Sticks and stones may break my bones

but chains and whips excite me.
Rihanna

We are exploring a darker side. It started with ornamental cherry, and then the dial on the camera.

In good time we will be back to peonies in rusty milk churns shot at f1.8, and homemade cakes. Just not today. Today we window shopping for shoes.

Also by way of cheesy radio DJ link, we saw the darker side of blogging today. It vanished. Swallowed by the internets.

I remained calm, The Hound being the drama queen he is rushed out for gin and black olive grissini, at times of stress he is all about the carbs.

Thank you to everybody who emailed or tweeted to share in the drama.

Team effort.
xx