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(My jealoussss hissssss at not getting thisssss for Xmasssss)

Lalique 'Serpent' amber glass vase, c. 1924 (US$57,000 at auction here).

lap cat

John Aldridge, Lady With Cat (c1950).

From the Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden. 

Found via ancient industries.

wish-list

I'm guessing that I won't be getting this for Christmas.

Pablo Picasso, La Minotauromachie (1935). 

Recently sold for a record £1,273,250 at Sotheby's. Source: artdaily.

pineapple

I love this:

But then again I also love the Big Pineapple.

Read about the pineapple in Georgian London. 

Image: the Dunmore Pineapple (1761), Dunmore Park House, Falkirk, Scotland (via the tiny pineapple)

boutonnières

Bring back the boutonnière: more at the art of manliness.

Not so cute I'd pay $35 postage to Oz

$12 for a calendar. $35 to post to Australia. Yeah, right.

Source: urban outfitters. Found via modern cat.

balls

Love this:

via serious eats from box vox.

Ambler

I'd buy these just for the covers, but the books are also involved and well-written late-1930s' espionage stories. It's sort of weird to see them as "Modern Classics" though. 

 

Eric Ambler's Epitaph for a Spy; Uncommon Danger; Cause for Alarm;  

Journey into Fear; and The Mask of Dimitrios.

Pillycater

Next birthday is a big one.

Seriously considering this cake.

Source (apart from The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle):

coco cupcakes (via wolf eyebrows).

Squirrels

Squirrels for sale in Australia! It's the Northern Palm Squirrel. Runs 15kph and needs a harness and desexing. Only in N.S.W. though, so none for me. From $1200...

Image: SMH.

Links: 

• Sydney Morning Herald (where the breeder says he can't see much potential for them becoming a pest!!).
• I first read about it at Made By White.