road to nowhere

This week has been incredibly unproductive for me. I'm making a small list here of things I have done, just to make myself feel better.

took the kids to swimming lessons
made panna cotta (it was really good)
read my camera manual, finally
wrote a thank you note to my sister-in-law for sending me a lovely pair of earrings
took some strange self portrait photos after reading my camera manual
started reading a biography of Alice Waters (fascinating!)
tried to work on editing photos for some upcoming projects, but really got nowhere, hence the frustration of having an unproductive week

Are some weeks just like this??? I've decided to not even try to do anything else today work related, and instead will browse here for a little while. Then I'm off to pick up the kids from school. Next week I will sew. And take some real photos. And be much more productive.

fall boots

Somehow I justified buying two new pairs of boots. I did need a pair of rain boots. I did not need a pair of suede boots, but I bought them anyway.

Anu passed along a sweet award to me last week. Thank you, Anu! Instead passing the award to a few, I'm just going to suggest that you check out any or all of the blogs I've listed on my sidebar. I've recently added lots and they are all wonderful, so read away!

pillow talk

Grace from Poetic Home featured my Nautical Stripe Pillows on her blog today, along with a nice selection of other vintage fabric pillows from Etsy. Thank you, Grace!

under ten

I found these things at the flea market over the summer. Each for under ten dollars. So that leaves me more money to spend on shoes. I'll post those tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who left a comment in the last post about what you like to cook. I loved reading your answers!

looking around the kitchen

I'm really happy to be back in my own kitchen after a month away. Sometimes cooking can be a drag, but most times for me it's a pleasure. I have to be honest and tell you that a lot of my cooking is not well received by my children, but my husband usually loves it. And I love that. Happy weekend. By the way, what's your favorite thing to cook?

transition

The seasons are in transition, the kids are back at school. Everyone is exhausted from this first week back, me included. Hopefully we'll all settle back in this weekend. Meanwhile I managed to clean my house today, but that's about it. I hope tomorrow I'll feel inspired to take some new pictures and have something to show. If not, I'll be back on Monday, rested up (I hope!).

p.s. this is my dad's woodpile. at least he's prepared for the changing seasons!

day at the beach

These pictures are from last week. Although the weather was warm and gorgeous today, it was the first day of school, and therefore officially fall in my mind. This is my ode to the last of summer!