• cucumber
• fresh cut grass
• new books
• fabric conditioner on clothes
• perfume/cologne
• coconut
• lavender
• fresh flowers

• plant some herbs, flowers and fruits
• take pictures of anything and everything i find beauty in / use up my 35mm black and white film
• go to a little quaint antique shop
• write in a diary as much as possible
• exercise more frequently for around 30-45mins
• become more artistic

essential

• new leather satchel
• notepads and journal
• pens, pencils and colouring pencils
• glue
• sticky notes
• portable hard drive (250gb minimum)
• new 35mm film camera

recommended

• b/w film developing tank with 2 spirals
• film clips
• neg bags & file
• set of multi grade filters
• micro focus finder

I found an old 'Everybody's Home Recipe Book' in amongst some books and these are a collection of recipes that have taken my fancy.

ALMOND BISCUITS. – Ingredients : 1/2 lb. flour, 2 oz. butter, 2 oz. caster sugar, 1 egg, about a gill of milk, 4 drops of almond essence, a few chopped sweet almonds, a little crystallized sugar. Method : Sieve together the flour and sugar, and rub in the butter until free from lumps. Mix together the beaten egg and the essence of almonds; with this add a little milk, mix the dry ingredients to a stiff paste. Roll out on a floured board and cut into shapes. Put these on a greased and floured tin and sprinkle the chopped almonds and crystallized sugar over the tops. Bake in a moderate oven.

ALMOND TOFFEE. - Ingredients : 2 lb. granulated sugar, 6 oz. butter, 1 1/2 gills of water, a pinch of cream of tartar, 6 oz. almonds. Method : Put the almonds into boiling water, then skin them and split them and dry them i...

personal possessions

• miranda hutton
• helga steppan
• yann gross

black and white or colour

• sebastio salgado
• steve mccurry
• simon marsden

the passing of time

• andy goldsworthy
• keith arnatt

decay

• henk van rensbergen
• robert polidori

patterns

• adrienne adam
• benjamin antony monn

• iceland
• cuba
• australia
• america
• ireland
• germany

essential

• photography: a critical introduction - liz wells (ed.), (routledge)

recommended

• art photography now - susan bright (thames & hudson)
• regarding the pain of others - susan sontag (penguin)
• camera lucida - roland barthes (vintage)

• gregory alan isakov
• will stratton
• king creosote & jon hopkins
• cherbourg
• king charles
• various cruelties

• writing
• cats
• music
• tea
• good books
• floral prints
• mythological creatures
• cartomancy
• divination
• wanderlust
• friends
• sunrise
• nature
• daydreaming
• history
• antiques
• cooking and baking
• poetry
• dreams
• letters