'on the bed of december'...

happy thursday

'cloaked'...

happy thursday

toast a/w 2012...

the always inspiring lookbook from toast, for the autumn/winter 2012 season.  seriously, could the photography and styling be any more gorgeous?

it is currently eighty two degrees, here in atlanta... i'm desperately trying to make boot and sweater season happen. i thought that if i just paired them with shorts that i could make it work?  and then i went to run errands and almost collapsed from heat exhaustion... in the first thirty seconds. 

we did have one rainy day this week with temps in the upper sixties!  so, obviously, i gleefully zipped on a pair of boots and skipped off to buy a pumpkin, with a giant grin plastered across my face.  

sadly, while reaching for that one perfectly shaped pumpkin in the center of the mound, i caused a domino effect of rolling, runaway pumpkins everywhere.  some nice people helped me to collect and return them .... some people bundled in coats. and gloves. with hoods wrapped tightly around their heads. who complained bitterly of the freezing temps. and looked utterly miserable.  where do i live?

anyway, back to dreaming of more such weather, and outfits like these...

happy friday

still...

i found these pictures on my computer the other day... taken one rainy day last december. on a quiet, river road in louisiana.

none of the pictures i took happened to be of the lovely preserved plantation and farm houses, but were all of these old, somewhat forgotten (and often abandoned) buildings.  the ones passed unseen by the few cars that drove past.
strange, in that they seemed to scream out with all that remained... the stories and past voices that echo against the bare walls.  i must have passed a few dozen of these places, each with an entirely different, palpable electricity in the air.
some comforting. some dripping with a sadness that made me wonder why it still stood as the evidence of some long ago pain... maybe, as humans, we need physical signs that our hurt was real.
all beautiful in their own way.

and then there were the people,  who sat and watched as i drove by.  sat and watched the cars that came before me. and the cars that inevitably followed. sat and watched for some indeterminable length of time.
like rooted trees that slowly grow and overlap and replace one another. and they silently screamed out with the same unspoken jumble of history.  eyes and mouths just as comforting or sad.  most lifting a hand, as a sort of passing proof that our paths crossed. that our lives touched in some way.
and i wished that i could sit and listen to the endless stories. the foundations of who they are. the ones their families were built upon.  to sit and feel the importance behind those pieces of memory.

happy monday

saturday shopping list, january 21st...

$1,550 

cypress eco wedding gown. cut out low back with straps, by abstractpretty

"the stormy evening closes now in vain,

loud wails the wind and beats the driving rain,

while here in sheltered house

with fire-ypainted walls,

i hear the wind abroad,

i hark the calling squalls -

'blow, blow,' i cry, 'you burst your cheeks in vain!

blow, blow,' i cry, 'my love is home again!'

yon ship you chase perchance but yesternight

bore still the precious freight of my delight,

that here in sheltered house

with fire-ypainted walls,

now hears the wind abroad,

now harks the calling squalls.

'blow, blow,' i cry, 'in vain you rouse the sea,

my rescued sailor shares the fire with me!'"

~  'the stormy evening closes now in...', by robert louis stevenson

   { click on the price below each picture to view the listing on etsy, and on the shop names to see what other lovelies you may find!}

$1,750 

mid century crown kerman persian area rug, from oldnewhouse

$156

updated/upcycled pea coat with high collar and color blocking, by heidala

$68 

vintage 70s metallic india guaze tent dress, from raggedythreads

$55 

nixie garden loungerie guardhers garter belt, by undertheroot

$175 

the firefly chandelier made of handwoven african beer strainers, by chocolatenegrodesign

$120 

deerman the white deer head wall mount. 8 point, by mahzerandvee

€30,00 eur 

80s white front pleat nautical tapered pants s/m, from maryikavintage

$63 

snowy owl leather mask. child size, by sundriesandplunder

$110 cad 

fine wool onesie, by sartoria

$495 

glass terrarium wardian case, from plainandelegant

$70

sale dress black lace dress, by wrytheshop

$40

the beginners cowl hand knit in charcoal wool blend, by rememberaday

happy saturday

sunday...

1) lalovelist ; 2) lalovelist ; 3) david sims for chloé ; 4) brian w. ferry ; 5) ditte isager

'i have loved hours at sea, gray cities,

the fragile scent of a flower,

music, the making of a poem

that gave me heaven for an hour;

first stars above a snowy hill,

voices of people kindly and wise,

and the great look of love, long hidden,

found at last in meeting eyes'

~ from 'i have loved hours at sea', by sara teasdale

1) brian w. ferry ; 2) alice gao ; 3) tec petaja ; 4) d'art photographie ; 5) chris tubbs

happy sunday

the ninth day...

{ 'in the dirt' ; s. carey ; facebook ; twitter }

* day nine: 'in the dirt', by s. carey *

and the shopping list is inspired:

$40 

photography bogo - washington dc - evening lights and city lights, by sparksoffire

$38

baby organic little trapper hat 6 to 12 months, by worthygoods

$12 

let it snow, from kcsuz

$35 

snowy london black and white photograph. hackney winter street scene, by tombland

$20 

portrait photography - sibling love, by gypsytreephotography

$28.99 

kids children knit cowl scarf for boys or girls, by cactusdesign

$23 

christmas puffy snow hat, by beliz82

$3.29

vintage winter photo - little boy making a snowball, from cassiestalevintage

$52 

vintage wood slat paris american steel rail steerable snow sled, from sugarscout

$30 

winter landscape. fine art print. altered photograph... snow in the city, by imaginestudio

$8

1950s soft yellow mittens, from salvagehouse

$14 

iceberg stacking toy - natural wooden toy, by imaginationkids

$36.20 

20 snowman snow white felt balls, by tarataratara

$65

vintage 1960s kid's coat rothschild hooded wool with pockets, from behindthetimefinds

$26

children's wall art print - january's fresh start, by sarahjanestudios

$25

winter photography snow black benches new york city, by raceytay



happy monday