Like Colour | Pink and Green and Watermelon!

Pink and Bright Green might also be colours of the season but

what perfect form to celebrate it in than with watermelon inspired items!

Ive spotted three in the last three weeks and even though it's winter in south africa, im

pretty damn excited about it!

Watermelon Umbrella ! This was in Vida E Cafe's Obrigado Magazine

The Spotted this deliciously awesome Tent on Designboom.

and then this cake found on Pinterest this morning!

not sure about the flavour..

so all in all it looks like watermelon is SO HOT RIGHT NOW

hehe

Like Graphic | Landscapes - Swartbergpas by Anton Kannemeyer at Stevenson, JHB

 " For me, the portrait is less abstract than the landscape. In landscape you can find any number of different forms: rocks, trees, plants, stones, sand, grass, boulders, manmade objects such as roads and walls. As far as line is concerned you resolve everything differently. I think this is what gives the image its potency: an unpredictable line.  "  (source)

Swartbergpas (Winter 2008)2012
Pencil and acrylic on paper
21 x 29.5cm

Swartbergpas II2012
Acrylic hand-coloured etching (1st state)
Edition of 5
32.5 x 42.5cm

ALL IMAGES VIA STEVENSON

Like Idea | Make your own Plant + Herb Screen

This could be quite easy to make/build if you have a screen frame

( or make it yourself with timber). Use plastic bottles and fill it with small plants

or even herbs.

( Seen at Saloni Satellite Milan 2012 )

(photo from my iphone)

Like Image | South African Bucks

via Laura Rossouw's Pinterest

Like Animal | PENGUIN - Sunday Times Lifestyle ' Pole Dancing '

Its a joke how much I like penguins ( which is why Im posting this )

Thought it, " Pole Dancing "  quite a funny/cool phrase for  writing about the  Antarctic

( Scanned in from Jan 31 2010 Sunday Times Lifestyle, South African Newspaper )

Like Idea | How to Buy New Tech + Green Apps for Android

Found this in the South African Stuff Magazine #26, Jan-Feb 2012

Some pretty useful info + that Carbon Meter  Free App for Android sounds like a great tool for

awareness ( plus probably shock factor! )

( scanned in from Stuff Magazine Issue 26, also visit Stuff.co.za )

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Like Idea | Newspaper Wrapped Display Area Flower Shoot

Really cheap way way to make a small display... I also

wrapped the plastic-half-cut-coke bottle to tie in. 

Pink Flower looks nice on the grey.

( photos : Renee Rossouw Cape Town )

Like Nature | Canvas Tents next to Lake

found via ffffound

Like Nature | Plettenberg Baai Swamp - South Africa H+L Magazine #154

Like Idea | Little Succuclents

my sister gave me these wonderful small succulents for xmas to add to my collection.

If you are in Cape Town, the Milnerton Market sell incredible Cacti for as cheap as R20 !

Also check out Cape Town Architect Gawie Fagan's wife's collection of potplants and

planter wall at their house Die Es in Campsbay.

( photos  �� Renee Rossouw, Cape Town 2011 + 2012 )

Like Magazine | ELLE DECORATION SOUTH AFRICA - #81 - THE OUTDOOR ISSUE

OUT now, this issue #81 is so full of colours and

incredible outdoor spaces and ideas.  awesomesies.

i would advise you to not look at it during working office hours
due to the desire to smash your computer and go on holiday.

( images scanned in from Elle Decoration South Africa #81)

also check out their blog!

Like Place | Paarman Manor in Constantia, Cape Town, South Africa, #Visi32

We all know Ina Paarman spices, but when I found this

article in the Visi #32 (longago issue), i was quite wide-eyed

with the beauty of the gardens. ( 8200 SQM)

 (images scanned in from visi magazine #32)

" The site is located on the north facing slope of Constantia on sandy clay soils.  The topograghy consisted of grass terraces and stone retaining structures.  The site included numerous distinctive mature trees which imparted a great influence towards the design process.  These included Cork Oaks, Outeniquq Yellowoods , wild Peach trees, ancient fruit Olives and exotic, smaller indigenous trees " 

( web)

Like Quote | In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary. - Aaron Rose

Devil's Peak, Table Mountain - Cape Town South Africa

(photo: renee rossouw cape town 2011)

Like Idea | Succulent Plants indoors in Wood - Organic vs Cut

ORGANIC

VS

CUT WOOD

?( reception desk via dezeen, organic scanned in H&L Mag)

Like Photo | Elle Decoration South Africa #56 - Kersten Eser Flat

Like idea | Staring at the Sea ..."Meet me at Seat 14" ,

LaLaport Toyosu Urban Dock, Tokyo by EARTHSCAPE

its quite similar to this I saw in Barcelona ( staring at the sea...)

We should build some in CAPE TOWN!

Like Material | Malabar Hand Woven Eco Friendly Fabrics

MALABAR ( SHORES OF INDIA ) HAS BEEN PRODUCING ECO FRIENDLY FABRICS YEARS. DYED BY HAND. WOVEN BY HAND.ALL NATURAL FIBRES, SOME OF WHICH ARE ORGANIC.

THE COTTONS ARE CRAFTED IN KERALA, IN A CORNER OF THE TROPICAL MONSOON LANDS

OF SOUTH INDIA.

(scanned in from Living in the sun, May 2008 )

Like Photo | Looking onto Clifton 4th Beach - Conde Nast House & Garden Nov 2011 - #SUMMER

( SCANNED IN FROM Conde Nast House & Garden Nov 2011 ?)

Cape Town - Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens

blown away by this place?

( scanned in from Conde Nast House & Garden - JULY  2010 )

Like Photo + Quote | Table Mountain, Cape Town in Visi Magazine #29

 " WANNEER JY TAFELBERG DIE EESTE KEER SIEN, SLAAN DIT JOU ASEM WEG EN MET ELKE WEERSIEN GEBEUR PRESIES DIESELFDE - LAMBRO TSLIYIANNIS."

( scanned out of Visi Mag #29 )