So, fair warning, I’m probably going to spend most of the rest of the summer complaining about the weather. See, I’m from the land of hot and dry and I’ve moved to the land of slightly-less-hot but drippingly humid and I do not cope well with humidity. Don’t let the windy weather in these photos…
The weather has finally gotten toooo hot, and so this weekend we finally went to the beach! These pictures are not from our latest outing, though… I’ve been holding on to them since I went to the beach last month with my parents before summer season (and summer nasty biting flies!) was in full force.…
I’ve changed my wardrobe a little in the past three years… living in a different state means that I had to make a few adjustments — more coats, for starters. But, to paraphrase a well known phrase, you can take the girl out of California but you can’t take the California out of the girl!…
One of the fun parts of being a vintage collector is tracking down the pieces you want for your wardrobe. Sometimes this is more general — I’m looking for a medium blue hat. Sometimes, it’s more specific. One of the pieces I’ve been keeping my eye out for ever since I started collecting vintage was…
Hello hello! I hope my American readers and a pleasant 4th of July and my Canadian readers had a good Canada Day! Now that we’ve kicked the season off with explosions and grilling, summer must really be here! Of course, as I type this post it is (once again) pouring rain… I’m not sure I…
One reproduction brand I’ve wanted to try for quite a while is Trashy Diva. They make some really phenomenal prints and some really lovely vintage-appropriate cuts, but their dresses are also phenomenally expensive. A few bloggers I’ve been reading for a while have Trashy Diva dresses, including Emma of The Fiercest Liliputian and Carli of…
For some reason, blogging has been a bit tricky of late. The class that was taking up all my time is done (yay!) so I’m back to working and a slightly more regular schedule… but spending three months firmly attached to the best and brightest new web technologies makes Google’s neglected blogger service look really…
The weather is finally warming up and things are turning green. It’s been beautiful weather lately for going outside on walks. When I go for walks I don’t always dress up to the nines, and when it’s laundry day and all my pretty dresses are in the wash I occasionally wear jeans! 1950s
It feels like this spring has taken a long time to start getting green. It’s hard to feel terribly springy when everything is just a massive tangle of grey and brown branches and dead leaves. In the last week, though, things have finally started to make headway and trees are starting to bloom and push…
…Although the rain is definitely not over and gone! The snow is, though, and for that I am thankful. Our last few snows were quite late this year, though… the last snow was a full month ago (as were these pictures!) I was pretty sick of the whole slushy winter thing when I picked out this…