You all know I am such a huge fan of Todd Selby, and that he paid us a visit in the summer of 2012 when we first moved to England. Some of his photos ran in The Guardian last year and I posted them here. This week he posted his own edit of the pictures on his website. I loved seeing the additional pictures of our kids living out their farm life dreams, and Christopher was delighted that he included the more real, messier parts of the farm like the abandoned barns, the storage sheds and the compost pile. Enjoy!
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Zach headed down the fireman’s pole. |
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Zach drawing in the treehouse. We have since transformed this space into a little art studio for the kids. |
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Old Land Rovers are the best family cars for the countryside. We can fit 10 people inside comfortably (with seat belts!) and you can cross even the most muddy, bumpy terrain. We love ours.
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Giving Zach a cuddle in the Land Rover.
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Poor Clementine. We went out to feed her one morning and she had died. She was only a year old. Life on the farm can be really harsh sometimes. |
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Coco feeding her twins – Clemmie and Hamlet.
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Jack Bauer and Inspector Clouseau chowing down on fresh grass.
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I don’t know what it is about England, but we eat an unfathomable amount of toast here. Therefore, many condiments are required. |
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Cheese! We eat a lot of cheese here too, as we did when Todd came to visit. My shirt and vest are by Proenza Schouler, by the way.
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I love this picture of Christopher. Our house is really his genius. He converted it from a cart shed 25 years ago. |
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A silhouette of Christopher by artist Elliott Puckette.
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A glimpse of Christopher’s motorcycle collection from days past. |
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The inside of the garden shed. Doesn’t get more real than that. |
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Another view of the garden shed. It has since been organised a bit, but nothing dramatic. |
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Some of Coco’s rosettes in the tack room. The rest are in her bedroom. |
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In the summer I get very into arranging flowers for the house. Occasionally I mix, but on the whole I like very simple arrangements with just one variety of flower. |
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A window in our “master bathroom” in the barn. |
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Even though we have no current plans to start construction, the fantasy lives on in the reclaimed wood, windows, and architectural details Christopher has accumulated to one day use in this project. |
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Gingy girl, catching her breath on the top of the hill. |
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Christopher showing off his perfect soil from the compost pile. |
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Have you ever seen such a smile? |
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