Tuesday 4 August 2015

TURQUOISE....

HUM !!!
what is she referring to?

the colour?
a chair?
food?
book?
jewellery?

?????

this is how it started.

i had a book , from the STATE LIBRARY OF TASMANIA

entitled 

'TURQUOISE'
a chefs travels in turkey.
by...
GREG & LUCY MALOUF.

it was such a wonderful book for me.

1. the colour of turquoise.
I LOVE IT

2. the photos of turkey.
A DREAM DESTINATION FOR ME

3. the stories of their travels.
I AM A GREAT ARM CHAIR TRAVELLER

4. the food
HEY ! WE HAVE ALL GOT TO EAT


the book.
one of many beanies.
one of the two enamel plates i bought in melbourne. 


a few pieces of my 
turquoise jewellery


three plates, that i use on a daily basis.
plus
a beautiful pendant, gift from daughter. 




the other enamel plate i bought in melbourne.
prayer beads from leh.
my two books, that i look at and dream about. 


a page from the book.
seat of my stool.
two dangles.
three candle holders.


topaz earrings from jaipur.
topaz ring.


one of my dining room chairs. 
(other chairs are, jaipur pink, & purple)
i am looking out for another chair, that i can paint, orange. 

plus, a beautiful silk, kantha stitched queen size bed cover. 


more jewellery.
piece on the left.
the round beads were strung on fishing line.
i can remember them belonging to my mother when i was a child. 
i took them to jaipur last trip and i re strung them with 
chips of turquoise from nepal. 
now i wear it. 

the other piece, i bought a few years ago in jaipur. 
the triangle (focal) piece is solid turquoise. 
the other pieces are re constituted turquoise. 


turquoise comes in 2 colours. 
the blue
or 
the green.



i found this quite interesting, 
when i started to look around the house and saw what i had that was 
TURQUOISE.


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