random posts of pretty

I'm looking at the date stamp on my last post and realizing that it's been an abnormally long time since last we spoke, and for no particularly good reason. Sorry about that. I wish I could say it was because I was doing all sorts of fascinating things in fascinating places, but the truth is that I've mostly been catching up on the second season of Mad Men and working on some household projects I'd like to get squared away before work summons me back. Fascinating stuff, to be sure. I do, however, have lots and lots of books to tell you about, but while I muster up the energy for what's sure to be a monster literary post, why don't you take a look at CG illustrator Macoto Murayama's flower illustrations. They look a bit like floral cyborgs. Floral cyborgs are purty.

(Via)

random posts of pretty

I think there are basically two sorts of little girls:  Cinderella girls, and Alice in Wonderland girls.  Cinderella girls dream of being princesses - complete with the prince, the floofy dresses and the sky-high princess hats.  Alice girls, on the other hand, are a quirkier sort.  They make up fantastical stories in their heads, talk to their pets as if they were people, and have a fondness for the odd.  I'm sure it comes as no surprise that I was always a Alice in Wonderland girl.  

I suppose this is old news by now, but I'm finally just getting around to looking at some of the illustrations Mary Blair was asked to do for the original film version of Disney's Alice in Wonderland.  The illustrations were never used, but they have recently been included in a new, abridged version of the classic story, and as an Alice girl I happen to think they're flipping fantastic: