Inspiration: {Autumn Goodness}

{...and soon country-side weekend excursions visiting apple orchards and charming resorts to unspoiled areas surrounded by beautiful autumn foliage and heritage landmarks...  Happy first of October!} 

(Source, photographs by Peggy Wong, author of my newest blog crush, Blue Pool Road.)

Spotlight: {The Orient-Express}

{Imagine travelling from Paris to Vienna back in 1883 when this most lavish long-distance passenger train came into existence... Today, the ultimate life-time experience encompasses an fusion of luxury cruise, hotel and railway adventures in 25 countries across five continents. World-renowned destinations include the sanctuary of Machu Picchu, the Amalfi coast, the Angkor Wat temple, and Australia’s Blue Mountains...sigh!}

(Source, Hotze Eisma.  Text inspired from here.)

Runway Inspiration: {Max Mara ~ Spring 2011 RTW}

(Source, Style.com)

Inspiration: {Noteworthy Cover}

{have always preferred straight shiny hair... model Hilary Rhoda masters the style.}

(Source, Hilary Rhoda for Vogue Turkey.)

Inspiration: {Early Autumn Recipes}

{stumbled upon some savory recipes from the second issue of the Sweet Paul Magazine and couldn't wait until cooler weather to share...}

(Source, all recipes from Sweet Paul Magazine. Sasha Pivovarova by Mario Testino for "Best of Beauty" for Allure, October 2010 via Fashion Spreads and Jane Birkin via Playground Lover.)

Inspiration: {An Alluring Selection}

{clearly without purpose or theme, an another alluring selection of random, lovely photographs... have a wonderful evening}

(Source: image 1) Sasha Pivovarova by Mario Testino in "Best of Beauty" for Allure, October 2010 via Fashion Spreads; 2) Dress, Design, Decor via Interiors Porn; 3) unknown; 4) Hei; 5) Blue Pool Road; 6) Style me Pretty; 7) Holier Than Now; 8) Gingerella; 9) Interiors Porn; 10) Oh Fashion Models)

Lovely and Unrelated

{Tuesday already... raining and dark as I write this post at 6:17 a.m. while eating my breakfast... finding less and less time to blog, which is really unfortunate as I have been receiving the most lovely comments from new (and lovely long-time) readers... feel I want to reach out even more, yet the challenge of finding enough time weighs heavily in my heart... have a lovely and fulfilling Tuesday. Linda, xo}

{p.s. still trying to figure out where exactly to place the "facebook like" button... thought to place it within the edit box of the post itself like the "tweet" button, but when I do this, the counter is astronomically high and obviously does not reflect the actual amount of people who have "liked" the post... any assistance would be greatly appreciated, lovely readers!} 

(Source, image 1) The Decorista; image 2) Fashion Spread)