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i love your style wednesday may 28 2014 life on the farm cock a doodle boo ho as i ve often told you there is no shortage of heartbreak on the farm to balance out the intense joy and deep sense of happiness we often feel from sharing our lives with so many wonderful animals sometimes i look out my kitchen window while i m making tea in the morning and see a cat or two a dog or two a pony or two a handful of hens and or the occasional lamb or pig escaped from their enclosure i can also usually hear a combination of calls from the horses the donkeys and the rooster often the whole scene makes me laugh out loud but other times it makes my throat tighten up and my chest hurt we came back from our easter vacation to the news that our three hens the only remaining three that is had been eaten by the fox while we were away it was particularly sad because we had raised those last three from birth and they had just started laying a week before we left after giving ourselves a week to mourn them we decided to start again and went to see mabel at the local bird sanctuary to collect a new rooster and ten hens mabel was having her own day of mourning having lost a handful of chickens to a fox the night before despite elaborate electrical fencing she was also distraught because her favourite rooster had escaped from his pen this morning at 84 years old she was certainly too old to grab him and was sure that if he wasn t captured difficult as that might be by nightfall the fox would get him too so christopher the kids and i all stationed ourselves at separate posts throughout the farmyard and closed in on the rooster he slipped by us once and mabel was certain we d lost our only chance but then christopher being the farm boy that he is was able to corner him into the bushes and eventually dive onto him mabel was so overjoyed that she gave him to us as a present so we brought all the new chickens home ours are free range but we lock them up in the chicken house at night to keep them safe from predators we kept them in their new house for 48 hours to get settled in and then we let them out to roam around to discover their new surroundings not even a week later the rooster who hadn t even had the chance to name wasn t there when we put the chickens to bed at night i convinced myself that he was locked in a barn by accident and that we d hear him cock a doodle doo at 4am as usual but the next morning there was silence as the fox has cubs this time of year she is often much more relentless in finding food often venturing out in the day which is unlike her pattern throughout the rest of the year the truth is the fox can get the chickens no matter where they are or how well you think you are protecting them last year she even chewed through the wood sided wall of the chicken house in the night and grabbed a hen for the time being as we can t handle any more disappointment right this second we ve fenced them in during the day not that it will guarantee their safety but at least it gives us the sense that we are doing what we can to keep them around as long as possible the first egg that our young hens had laid just before easter collecting new hens at mabel s farm our hard earned young rooster the other two we ve had have taken weeks to announce themselves in the morning but this guy let out his sweet young cock a doodle doo on the very first morning at 3 50am no less our new chicken family settling in to their home the chicken house used to be the kids playhouse as evidenced by coco s strict rules painted on the wall instagram sensation donalddrawbertson posted a little parody of our new chicken acquisition it s my new favourite family portrait the gang on the brink of their tentative first day in the farmyard gingy keeping an eye on the new hens the chickens always love to roost on the balcony railing but hens can be terribly unfriendly i hope they weren t shunning the lone girl at the bottom our glorious young boy that left us too soon posted by amanda brooks at 2 32 am 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday may 9 2014 travel angel oak in charleston south carolina over easter we visited my parents in south carolina as you can imagine the area is typically southern with cheese grits served in every restaurant spanish moss hanging off the oak trees and alligators in all the ponds it is beautiful but what really blew me away and has yet to escape my imagination was angel oak a 1500 year old tree that is rumored to be the oldest living tree east of the mississippi when standing in front of it it was difficult to even comprehend its reach and scale they say its shade covers 17 200 square feet and it s limbs are far larger in both diameter and length than the trunks of most other trees i find that this kind of mind boggling beauty only appears every now and then and so i had to go back for a second visit and then share it with you posted by amanda brooks at 4 30 am 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday april 29 2014 i your style laura stoloff isn t laura the chicest i feel like a proud mom laura came to work for me right out of college when she was just a wide eyed pink cheeked blondie when i first saw her i prayed she d be smart and on top of things because frankly i liked her outfit so much she stepped off the elevator that day wearing a black leather double breasted phillip lim jacket with a feminine ruffle at the bottom and pearl earrings i loved the mix of hard and soft boyish and girly she was kind polite and enthusiastic turns out she was brainy too and i hired her the next day laura stayed with me all through publishing i love your style running amanda brooks inc becoming fashion director at wme and then at barneys until i eventually crossed the sea to live in england she is now the assistant fashion director at barneys and i couldn t be more proud of both her accomplishments and her evolving style photo lauragolucky on instagram laura on the farm when she came to visit me last summer photo lauragolucky on instagram photo lauragolucky on instagram photo garance doré photo lauragolucky on instagram photo refinery 29 photo lauragolucky on instagram laura s outfit dissected photo barneys com thewindow photo lauragolucky on instagram photo lauragolucky on instagram photo lauragolucky on instagram photo lauragolucky on instagram i love laura s long skirt photo barneys com thewindow photo lauragolucky on instagram posted by amanda brooks at 9 32 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels i love your style it girl laura stoloff friday april 4 2014 life on the farm hunting highlights the hunting season ended recently i went out three times this year which is once more than i did last year the truth is that i am just barely good enough to keep up with the field having only regularly ridden horses as an adult i really don t have the confidence to gallop full speed across 6 fields in one go jump massive hedges and gates and navigate my horse amongst the dozens of others surrounding me plus i like to stay close to christopher and coco but i also don t like to feel that i m holding them back as they prefer to jump everything and keep a faster pace despite the excitement i feel at the meet two hours in i inevitably ask myself what the hell am i doing here if i am not worn out physically by then i am usually exhausted mentally and emotionally i often ask myself how the 70 year olds easily carry on for hours after i have made the turn back for my horse box and i think it comes down to adrenaline two hours of vein pumping adrenaline is exhausting i think the oldies have the experience to just let their horses take them along not fighting to slow down or avoid jumps that look too big maybe when i reach that age i will finally be able to just enjoy the ride but for now i just love going to the hunting meets on foot people may have complicated feelings about the hunt and the people that enjoy it but to me it represents a community wide ritual with a history and authenticity that i have rarely seen in my life i love the eccentric characters the adorable and enthusiastic hounds the beautifully groomed horses the impeccable manners with which you are greeted and of course the clothes the clothes are beyond chic you rarely see anyone wearing anything new most of the boots breeches jackets stock pins and hunting caps are old and worn likely passed down through generations but still entirely elegant the riders themselves also have stunning posture when sitting on a horse looking far more glamourous than they do standing on the ground although it is my ambition to hunt more with each season for now i am equally happy to be an observer capturing this incredible scene with my camera the huntsman greeting the field at the meet sometimes a young hound gets distracted and subsequently separated from the pack an early morning start during the cubbing season my favourite moment of the season the beautiful girl in her bowler hat riding side saddle is too good to be true photo by christopher a fieldmaster coming through our farm late one day when i am in my office writing i can often hear the hounds yelping in the distance i first shut ginger inside even though it kills her to be excluded she starts howling like a coyote at the sound of the pack approaching then i walk down to the fields opening the gates to make it easier for field to pass through watching them all ride through our backyard is breathtaking setting off from the meet navigating the farm land these men have obviously spend some time on the ground on this particularly muddy day photo by christopher christopher riding to a cubbing meet me on polo at my third and final meet of the season the morning light and the slower pace makes cubbing way more my speed you can always tell matt by his top hat he gets my vote for best dressed every time taking a breather in the sun christopher on his new horse sylvie isn t she pretty matt again i love how his waistcoat peaks out from under his jacket and he wears these fleece y wool jersey breeches that are very chic the hounds having a well deserved rest at the end of the day posted by amanda brooks at 3 11 am 14 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels horses hunting life in england life on the farm older posts home subscribe to posts atom buy the book about me amanda brooks i am the author of i love your style how to define and refine your personal style harper collins 2009 a book about how i found my own personal style and the inspiration the women the men the movies the images the experiences that motivates me and hopefully you too to keep evolving this blog is a continuation of my book and also a bit more it s the visual stimulation i find as i go about my life and a tribute to the things i have and find that inspire me most blog archive 2014 15 may 2 life on the farm cock a doodle boo ho travel angel oak in charleston south carolina april 2 march 5 february 3 january 3 2013 64 december 1 november 5 october 1 september 5 august 2 july 3 june 6 may 3 april 10 march 9 february 9 january 10 2012 100 december 7 november 12 october 15 september 14 august 5 july 10 june 14 may 22 april 1 2011 16 february 1 january 15 2010 32 december 11 november 19 october 2 popular posts classic fashion we all have this idea that fashion is ephemeral and in some regards it absolutely is we buy something that catches our eye in a magazine i your style kate moss johnny depp i was that girl who had pictures of johnny depp in 21 jump street plastered on the ceiling above my bed as a young teenager his was th life on the farm cock a doodle boo ho as i ve often told you there is no shortage of heartbreak on the farm to balance out the intense joy and deep sense of happiness we o i your american style michelle phillips no matter what fashion phase i am working my way through at any given moment there is always an element of bohemian lurking in my style pa fashion month street style a few weeks ago i went to the first fashion show i d been to in the 18 months since leaving barneys i d been invited to some lond life on the farm another september in june of 2012 i announced to the world or at least the fashion world that i was taking a year off to go live on a farm in rural englan life on the farm hunting highlights the hunting season ended recently i went out three times this year which is once more than i did last year the t i your denim style hannah henderson if i wasn t so enjoying the farm version of my dream life here in england i would be pining over the creative califo i your style jerry hall part 4 last post on jerry hall hope i haven t bored you there are just too many great photos not to share so obviously the last chapter is kim s wedding part one our whole reason for being in new york for half term was to go to my sister kim s wedding she got married in the adirondacks the drama powered by blogger
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