Inspiration: {A Lovely Bedroom}

(Source, Head over Heels)

Inspiration: {Vanity Area}

{reminds me of another stunning vanity area.  Hope you have a terrific Thursday!}

(Source, Erin Ever After)

Inspiration: {Black and White Photography}

(Source, image 1) here; image 2) Photographer Ellen von Unwerth via We Heart It; image 3) We Heart It; image 4) We Heart It; image 5) We Heart It; image 6) We Heart It; image 7) We Heart It; image 8) Photographer Ellen von Unwerth via Whisty; image 9) We Heart It))

Spotlight: Sara Gilbane Interiors

{absolutely love these lovely interiors, the touches of blue but most importantly the bottle of Champagne, namely Veuve Clicquot invitingly displayed on the gorgeous black glossy marble kitchen counter}

(Source, Sara Gilbane Interiors.)

Inspiration: {Poetic Photography}

{memorizing surreal photographs of The English Muse's cat, taken by an iphone camera... absolutely love the subtle swirling  background colors of cotton-candy pink, baby blue and lavender}

(Source, The English Muse)

Jabuticaba - The Grape Tree That Fruits on Its Trunk

No, this is not a belated April Fool’s prank. They look as if they may have been pinned there by an over enthusiastic gardener to impress the neighbors but the fruit of the Jabuticaba really does grow off the trunk of the tree. View more images after the break...

Otherwise known as the Brazilian Grape Tree, this plant is native to South America, notably Paraguay, Argentina and (obviously from its name) mostly from Brazil.  The fruit, a succulent looking purple color can be plucked and eaten straight from the tree.

It is also a popular ingredient in jellies and is also juiced to make a refreshing summer drink.  What is more it can be fermented and made in to wine and strong liquor.  After three days off the tree the fermentation will begin so sometimes, there is no choice.  Honestly.

 If you want one of these in your garden then you have to be patient.  The tree takes an age to grow, but once it reaches maturity it is worth it.  However, it has proven to be very adaptable and although it prefers moist and slightly acid soils it will even grow well in an alkaline type soil.

The flowers themselves appear on the tree at most twice a year – naturally.  They look like some strange alien creature that has deposited itself on the trunk and branches. The habit of flowers doing this makes them cauliflorous.   Instead of growing new shoots these plants flower direct from the woody trunk or stem.

You might ask why it is this way.  The simple answer is that it has evolved in this manner so that animals that cannot climb very high can reach it, eat it and then expel the seeds away from the parent tree to further propagate the species.

If the tree is well irrigated then it will flower and fruit all the year round.  The fruit itself is about four centimeters in diameter and has up to four large seeds.  As well as being used as food the skins can be dried out and used to treat asthma and diarrhoea.

If your tonsils are swollen you can also use it to try and alleviate the inflammation.  It is also hoped that the tree will be useful in the fight against cancer as several anti-cancer compounds have been found in the fruit. Altogether a useful tree if a slightly strange looking one.

Sassy Thomas - Eating for Pleasure and Profit

Eating anything you want and getting paid for it seems like a fantasy, but for Sassy Thomas, a supersized internet model, it’s just everyday life.

30-year-old Sassy Thomas has had trouble with her weight, ever since she can remember. her parents put her on a diet, wen she was only 10-years old, but after countless diets and nutritionist consults, the poor girl still weighed a lot more than most kids her age. School, and pretty much life in general, were a nightmare for the young Brit, from Tottenham, North London. In everyone’s eyes, she was the fat kid, and that’s never easy.

At 18, Sassy left school, and got a job as a security guard. She would spend her shift reading glamor magazines and thinking celebrity life-style was out of her reach. But one day, after a simple Google search, she discovered the wonderful world of Big Beautiful Women (BBW). She signed up on a forum, with a picture, and within minutes, received 20 emails from men who wanted to see more of her. It was the start of the life she always dreamed of. More images after the break...

After contacting a fellow BBW, Sassy Thomas learned there are men out there (known as fat admirers) wiling to pay big money to see her stuff her face and rub her 63-inch belly. She set up a website, bought some fat food and started filming herself eating it. After only one session, Sassy had already become a star, and fat admirers couldn’t get enough of her. She began charging between $8 and $60 for photos and videos of her eating away at super-sized portions of food, and is now making up to $3,000 a month, as an internet model.

Sassy gave up her $20,000 a month job, as a security guard and is now enjoying the high life as a super-sized model, that everyone wants to see eat. Admit it, you’d hit that piece of…chocolate cake, in her hand.