BETTE'S

Winter Became Summer

2016-06-24T00:11:00.000+02:00

It's been awfully quiet here,

from my side.

I haven't been able to cope with anything else

but a regular every day life.

Back today, wishing you all the luck

and good things for this summer.

🍀

Bette .

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Another Hour

2015-12-30T01:06:00.003+01:00

~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Bette .

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The Shattered Heart

2015-11-12T02:37:00.001+01:00

♡

Photo & Quote

Bette .

Majorcan House, Once a Station

2015-08-25T22:30:00.000+02:00

(Free translation from ElMueble.com)

Destination to happiness: The house was a station.

It was an old railway town and today, 50 years later, it is a romantic holiday

full of history pieces. A wonderful travel destination to happiness.

A Majorcan house flooded clarity and calmness.

"Until 1964 it was the train station Ses Salines, 50 kilometers from Palma.

When they removed the line, my husband's grandfather, who was the owner, sold.

We always wanted it to be our's and the opportunity came three years ago

when we knew it was back on sale. No doubt."

"Luckily the old station still has several items left, with a great evocative power,

but perhaps what attracts me is the amazing light that it has.

Painted walls and high ceilings in white, this light flooded in every corner.

We seek a decorative style between Provence and romantic,

with clear and natural tones, pickled wood and patterned fabrics.

When we finished, we liked the work so much that we were about to move to live here,

but eventually returned to the initial idea of rent as a tourist home."

I would LOOOOVE to rent this.

One day...

Bette .

Wedding

2015-08-07T18:10:00.000+02:00

Songbird

For you, there'll be no more crying.
For you, the sun will be shining.
And I feel that when I'm with you,
It's alright, I know it's right.

To you, I'll give the world.
To you, I'll never be cold.
'Cause I feel that when I'm with you,
It's alright, I know it's right.

And the songbirds are singing, like they know the score.
And I love you, I love you, I love you, like never before.

And I wish you all the love in the world.
But most of all, I wish it from myself.

And the songbirds keep singing, like they know the score
And I love you, I love you, I love you
Like never before, like never before, like never before.

♡ ♡

Bette .

Perfetto

2015-07-18T21:32:00.001+02:00

Just perfect. In so many ways.

♡

Bette .

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Summer Wine

2015-07-11T12:28:00.000+02:00

The weather hasn't been all that nice this summer.

But today, the sun is shining... oh well, every tenth minute.

The rest of the time it's behind the clouds.
But never the same, it's still there.

I will pour myself a glass of white wine,

add a strawberry in it,

sit on my deckchair,

and listen to this song.

And hey, I feel like summer!

☼ ☁ ☼ ☁ ☼☁

♡

Bette .

Today I Liked

2015-06-27T10:36:00.002+02:00

Found this on Lonny:

"Aerin Lauder shows us how to do the Hamptons in style
with a straw hat, straw tote, and straw-seated car.
The peonies don't hurt, either."

Just lovely.

♡

Bette .

Wishful Thinking

2015-05-16T00:00:00.001+02:00

Just pictures that made me wish.

And think.

Bette .

Photo sources:

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Blessing With A Curse

2015-05-13T02:30:00.000+02:00

Bette .

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Walking Back

2015-05-11T23:44:00.002+02:00

I have been away from my blog for ages.

Trying to walk back, slowly.

Now, there is more light.

Bette .

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Old Stone House

2015-01-20T17:44:00.001+01:00

A Must-See Renovation of a 19th-Century Texas Home

LOVE LOVE LOVE !!!

Bette .

Photos by

Robin Stubbert On Country Living

Merry Christmas

2014-12-24T16:04:00.002+01:00

❅ ᎷᏋᏒᏒᎩ ፈᏂᏒᎥᏕᏖᎷᏗᏕ ! ❅

Bette .

Photo: 32 Degrees North - Vintage Ornaments

Be Still

2014-12-21T18:10:00.001+01:00

Bette .

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Thought of You

2014-11-24T20:15:00.002+01:00

I found this beautiful piece of art just few minutes ago.

Thought of You by Ryan Woodward

"The birth of “Thought of You” came from my desire

to unite several of my passions into one art piece.

Figurative works, 2d animation, EFX animation, and contemporary dance.

Put all three of these forms together to support a theme centered around

the complexities of intimate relationships and whalaa,

“Thought of You” is born.

Rather than creating a narrative animated piece that communicates

a well defined story, this piece allows for each individual who views it

to experience something unique and personal

that touches their own sensibilities."

This is also interesting:

A 10 minute video produced on the making of 'Thought of You', by Ryan Woodward.

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Bette .

The Cure

2014-11-19T23:07:00.002+01:00

"Do you know a cure for me?"

"Why yes," he said, "I know a cure for everything. Salt water."

"Salt water?" I asked him.
"Yes," he said, "in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea."

Karen Blixen / Isak Dinesen, 'The Deluge at Norderney' - 'Seven Gothic Tales', 1934

Karen von Blixen-Finecke (1885-1962) was a Danish author; born Karen Christence Dinesen,

she is also known under her pen name Isak Dinesen. She is best known for 'Out of Africa'.

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I have posted this quote before, I think.

I am posting it again, because it is the one I really love and keep on my wall.

It reminds me over and over again about the importance of crying,

enjoying the sea and moving until you sweat.

Those really are the simple cures for many sorrows. For me, at least.

Bette .

Today I Loved

2014-10-30T15:08:00.000+01:00

Beautiful and feminine.

(Source unknown)

Bette .

Go Slow Lara

2014-10-23T00:54:00.000+02:00

Just love it.

Lara Stone by Bruce Weber

The New York Times T Style Magazine, Fall 2014.

Bette .

Today I Liked

2014-10-20T20:05:00.001+02:00

Barbour is classic.

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Bette .

California Bungalow

2014-10-19T13:56:00.003+02:00

What do you get when you pair a Texas-raised moviemaker with a California-cool style maven?

The perfect script for an inviting home, California bungalow filled with natural, rustic decor.

Get the Look: Je T'aime Chandelier
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Get the Look: Spice Market Kilim

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All photos by Max Kim-Bee

on Country Living

This is what I liked on this rainy Sunday morning.

Seaside Romance

2014-10-17T16:23:00.000+02:00

Seaside Romance →

I read in the paper today

It’s been a record year for rainfall

And you were leaning against the bathroom wall

In your lonely dress

Was your only dress

Stand accusing across

I’ve got a temper set for tender

And you were shrugging it off like a feather

Saying, “Oh, would you look at this weather?”

What’s the use of all of this?

It’s to remember you in the entire

Because I’m watching it slip away

And in the annals of the Empire

Did it look this gray?

Before the fall

♡ ♡

There is something very familiar to me in all of this.

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Bette .

The Wonder

2014-10-17T15:21:00.005+02:00

La meraviglia dell'ignoranza è figlia e madre del Sapere.

- Temistocle

The wonder is the daughter of ignorance and the mother of knowledge.

Source

Painting origin:

Late 19th-century French artist Antoine Bouguereau's painting "Biblis".

Bette .

In the Fall

2014-10-14T16:37:00.002+02:00

“You expected to be sad in the fall.

Part of you died each year when the leaves fell

from the trees and their branches were bare

against the wind and the cold, wintery light.

But you knew there would always be the spring,

as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen.

When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring,

it was as though a young person died for no reason.”

- Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast

Photos: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5

Bette .

Today I Liked

2014-10-08T00:01:00.003+02:00

This style!
I just love her look.

... Yeah, missing summer already.

Photo via Sartorialist

Bette .

Beautiful Muse

2014-10-06T22:52:00.000+02:00

How gorgeous!

Photos via Design Scene

MUSE MAGAZINE:

Carolyn Murphy in "A Portrait Of A Muse"

by Photographer Dan Martensen

Stylist: Beth Fenton