I'm standing outside Soup Vintage in Lymington - it had just stopped raining, and so I'm a bit rained-on and windblown. Didn't find anything to take home with me (lots of 70s polyester), but it was a lovely shop. We had a cup of coffee at The Buttery down the road, where the scones were like little boulders. We gamely swallowed them down anyway (stiff upper lip and all that. They could easily have been used as battle scones by Discworld dwarfs), and I think they might lodge in our small intestines until we are very, very old.
LOML was much better today (thanks for the get-well wishes), and so we meandered about the New Forest, stopping at various little towns along the way: Lymington, Brocklehurst and Beaulieu, among others.
We saw dozens of New Forest ponies grazing at the roadside, and stopped to photograph a few. I tried to entice one to eat from my hand, but it ignored me. Rather ostentatiously, in fact. It kept turning its back on me and looking away, as if we had had an embarrassing one-night-stand several months ago and it was pretending it didn't recognise me.
P.S. Happy birthday to BestFriendAlly! She is twenty-two today. Sorry I can't be there, and I hope you have a fantastic day.
20 comments:
Sassy pony! That made me laugh out loud!
OK, somehow you look taller in outside photos! I'm trying to figure it out :-) Lovely pics.
You look lovely, and I adore that yellow coat!
hi andrea. i love your blog, so i thought you would like an award:)
I love the first picture - and I also adore horses :).
You endlessly amaze me with your style. Such a great picture of you. Sorry the horse was aloof. It was probably just jealous it couldn't wear a yellow coat.
oh, horses on the prairie... and you! these are so pretty :)
That yellow coat is lovely. And you look awesome on it. =D
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You look pretty fabulous for being windblown! I didn't know you highlighted your hair too! Love the whole look from the trousers to the trench.
Sorry about the puddles of polyester!!
Your photographs are perfectly lovely though!!
aw, its good to see you in your element, vintage-shopping, ha. :)
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Andrea,
Wow, you are seriously too cute. and that scenery is amazing! love the first picture of the horse. the photo came out awesome! glad to see you're having fun.
xoxo,
Micaela
I love your yellow trench.
V*
That horse is clearly a snob! The sunny coat is great on such a grey day!
Sorry for the sporadic replies to comments, everyone! It's hard to keep up while I'm away, but I really do appreciate them. Thanks so much!
K.Line - I don't think I'm very tall anywhere - I'm 5'4" - but I'm not sure what causes the optical illusion!
Alli - thank you for the award :)
Darrah - I actually don't colour my hair at all - I think the light was just catching it in a weird way! :) And thank you.
I think it's very amusing how your blog tone - if such a thing exists - at least my perception of it, has you writing in an English accent...you're reminding me of an Ealing comedy...especially with those ponies!
Your bit about the pony made me laugh out loud. You're too cute.
I was pottering around the library today and saw a book that caught my eye: "A Cat of a Different Color". I thought of you and smiled.
lovely! bright jackets have the ability to brighten up the worst weather, and you wear them so well.
Sounds like you are having a good time strolling around and seeing what there is to discover. 'Soup Vintage' - interesting name... old soup doesn't make me particulary think lovely things to buy, but that could be just me!
I wrote to you ages ago and told you i lived near Christchurch. I don't know if you remember. I don't live there anymore but love hearing about places near my 'old' home town.
just FYI, it is Brockenhurst not brocklehurst.
Look forward to hearing about more of your trip.
If you get time, check out Wimborne.
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