Darkling in the eternal space

It's been a while I know, but I come bearing nature's gifts.

Little white flowers that look like lace and burst from bead-green buds.

A mother duck and her fluffy ducklings scrambling around in the undergrowth near a stream.

And a rabbit, feasting on the campus grounds, his little white tail turned up to the wind.

I'm a lucky girl, I know, and I've been feeling the need to commune with the wilderness lately, so I softened a black and navy peg-legged-pant outfit with a drapey green scarf.

Scarf - Mother's.  Blouse - Dorothy Perkins.  Heels - H&M.

Pants - Zara.  Belt - New Look.  Necklace - Made by mother.
Earrings - Claire's (yes, it's a biscuit).

I like the idea of draping things and belting them to give tops a completely different shape and look.  If you see wires dangling in the photos, it's because I was listening to music on my iPod and it definitely made a difference to my photo-taking mood.  I felt a lot more sprightly and happy, and I may well use them in future!

Also, I just loved rolling around in this luscious, long, deep green grass that I found off the beaten track.  It felt so tender and clean and I was reminded, oddly, of a book I read in my childhood about wild Chincoteague ponies and how they would eat handfuls of juicy grass, made salty-sweet by the sea.  I know I'm crazy, but it used to make my mouth water.

I don't long to eat grass anymore (perhaps I was crazedly contemplating it below?), but I think it's that time for the year for everyone to just get out there and enjoy the outdoors for a little bit. 

Go on, you know you want to!