let's go to the pumpkin patch..

“I'd rather sit alone on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than be crowded on a velvet cushion.”  -Henry David Thoreau

Visiting the pumpkin patch is one of the little trips I looked forward to every year growing up, it still makes me feel all nostalgic. The colors, textures, and scents just scream fall. Caramel apples, cider, pumpkin pie..I want all the things. We went a few days before Halloween this year, just in time for carving and roasting pumpkin seeds.

When Luke and I first started dating we were at a thrift store and he spotted a little collapsible metal basket and brought it to me sing-songing, "lets go to the pumpkin patch, pick some squash, put it in this thing." He doesn't do a whole lot of silly/adorable things so it was sweet. Except sometimes he does an uncharacteristic high pitched "kitty!" squeal when he sees an extra cute one. haha! Love him.

zombie squash

 I hope you're having a fun fall, wherever you are!

rust and rose

♪Has time driven our season away?♪

I was so excited when I peeped this trench at salvation army..1960's,rust,a hood! As a shortie(5'3!)5'2.5)I usually shy away from floor sweeping hems,but with a little platform and a shorter dress I think it works. Also, I don't care because I really love this coat haha

  

cobblestone!

pumpkin spice and everything nice..

this outfit has a lot of favorites, old and new.

                           

I'm a sucker for pretty lace dresses..

and I've never really been able to resist this perfect peach/rose/pink!

or a handsome matching silky lining.

lace in the light

My newest little vintage creature. A score from this weekend, and my eyeliner inspiration..

doe eyes

new hair! violet ish? 

 i might love it.

There are as many loves as there are hearts

-Leo Tolstoy

Happy Tuesday! 

autumnal

♪i love the open road, and all that it suggests♪
soot and stars

only one rule in the patch-no smashing pumpkins

wanderlust

I always feel like I lose a little chunk of time when I'm sick, all of a sudden it was the very last day for pumpkin picking! We braved the cold weather and whipping wind for a bit and headed just a few miles away to our favorite orchard. I love being in the middle of town near all of my thrift/vintage shops yet so close to farmland and trees, it's definitely middle of America. I can't really describe the feeling around here..normal? I was always dreaming of New York as a teenager, working for a magazine or something..but I was just too afraid to take that big of a chance, and unsure of what I really wanted.(when I was little I wanted to be a designer or marine biologist..i didn't see the ocean until I was 17 haha) Growing up I just wanted to get away..you know..anywhere but here. I even succeeded once right after high school(early graduation), packing my car full and heading south to my childhood best friend's. My parents drove the 10 hours and brought me back, much to my chagrin. I had the chance to move out on my own a year later and I was a little more prepared, and free! I still don't know what I want out of life, who really does? That's kind of the adventure. I just know I don't want to run anymore, I'm right where I want to be. I am however, a huge fan of road trips, even mini ones! I think that has to be one of the sweeter things..finding interest in the mundane and beauty in the everyday. 

picked the perfect pumpkin

a foxtail and a fleet fox!

i'm jealous of you birds

  

 I made french onion soup(again!) and my pecan and pumpkin pie..did I mention I love comfort food when I'm sick haha

Mom brought me this new french press she snagged at the thrift store for 50 cents! It's amazing. My first one..toasted southern pecan coffee has never tasted better.

I shot this through Luke's celestron astromaster telescope..so glad I bought it a few years ago, it gets a lot of use!

Hunter's moon aka Sanguine,dying grass,blood..the first full moon after the harvest moon.
I'm a lunatic.


Happy Fall!

dreamy

♪I send a heart to all my dearies
When your life is so, so dreary
Dream♪

The Smashing Pumpkins are coming to town this month but I'm low on funds and tickets are expensive..hearing Mayonaise live would be the greatest. It's the first SP song I remember hearing, I was instantly in love. One of my all time favorites! 90's music..it just gets me.

 A fall picnic at my favorite spot..60 and sunny! Perfection.

In my quest for pastel hair I made a stop at magenta, hoping for pastel pink next..what better month for pink hair?! My grandma Nola was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years ago and passed away within just a few weeks after they found it..the day before my birthday. One of my favorite people ever.

I can never get it quite blonde enough, I chickened out at reddish

Speaking of my least favorite c word..I had a biopsy done on the baby toe spot. Not as scary as I thought, if I can go to the doctor and get checked out anyone can! Now I have to wait 10 days for the results, waiting is the worst.

I've been mostly hermiting away in the house so this day was a welcome release. Fresh air and sunshine! I swear I've watched almost every interesting show on netflix, I'm totally caught up on The Walking Dead and now I'm kind of in love with Once upon a time. Fairy tales and the battle of good vs evil. There's a scene where "dreamy" the dwarf turns into "grumpy" when his dreams are crushed. I always want to be dreamy!

Happy Tuesday!