Oh my! It's July!

A pinch and a punch for the first of the month: happy July to you! I've been back from travels just a week, and the holiday lustre has at last worn off. It’s a bit of an anticlimax, and a little bit sad, but come Monday I'll be back into the swing of things.

I came home and turned over a new leaf, and was confronted by this picture of summery relaxation, just to rub in the fact I’ve left the Moroccan sunshine far behind. So here I bring you July's calendar picture, Beauty Number by Georges Lepape. It first appeared in British Vogue, in August 1934. If I close my eyes I can feel the caress of the sunshine, the crisp grains of sand beneath my feet of Immessouan beach, and hear the roll of the ocean waves. Aaah.