Brass monkeys.

Posted on January 18, 2017

Baby it's cold outside ( and in actually )

Brass monkeys.

Photographs: © https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonshireman/

Why do I find this so compelling? Maybe because I can identify with just how cold those flowers got. It's not so far off an Artic tundra in the shop these past few days. I may have to resort to something called a 'gilet'?

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