Hullo! I hope you all have had a lovely holiday weekend if you’re in the US, and a lovely regular weekend anywhere else. It’s been hot and muggy here, and after a few air-conditioning-less days, Doug and I decided to make a day trip getaway to the beach. In the subsequent days, we’ve fixed our…
Around here, the old adage “April showers bring May flowers” seems to be true! Back home in California, things are already drying up by May, and most spring blossoms are past, but here in New England everything is decked in pink and yellow and fuchsia (see also: a color that I tried to spell a…
I survived the first week! Any time I wasn’t working I’ve been patching things up around the house and prepping the garden for spring. Sunday was the toughest day, but I managed. I only have one outfit snap from Sunday… it turns out that after an hour in the car (for a 15 minute drive,…
For someone who lists purple as one of my absolute favorite colors, I have woefully little of it in my vintage wardrobe. I made the mistake a few Sundays ago of mentioning to my choir mates that I often dress in liturgically appropriate colors, so of course I had to find something purple to wear…
One of the goodies I picked up on my shopping excursion last week was a pair of fully lined dark grey wool slacks. They seemed like they’d be a good sort of thing to have for cold weather, were quite inexpensive, and fit pretty dang well, all things considered. A little tight around the hips,…
Happy Monday-After-Easter, everyone! I hope you’re recovering from eating copious amounts of chocolates yesterday, or if you did not have chocolates yesterday, I hope you are recovering by eating said chocolates today! I decided to wear one of my two new dresses from Expo for Easter Sunday… it’s just so bright and spring-y! I felt…
I know it’s not really the season for dark rusty orange, but I was trying to come up with something somber for Good Friday and I wanted to try out my new orange (peach. coral… you know,those spring and summer colors that aren’t pink and red. They all seem orange to me.) lipstick and blush.…
Spring here in California is happening with great gusto. I’m doing my best to go enjoy the greenery before it all dries out and turns brown for summer. I’m wearing my new grey dress as often as I can get away with it. I’ve stuffed two petticoats under the skirt here, and I think that…
Spring seems to have well and thoroughly sprung here in California! It’s nice to have the longer days back, but I’m already dreading the sweltering heat of summer. My apartment gets very little sunlight, so the only plant I have in the whole place is this little fern, which lives in an old ceramic planter on my…
Yesterday was quite a busy day. Doug and I headed out bright and early to go to San Francisco for the Vintage Expo that was going on. I’d been meaning to buy a few dresses from Fab Gabs for a while, and going to the Expo meant that I could make sure that the dresses fit!…