives to Jingle Bells. It’s a super cd. Peace: Songs for Christmas, Vol. V (recorded June 2006) is my favourite of the five volumes. It has the the three best songs: Holy, Holy, Holy | Sister Winter | Star of Wonder.
*(If you have Handels Messiah you might be doing alright but you should vary it up with some Sufjan goodness anyway)
Today’s illustrations are by Arthur Rackham, very well known for his fairytale drawings – which although beautiful don’t really float my boat. However I love the use of limited colour in these silhouettes. These are from… Cinderella as told by C.S Evans.
Today I officially handed in my last lot of work for my uni degree ever. In May(ish) next year I will graduate with Bachelor of Design (Communication Design) from Swinburne University. Photo is of Celeste, Sara and myself.
It’s a peculiar feeling, very lovely and freeing and probably hasn’t hit me in full yet. I feel like I’ve done quite well this semester, but we’ll have to see. Anyway, watch out world, the study or lack of qualification no longer binds me!
I haven’t eaten it for years, so when I saw the recipe for pineapple upsidedown cake on the Parsley Thief, I had to make it. Very easy although the cake itself is quite low and I had to use pecans because I forgot to buy walnuts. I also made the vanilla sauce and can’t wait to eat both together. I’ve never cooked with vanilla bean before and I now understand why it’s worth the extra expense.
Oh glory!