these days..

xu xu fang-these days

70 = perfection

deck lounging

the same size as my sleep mask haha

Cleaning my studio/closet-switching out summer..Copper supervising

Zizi's shown Lu the joy of second story window watching

French onion..it's soup season! I told Luke I would make at least 4 homemade soups this month..

 chocolate chip

Still dealing with the family issues..trying to stay upbeat. I can't let it ruin my favorite season! I have a Dr. appt tomorrow and I'm kind of stressing, a weird little spot on my baby toe is getting a deeper look. I'm pretty terrified of doctors and hospitals, hope all goes well! 

Have a great week!

hark!

did you ever grow anything in the garden of your mind?

"One of the greatest gifts you can give anybody is the gift of your honest self."

“Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.” 

“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” 

“Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else.” 

“Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others.”   

- a few fave Fred Rogers quotes

Fred Mcfeely Rogers, one of my favorite humanitarians.We had all of five channels growing up and beside old movies I was watching Mister Rogers Neighborhood. It first aired in 1968 and continued into the new millennium. I loved his little daily adventures, how cool is it to learn a bit about everything? He wanted to teach children to love themselves and others . He was quirky, kind, curious, unique..

Also,his outfits were pretty fresh. PBS is still one of my favorite channels..antiques roadshows, masterpiece classics! haha He saved public television.

Happy Saturday!

summers end

  

It is the time of love,

the time of friends and adventure.

As the time comes and goes,

one thinks of nothing in spite of one's wounds.

Because the time of love

it's long and it's short,

it lasts forever, one remembers it.

At twenty, we tell ourselves that we rule the world,

and that all the blue sky will be in our eyes forever.

-le temps de l'amour

I seriously can't believe it's the very last day of summer, time has flown! The mild weather lately has been screaming spring so I dressed accordingly. Rainy,fresh breeze,slightly warm..everything is lush and green again. This in between season has been a bit sporadic, now it's starting to get cold again.   

I'm not complaining, I'm relishing.

new hair color-cinnamon stick

I thought of Moonrise Kingdom colors when I first saw this dress, can't wait until it comes out on video next month so I can watch it again! I'm a sucker for vintage woven purses, love the colorful raffia flowers on this one.

I thrifted this vintage(50/60's) fisherman's purse a few moths ago,it has the original owners name on a little paper tag inside..she lived a few streets away! And who doesn't want to put a tiny kitty in a basket/purse? I sure do. Little Lu is growing so fast everyday, I doubt he would even fit in it next week..2.6lbs. I swear he's doubled in size.

Lumen

A home cooked meal and Parks & Rec is on the agenda tonight.  

Have a great weekend, treat yo self!



hark!

 ♪you should be wilder, you're no fun at all♪
electric twist

My friends dragged my out of the house this weekend, I can become quite the hermit if left to my own devices for too long. Sometimes I need a little push. "Are you alive" texts remind me to reconnect with people haha. They lured me in under the ruse of a movie fest/sleepover..we ended up going out.  I just really like my house, and doing my own thing most of the time. Give me netflix and a night in every day of the week. Growing up I couldn't get out of the house enough, now my life is more settled and I love it. I get excited about things like the concert next month and my favorite shows coming back on..Flea market's in town? I'm there. Bars..not really my scene. (used to love the stl dance clubs..haha) I'm an introvert though and through, I'm working on being more fun. I am fun, just a different kind of fun, low key things excite me haha

My misadventures in red hair..I've already dyed it a deeper brown/red. I had to bleach it(ugh) to get the black out, it always goes too dark! It was supposed to be the auburn of  my dreams but it was too vibrant over the lighter bits. I just feel more myself with a little brunette in there, I was blonde as a child and it turned to a light mousy brown, who knows what color I should be? I guess what ever fancies me at the moment. Right now I'm seeing red.

Happy Wednesday!

I love Lu

Introducing...

Lumen
 

 

 This is the surprise we picked up last week, the best anniversary present ever! He was free to a good home, I couldn't resist. I got all saucer eyed as soon as I spotted him..I wanted his brother too haha! So sweet and cute.  And he has the prettiest cat eyes. He's a little thing about 2 months old, apparently his dad was a big 1/2 Siamese tomcat who liked to talk. He lets out the tiniest "mew," the sweetest sound.

 

While we were dreaming up names I was checking out one of Luke's astronomy magazines and came across luminous..Lumen! And it's a character on one of our favorite's, Dexter.

 

The Lumen is the SI unit of luminous flux, a measure of the power of light perceived by the human eye. ...

 

 

 

 He sounds like a baby with a bottle when he drinks water and looks like a Maneki-neko when he's trying to groom..so cute and funny!
 

 

 

Sandpaper kisses for my cheeks and hands. He cuddles up next to me in bed and spends equal time playing and napping.  I don't have a ton of experience with little baby kittehs, but I did have a gaggle of kittens born in my dresser drawer as a child haha We only kept one, a  glorious puff of all white fur. When he was a giant man cat I gave him a pale blue kool aide rinse, surprisingly he still adored me. I'm trying to be a good kitty mommy and resist "hand play." The back leg kick move cracks me up but apparently cats are vicious predators with murder in their eyes and a thirst for blood.  I've been watching a lot of "my cat from hell" lately..I don't want him to grow up and hate me! haha A couple of Lu look alike's were getting pretty crazy on there, please don't lunge at my neck when you're huge and beastly.

look at those freakish feet!

I mostly call him Lu, or Sir Catty Whompus. Love his crooked coloring, the black shape on his nose is my favorite. He probably thinks his name is "Hi Lu!"
I love Lu.


Have a lovely week!

 

beekeeper

It finally stop raining long enough to visit the park where we got married, It looks just as pretty as I remember. We planned on going on our anniversary(4th!) last Friday but the weather has been crazy, love this cooler air though. I wasn't sure what to expect with this intense heat we had this summer, but almost everything was in full bloom! So many different shades of roses and pretty little flowers and herbs, the old guy who cares for this unexpected garden really loves what he does. I secretly think it's tiny garden gnomes that come out at night and do all the work, how else can you explain this perfect little gnome home and well? haha

I scored this vintage trench from a lady at a yard sale, she was telling me how she rocked it in the early 70's with her matching mary janes..I got those too! I love buying vintage from the owner. This is about as bright as my clothes go. I prefer a lot of muted shades but I love certain candy colors too. 

I couldn't believe all the action in the gardens, so many bees and butterflies! We even spotted a hummingbird. I always get excited when I see those little guys, like magical little fairies.

"Where it all went down" as Luke put it when we were walking up. When I was planning our wedding I knew I wanted it to be outside..this perfect place only cost about 50 bucks to reserve, sweet!

We also picked up something special on the way home, more on that later! There's a storm rolling in and I'm watching Dinosaurs(!!) on netflix..I may or may not be living my childhood fantasy right now haha

Happy Friday!

my moon, my man

Luke and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary over the weekend!

♪Two drifters, off to see the world
There’s such a lot of world to see
We’re after that same rainbow’s end, waitin’ ’round the bend
My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me♪

string quartet-chasing cars

This is what I walked down the aisle to! Snow patrol's chasing cars is one of our songs.. so excited to have stumbled upon this perfect version when planning the ceremony music. I had a long walk through the garden so I planned an epic intro haha Audrey Hepburn's "Moon river," followed by the strings. I would still do the same thing today.

August 31, 2008

  Our late summer wedding was at sunset in a pretty little gazebo at our favorite flower garden/park. I was hoping to snap some photos there this weekend but it rained. 

We ended up staying in and ordering pizza and watching netflix..it's kind of our thing.

It's tradition to get dressed up in our wedding colors, this dress is one of my all time favorite shades- peachy pink!
(my wedding flowers were cream carnations, baby's breath and the most perfect pale caramel/peach sahara roses..and some ivy I grew)

My astronomy loving man, light of my life. He got some new sky related goodies.

I wear my late grandma Nola's wedding ring set from the summer of 1960, and her preferred polish color..anything really dark. 



Have a lovely Tuesday!