Vintagely Yours

So by now you get the idea that I am all in favour for the concept of vintage clothes, accessories, etc.  We know that vintage is just a fancy way of saying "used" or "second hand" and that can be a difficult concept.  But imagine that you have champagne tastes but mauby budget?  What do you do?  Suffer with knock-offs?  Lust after great designer wear from afar?  No need to.  You just need to find some good vintage stores and look for one-of-a-kind pieces that you know are classic. Of course this pre-supposes knowledge of fashion.  But having a good eye is very important anyway.  I love the concept so I was greatly pleased to read that Oxfam now has an online source for vintage clothes.  So imagine, you can get vintage, look smashing and help people along the way.  Sounds like a great deal to me.

Learning from our neighbours

Hope everyone had a great easter.  I decided to go across to Margarita from some r&r.  I was worried about the water situation especially as it is a very dry island.  However we had nothing to worry about at the hotel we were in.  I noticed a few things at the hotel that I thought I would share with you.
- Use of native plants.  Despite the allure of more exotic plant life, the hotel used native plants, so despite the dry weather, many of the plants were actually blooming
- Recycled water was used for watering the plants
- In between plants, at times, there was no grass, just soil.  This makes maintenance easier.
- The presence of lots of trees provided a lot of shade in places, thus making the place cooler

On another note, there seemed to be a lot of pride taken in the maintenance of little villages.  Houses and churches were painted, the roads were clean and there were maintained plants everywhere.

Just a few pointers for us to take and learn from