tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54684160275410436162024-03-18T03:55:48.686-07:00snow in the airConniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938255518222756688noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468416027541043616.post-40074099625263282732016-10-11T17:06:00.000-07:002016-10-11T17:06:22.748-07:00I mean, I can't even!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Okay. It's official. I am wearing my pajamas ALL THE TIME these days.</div>
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It has been so so hot this year that loose and breezy is the only way to go.</div>
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Also, my waistline disappeared awhile ago. I have been looking for it in donut shops and brew pubs all over town but it simply cannot be located! Another reason to go for the loose look. </div>
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I had this plan to actually venture out of my yard to take a few photos out in the Real World. But as soon as I set up my tripod in the park I noticed that there was a punky kid on a skateboard skating back in forth in front of me just sorta checking me out. I feel like an idiot taking photos of myself already so I really didn't need an audience. Then I noticed that he was wearing a Trump for President t-shirt! Yikes!!!<br />
I packed everything up and skedaddled on home. It was truly terrifying.<br />
I can't even explain to those of you who don't live in the United States right now the level of anxiety that is floating in the air. <br />
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Alas. Here I am Back in the safety of my old backyard. Wheh! That was a close one.<br />
I'll be hanging out here until November.<br />
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Both the white linen blouse up top and the faux Liberty night-gowny maxi dress are made by me<br />
from <a href="https://kwiksew.mccall.com/product-search?ref=3065">Kwik Sew pattern 3065</a>. No zippers, no button holes, no sweat. Easy Peasy. I added pockets OF COURSE.<br />
My sash was purchased from the Putumayo store on Columbus Avenue in NYC in the 1980's. I loved that store. I shopped there all the time. I wish I'd kept more of my things from there. Yes, Seinfeldians. It was a REAL store. <br />
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Isn't it amazing when you can actually shop for vintage in your own closet???<br />
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Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938255518222756688noreply@blogger.com64tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468416027541043616.post-47077651737375577552016-07-04T09:15:00.000-07:002016-07-05T17:12:55.261-07:00I'm not aware of too many things. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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big old thrifted patch work shirt</div>
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Madewell jeans</div>
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Not so long ago, the always amazing and insightful Suzanne Carillo published a little worksheet to help us identify our personal Style Statement.</div>
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I filled in the worksheet but I was soooooo confused.</div>
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The results made absolutely zero sense to me.<br />
My list of style attributes sounded like the names of Snow White's little men:<br />
Sleepy, Grumpy, Frumpy, Dumpy, Tipsy, Schlumpy and Bored</div>
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You see, I have spent the better half (and I use the term "better" loosely) of the past five years somewhat out of commission. <br />
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For a week I photographed every outfit, every day to try to figure out my "Style Statement."</div>
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I think I've figured it out:</div>
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It's big old shirts, jeans and sensible shoes.</div>
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big old linen shirt and little old cardigan from The Gap Outlet circa 1990</div>
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beat up old Born ballet flats</div>
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big old made-by-me fabric remnant dress</div>
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1930's amber bead necklace from my very stylish mother-in-law</div>
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big old men's shirt from Target</div>
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big old hideous Eileen Fisher jeans - purchased with my employee discount</div>
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bandana borrowed from Pancake (my dog)</div>
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Merrill clogs</div>
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big old shirt and big old bib overalls circa 1980's</div>
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shocking pink kinesio tape on my ankle courtesy of my physical therapist ~ thanks Oly</div>
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big old flannel shirt that used to be a dress until I cut it off</div>
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ridiculous elastic waist jeggings - that's right - jeggings</div>
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Warby Parker spectacles</div>
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Vionic clogs</div>
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big old thrifted Chinese housecoat</div>
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Lucky jeans</div>
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Hush Puppy sandals</div>
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LIPSTICK!!</div>
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My apologies to my bloggy friends for my absence. I'm still here.<br />
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Not too long ago I decided to channel my inner <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/KUAOfficial">Hyacinth Bucket</a> and take my poor hapless Richard, I mean, JON on a day trip up the coast to a nearby Stately Home.</div>
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I got all dressed up in my favorite<a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/index.jsp"> Anthropologie</a> polka dots, assumed my bossiest persona, forced the dog and the husband into the car and set off up the coast to <a href="http://www.casaromantica.org/">Casa Romantica</a> in San Clemente, California.</div>
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Well, it turns out that Casa Romantica is not so much a stately home as a lovely old, rather large stucco house that was built in the 1920's.</div>
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The view of the Pacific from the main house was indeed Romantica.</div>
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There is a bit of a 1970's vibe going on these days. Or if you're the beautiful <a href="http://vintagevixon.blogspot.co.uk/">Vix</a>, it IS Your Vibe!<br />
<a href="http://alovelyinconsequence.blogspot.com/">A Lovely Inconsequence</a> just did a sweet post about her Summers with Seventeen Magazine when she was young. You can read it <a href="http://alovelyinconsequence.blogspot.com/2016/05/seventeen-summer.html">HERE</a>.<br />
I think it was probably the last era when we weren't all plugged in and connected by Social Media. If someone called you on the phone and you weren't home, you didn't even know about it. Or if you wanted to watch something on tv and you weren't going to be around when it was showing, well too bad for you. We could only get information by asking a real person or looking in a book. During the 1970's we all wore very groovy clothes but we very rarely took photos of our bad selves and when we did snap a photo, we usually had to wait days to see the results. And there were only about four types of shampoo in the stores but we all used the yummy dark green one called <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/247557310743536288/">Herbal Essence</a>. </div>
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You could wander around for days and nobody knew where you were or what you were wearing or what you were eating or what your feet looked like from your personal perspective. We were Free, just like <a href="https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=AwrWrldoljNXNRoBRQBXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTBscjdldmhrBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHNlYwNzYw--?p=joni%20mitchell%20free%20man%20in%20paris&back=https%3A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%3Fp%3Djoni%2520mitchell%2520free%2520man%2520in%2520paris%26fr%3Dyfp-t-201%26fp%3D1&sigb=12tkroaor&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fts1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOVP.Vf17d362bece7bde1814266f8d408642d%26pid%3D15.1&sigi=12bjo2c6d&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYD-kUBMgG4s&sigr=11bbtqus5&vid=f518d9447bc36262d7f53f5e62f70aec&tit=JONI%20MITCHELL%20free%20man%20in%20paris&sigt=10vjlndb4&fr=yfp-t-201">Joni</a>, Unfettered and Alive.</div>
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I refer to these ancient times as The Granola Years. If you'd like, you can check out my 1970's Pinterest Board right <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/phizzy54/the-granola-years/">HERE</a>.<br />
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I actually love our present era of connectedness. Instagram, Google, YouTube, Pinterest, BLOGS!!! Heck Yeah! Even though I have my flip flops firmly planted in my 2016 era kitchen I have decided to cook up a batch of my Home-Made Granola using the same recipe I have been using since about 1972.</div>
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3 cups old fashioned rolled oats - not instant<br />
3 Tablespoons packed brown sugar<br />
1/2 heaping teaspoon cinnamon<br />
1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt<br />
1/3 cup honey &/or maple syrup<br />
1/4 cooking oil<br />
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract<br />
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts &/or seeds of your choice<br />
Mix this all together until well blended. Spread evenly on a rimmed baking sheet and bake in a 300 degree Fahrenheit preheated oven for 15 minutes. Stir the mixture around and continue to check and stir every 5 to 10 minutes until the whole thing is a nice toasty brown and the house smells awesome. When it is cool you can add 1/2 cup dried fruit or raisins if you'd like. Store in an airtight container up to 2 weeks.</td></tr>
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And in keeping with the spirit of the '70's I'm wearing a pair of vintage flair jeans and an embroidered Baja Surfer tunic from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/FenixVintage?ref=l2-shop-info-name">FenixVintage</a> on Etsy.</div>
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HEY! You are all so wonderful! I just LOVED reading your comments about your first fashion memories. If you haven't had a chance to read them yet you really should go to my last blog post and check them out. Interestingly most of them had to do with either denim or hand-me-downs.</div>
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The beautiful <a href="http://storiesinwood.blogspot.com/2016/03/repeating-patterns.html">Rosemary of Miss Cellany</a> talked on her blog about her adorable Smocked Dress and how this style has followed her throughout her life.</div>
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And of course there is Curtise's famous <a href="http://sopastcaring.blogspot.com/2016/02/chickens-and-parrots.html">Chicken Dress</a>!!</div>
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I am not a Grandma. But at 62 I am certainly old enough to be one. I get the senior citizen discount at the pharmacy and the movie theatre. I buy purple shampoo. And cute young guys approach me not to flirt but to help me carry heavy packages. </div>
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Maybe because I was fortunate enough to know my grandmothers and they were both pretty great, I have always adored good old fashioned <strong>Granny Style</strong>. I've kind of been dressing like a grandma ever since I was a teenager. </div>
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I love orthopedic shoes with socks. I love flowered rayon dresses. I love pilled cardigan sweaters with wadded up Kleenex in the pockets. I love purses stuffed with almost-used-up tubes of lipstick, tins of mints, torn ticket stubs and battered pet photos. I like chipped nail polish and too much rouge and bobby pins and reading glasses on chains.</div>
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And NOW I'm finally old enough to rock this style Authentically.</div>
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gray cashmere sweater ~ also mine since the 1980's<br />
piles of bead bracelets from various decades<br />
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super comfy orthopedic sandals ~ Naturalizer<br />
tea cup and saucer ~ a gift from my Grandma Worthington<br />
grey hair ~ Mother Nature<br />
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It is one of my very favorite picture books and I want to share it with you.</div>
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One book is full of photographs of Grannies by the Amazing <a href="http://timwalkerphotography.com/portraits#">Tim Walker</a>.</div>
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The other book is full of charming Grandma drawings by the equally Amazing <a href="http://lawrencemynott.com/">Lawrence Mynott</a>.</div>
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My one and only criticism is that it is lacking in diversity. But Tim Walker has said that this book was an homage to "the little old ladies who live down the lane" and I honestly believe that just about everybody will recognize a favorite Nana in these books.</div>
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I'll be kickin' it at Patti's <a href="http://notdeadyetstyle.com/">Visible Monday</a>. Meet me there.</div>
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My first Memory is of Overalls.</div>
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I must have been about three years old. At least I hope I was only three! I was wearing the type of Toddler Overalls that snap on the inside of the legs for quick emergency trips to the potty. The snaps were unsnapped, the pant legs were flapping around and I started twirling around singing, "I'm wearing a dress." My First Fashion Moment. Tra La.</div>
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Well, the fashion neurons in my brain must have imprinted on those overalls because I have owned and worn some form of bib overalls practically every decade of my life.</div>
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How gorgeous is <a href="http://www.daphneselfe.com/">Daphne Selfe</a> in this <a href="http://www.knitrowan.com/designs-and-patterns/magazines/rowan-knitting-crochet-magazine-50">Rowan</a> knitting book?</div>
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overalls ~ vintage 1990's from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/247523701/minimalist-menswear-jumpsuit-vintage-90s">enidandedgar Etsy shop</a><br />
<a href="http://www.vionicshoes.com/women/flats/calgary-slip-on-clog.html">Calgary slip on clogs ~ Vionic</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">meanwhile I'm linking up with the Super Smart Patti at </span><a href="http://notdeadyetstyle.com/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Visible Monday</span></a></div>
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You know who dottie angel is, don't you? She lives over at mossy shed and has the most beautiful crafty life. Here's a little video to introduce you: Click <a href="https://vimeo.com/17807742">HERE</a> Please</div>
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I've admired Tif Fussell for an awfully long time. You can find her on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dottieangel/">@dottieangel</a>. So when I found out that she had created a pattern of her famous dottie angel frock for Simplicity Patterns, I was first in line. In fact, this may be one of the few sewing patterns that I've bought lately for which I actually paid full price. That is how much I love this girl!</div>
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dress ~ made by me<br />
neck-hiding turtle neck ~ J Crew<br />
leggings ~ Capezio<br />
orthopedic clogs ~ Yes!!! Effing ORTHOPEDIC CLOGS! ~ Merrell</td></tr>
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This project was lots of fun and very easy to make. I used some plaid that I found in the discount bin. I think it may have been school uniform fabric which makes me very happy.</div>
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And I recycled the plaid for the pockets and tie from <a href="http://conniesnow.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-doctor-will-see-you-now.html">THIS</a> dress.</div>
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I raised the neckline both front and back and replaced dottie angel's adorable apron pockets with plain old square connie snow pockets.</div>
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That's what I like about this pattern, it is super simple to personalize.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my ever increasing backside all tied up with a bow!<br />
ah..the joys of middle age</td></tr>
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THANK YOU SO MUCH TIF. I LOOOOOVE MY FROCK!!!!</div>
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And speaking of things that I Love,</div>
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because I subscribe to the New York Times, </div>
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I received a Google Cardboard NYT/VR.</div>
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Virtual Reality. My Favorite Kind of Reality These Days. Click <span id="goog_1683946850"></span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2015/nytvr/">HERE<span id="goog_1683946851"></span></a> for the details.</div>
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I am completely Bonkers over this thing. It is Exquisitely Trippy.</div>
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In fact, sometimes I actually trip while looking at it.</div>
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Wish I could let you in on it but you'll just have to either come over to my house or get your own.</div>
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Thank you New York Times and Google.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I'm heading over to <a href="http://notdeadyetstyle.com/">Patti's Visible Monday</a> to see what the kids are up to over there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">And even though this has nothing to do with <a href="http://spygirl-amb.blogspot.com/">Anne's 52 Pick-me-up</a> prompt of <span style="color: #6aa84f;">green acorn</span> I'm going to visit her as well just cuz I like her so darn much.</span></div>
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Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938255518222756688noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468416027541043616.post-33652384795701622042015-10-24T17:39:00.000-07:002015-11-02T19:25:18.683-08:00Imaginary Ancestors<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Every time I wear this dress I get the same comment - Little House on the Prairie.</div>
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I stitched up this <a href="https://www.wordnik.com/words/schmatte">schmatte</a> with black and white gingham fabric and <a href="http://kwiksew.mccall.com/k3065-products-19787.php?page_id=3017&search_control=display&list=search">Kwik Sew pattern 3065</a> from the discount bin at FabricLand.</div>
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It's a dress just for knockin' around the house and going to the grocery store. Breezy. Cool. It covers a multitude of sins. I added pockets of course.</div>
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All this talk of Prairies reminds me of my Ancestors.</div>
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I used my 10 day free trial on <a href="http://ancestry.com/">Ancestry.com</a> and found out that my great grandfather Henry James Snow left Cornwall, England in the late 1800's. His family had lived in the same region of Cornwall for centuries (if your name is Snow and you live in Cornwall, well, Hey Cousin!) Henry James left. Who knows why. He made his way to Liverpool then on over to Canada and continued west to the Montana Territories where he married the Canadian born Frances who gave birth to my grandpa Ernest in 1887 and a few years later his brother Louis. I cannot even imagine doing something so brave.</div>
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There are no photos of my great grandparents as far as I know. So I like to thumb through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Photographing-Montana-1894-1928-Evelyn-Cameron/dp/0878424253">Photographing Montana by Donna M. Lucey</a> and pretend that these are my ancestors.</div>
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This book tells the honest story of settlers in the Old West. The author Donna Lucey found the photographs and diaries of settler Evelyn Cameron in a rattlesnake infested basement of an old house in eastern Montana in the 1970's. </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">And I'm joyfully taking my embroidered daisy over to <a href="http://spygirl-amb.blogspot.com/2015/11/52-pick-me-up-sunflower-joy.html">Anne's 52-pick-me-up</a> Sunflower/Joy.</span></div>
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Ahhh... October in Southern California. Warm during the day and cool at night. Most of the tourists have returned to their leaf strewn inland homes. The beach and the streets and the taco shops are ours once again. </div>
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While the rest of the world is enjoying pumpkin spice this and that and boots and sweaters, we're still wearing tee shirts and flip flops and eating guacamole.</div>
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It was a perfect Fall day today. I discovered some frozen Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies in the back of the freezer, which is almost as good as finding a forgotten $20 bill in the pocket of your jeans. So I brewed up some Detox tea to hopefully counteract the sugar. Yeah..right...</div>
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Check out these crazy carrots! So beautiful. </div>
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And I'm wearing a carrot colored dress with my face on it! </div>
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As you know (because I blather on about it endlessly. blah blah blah) I have had my share of health issues. Even though I have had more than one Debbie Downer of a doctor tell me that I need to suck it up and just accept my current situation, je refuse d'accepter!</div>
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YES I WILL. So There!!</div>
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Carrots and Perseverance. </div>
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colored glass bead necklace ~ I've had it for so long I don't remember where I got it<br />
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Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938255518222756688noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468416027541043616.post-22321043822241403462015-09-10T09:01:00.000-07:002015-09-20T17:06:33.536-07:00Sugar Fiends<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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But where I live now there is actually a Road named after them.</div>
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We are, as you may have heard, in the midst of an historic drought here in Southern California.</div>
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Not a lotta flowers this year.</div>
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ONE PART SUGAR</div>
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I like to use Organic Sugar.</div>
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TO FOUR PARTS WATER.</div>
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I like to use Spring Water.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">baggy linen pants ~ hand me up from my daughter<br />
rayon kimono ~ purchased over 2 years ago at the <a href="http://theseasidebazaar.com/">Encinitas Seaside Bazaar</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=17082&vid=1&pid=529048042">stripedy tee ~ Gap</a><br />
sunglasses ~ <a href="https://raen.com/">Raen</a><br />
flippety flops ~<a href="http://shop.reef.com/girls-sandals/l/201?gclid=Cj0KEQjwsb-vBRCLj7TvqpGx_MoBEiQALgFGnu0Sx2b3CRktYfrTlL8qJ2JFTqEvk6z_RbvPAhtwuRUaAgt38P8HAQ"> Reef</a> - toujours les Reefs<br />
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Le Food for ze Hummingbirds.</div>
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I've always thought that Hummingbirds were sweet little polite fairy-like birds.</div>
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But, Man, they are so jacked up on sugar that they fight over this stuff like it's the Last Pair of Uggs at the Nordstrom Half Yearly Sale!!!</div>
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Flying over to Patti's Party at <a href="http://notdeadyetstyle.blogspot.com/2015/09/visible-monday-158-how-color-makes.html">Visible Monday</a>.</div>
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Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938255518222756688noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468416027541043616.post-34212635882180028832015-08-20T17:06:00.000-07:002015-08-20T17:06:20.133-07:00I feel bad about my neck<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<em><span style="color: #0b5394;">"Our faces are lies and our necks are truth. You have to cut open a redwood tree to see how old it is, but you wouldn't if it had a neck." <span style="font-size: x-small;">Nora Ephron</span></span></em><br />
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I have been practicing my selfies. Too close? <br />
No, I don't think so.<br />
The more pictures I take of my Mug the more I realize that "I feel bad about my neck." I really do.<br />
I actually really like my grey hair and I don't mind the wrinkles on my face. </div>
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But dear Nora Ephron was so right. It's all about the neck. </div>
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Did you ever read <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/27/books/27masl.html?_r=0">This Book</a>?<br />
Perhaps it is the dreaded <a href="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/beauty/skin-care/a10201/tech-neck/">"tech neck"</a> or perhaps it's just plain old aging but I simply cannot stand the sight of my aging neck. <br />
I am terrified of plastic surgery and I have already spent a small fortune on gooey neck creams. I'm not much of a choker necklace wearer and most scarves usually just end up in my bag.<br />
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So I have decided to take a cue from Diane Keaton and Jackie O and wear turtlenecks. Even in the summertime.<br />
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It's not doing much to eliminate my hot flashes but that's just a sacrifice I'll have to make.<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">leggings ~ Athleta</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">x-stitch denim tunic ~ thrifted from Double Take in Solana Beach</span><br />
<span style="color: #0b5394;">ballet flats - Born</span></td></tr>
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So if you are a youngish person with a lovely smooth swan-like neck take my advice. Do yourself a favor and take a LOT of beautiful close up wrinkle free photos NOW. Right this minute! GO DO IT!! Some day you will be happy to have a record of your silky smooth neck days.<br />
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Now I'm off to find a turtleneck bathing suit.<br />
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Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938255518222756688noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468416027541043616.post-60853162093137004932015-08-06T12:57:00.000-07:002015-08-09T09:19:32.567-07:00Nicely Done<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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When I was a kid and probably when you were a kid, at the end of every doctor or dentist appointment we were usually given a lollipop for our good behavior. </div>
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Hmmm...I'm not sure how healthy it is to give sugar to a extremely active kid with cavities but I sure didn't complain much at the time.</div>
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In fact, I sometimes wonder how anyone born before the 1990's survived all the junk we were fed as children.</div>
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Now as a grown-up, after a doctor or dentist appointment, we are rewarded with a Nice Hefty Bill ~ especially if we live in these here Good Old United States. Sigh...</div>
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So since I have been a very brave girl throughout all of my scary doctor appointments. And since I am so amazing that I have actually started (finishing remains to be seen) making Holiday presents in the Summertime ~ one of the Upsides of Downtime~</div>
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I have decided to reward myself with a little <a href="https://www.etsy.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=etsy_exact&utm_campaign=Search_US_Google-Branded-Etsy-Brand-Exact&utm_ag=A1&utm_custom1=6d2a9446-84e9-4eb8-b140-af7b189fd0e7&gclid=CjwKEAjwi4yuBRDX_vq07YyF7l8SJAAhm0rpGK5P7fHNA61DW-aHD5laf3fRuhEZBAseHQSkgPvChxoCX4jw_wcB">Etsy</a> shopping.</div>
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I treated myself to this beautiful 1990's era gauze dress from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/BeigeVintageCo?ref=l2-shopheader-name">BeigeVintage</a>. It Is Enormous. And very breezy and comfortable. I just love it. And I could quite possible eat a lot of sugary things while wearing it....if I wanted to...but I won't...well, maybe I will...but I probably shouldn't...but I could...do I smell cookies?? Anyhoo...</div>
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Meanwhile, my sidekick and interior design partner Pancake has started a pine cone collection. Every time we come home from the park he brings another pine cone which we have turned into a lovely organic coney centerpiece. </div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;">Joining the Brave and Beautiful SpyGirl Anne's Red Party at <a href="http://spygirl-amb.blogspot.com/">52-pick-me-up</a>.</span></div>
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HELLOOOOOOO La La La click <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f85gpbTF9Y">Here</a></div>
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It's been such a long time, hasn't it?????</div>
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I have been on a bit of a "Journey."</div>
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And I'm not talking about a little trip to Grandma's house. </div>
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It was more like a Long Uncomfortable Ride on a Bumpy Muddy Road in the Back of a Rusty Old Pick-Up Truck being Driven by a Drunk CHIMPANZEE. </div>
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So.....this is where I have been spending many of my days.</div>
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I've been hanging out with Pancake my trusty nap companion.</div>
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And in addition to hours of <a href="http://www.cc.com/shows/broad-city">Broad City</a> and <a href="http://www.inc.com/sujan-patel/how-to-become-a-more-successful-person-by-watching-and-listening-to-jerry-seinfe.html">Seinfeld</a> reruns I have had the time to Totally indulge my Love of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_New_Wave">La Nouvelle Vague</a>. </div>
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One of the best things about blogging is connecting on so many levels with kindred spirits all around the world. But I don't have to tell you that, do I? You all KNOW it's true.</div>
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I am in the process of recovering from my latest <a href="http://www.caringmedical.com/prolotherapy-news/sacroiliac-joint-pain/">Prolotherapy</a> treatment.</div>
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Believe me, it is Not Blogworthy.</div>
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I like to use Golden Delicious Apples because they hold their shape when baked.</div>
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Wish I could say the same for myself...ba-da-bum.</div>
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THIS came in the mail. And It Made My Day!!!!</div>
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All hand made by the most amazing <a href="http://suzannecarillo.com/">Suzanne Carillo</a>.</div>
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It is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!</div>
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Thank you Suzanne. The healing crystals are working their magic.</div>
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I feel better already.</div>
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I just had a birthday. I was born in 1954. Yeah. Yeah. I know I'm old. If you stick around long enough it is bound to happen to you, too. <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/phizzy54/my-favorite-year/">These people</a> were ALSO born in 1954. So I have to think that it was a pretty good year! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cover story was about little <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabella_Churchill_(charity_founder)">Arabella Churchill</a> who was considered a potential future bride for Prince Charles.<br />
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If you ever want to feel REALLY OLD. Go out and find yourself a magazine that was published around the time that you were born and check out the advertisements.</div>
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Even if you're only 20 years old, go get a mag from 1995.</div>
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Women mostly stayed home and cleaned house.</div>
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My Mom was probably feeding me this crap.</div>
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And wearing one of these torture devices.</div>
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And getting all jacked up on sugar.</div>
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Just about everybody smoked. Doctor's Orders!</div>
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Unfiltered Camels are so therapeutic for those delicate opera singer vocal chords.</div>
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I'll have to try this the next time I bake. Rolling pins for all types of buns.</div>
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I saved the best for last. Love Love Love the latest accessories collection from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Fath">Jacques Fath</a>.</div>
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<em>"Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance."</em></div>
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2014 was a Crazy Year for me. You may or may not know that I have really struggled with my health over the past two years. And this year. 2014. I discovered that I had been misdiagnosed and was being treated for the WRONG THING all this time! See what I mean? Crazy.</div>
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But the Good News for me is that I found an adorable doctor (those are two words that you don't often see together) who is finally helping me to get back to myself.</div>
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This is why I think she is adorable ~ she correctly diagnosed me and is helping me to get better AND she loves to shop at Thrift Stores!!! Whenever I have an appointment with her we compare notes about the local Thrift Shop Scene. <br />
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I always told myself that if for some reason I ended up in prison I would pass the time by learning a new language. I have no idea what I would have done to put me into prison but...you just never know, right? Well, being ill all this time FELT like prison. I did not learn a new language but I definitely gave the swear words in my own language a workout. </div>
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Here's where I spent too much of 2014. In my bed. The picture of the vintage shoes is to remind me that very soon I will be wearing actual CUTE SHOES once again. Yes. I. Will.</div>
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I did some knitting.</div>
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Look at that. I <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Macgyver">Macgyver</a>ed a bread bag clip to keep the yarn from slipping off of the end of the knitting needle. </div>
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I won this beautiful necklace of a swinging girl from <a href="http://naomipicks.blogspot.com/">Coulda Shoulda Woulda's</a> Instagram giveaway that I was not even aware that I had entered. Thank you so much Naomi. It is PERFECT. </div>
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I took lots of scenic car drives. <br />
This is the gorgeous <a href="http://www.yogananda-srf.org/">Self Realization Fellowship</a> In Encinitas, California all lit up for the holidays.<br />
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And I did a bit of on-line shopping. This 70's hippie dress is from <a href="http://thriftwares.net/">Thriftwares Vintage</a>.</div>
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I just love it so much. I can't wait to wear it out in public while wearing SHOES.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I'll be recycling Radiant Orchid at <a href="http://spygirl-amb.blogspot.com/2015/01/52-pick-me-up-pantone-party-2015.html">Spy Girl's 52 Pick-me-up: Pantone Party</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">And joining the fancy dress party at Patti's <a href="http://notdeadyetstyle.blogspot.com/">Visible Monday</a></span></div>
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white tulle over black tulle ~ made by me<br />
leggings ~ who knows? who cares?<br />
flip flops ~ guess what? Reefs!</td></tr>
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Donchya just LOVE <a href="http://conniesnow.blogspot.com/2012/03/tulle.html">Tulle</a>????</div>
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This time of year it is so important to add some tulle to your wardrobe for Halloween Costumes and Holiday Parties and Impromptu Tipsy Interpretations of the Nutcracker.</div>
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You just never know when you might need a some Tulle. </div>
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I had plans to do a little tutorial on how to make a tulle skirt.</div>
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A white one with and elastic waistband and a black one with a satin sash waistband. </div>
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But this tulle was being such a <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=beatch">beatch</a> that it turned into quite a tussle. A Total Tulle Tussle. </div>
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I kinda lost it. This was not the adorable DIY that I had planned.</div>
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So I scrapped the DIY. This type of thing happens more frequently than I'd like to admit.</div>
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I'll probably wear the black tulle over a skirt and the white tulle under. Maybe. Who knows.</div>
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Anyhoo....I decorated a Halloween Cake. </div>
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I am capable of making beautiful cakes. This is Not one of them.</div>
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mmmm....cake.</div>
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After my Tulle misadventure I Deserve Cake. Yes I Do. </div>
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And Since it's Halloween let me tell you about my deep abiding love for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gorey">Edward Gorey</a>.</div>
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I love him so much! I'm sad that he is gone because I just want <span id="goog_2101650936"></span><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=edward+gorey&rlz=1T4ADFA_enUS469US472&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=LzZNVMSlOeS7iALl-IDABw&ved=0CDwQ7Ak&biw=1366&bih=566">MORE Edward St. John Gorey<span id="goog_2101650937"></span></a>!</div>
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<em>The Gashlycrumb Tinies</em> is one of my favorites.</div>
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I actually bought this little book for my kids when they were younger.</div>
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I made certain that interspersed with Flopsy Bunnies and Madeline they had a healthy dose of Edward Gorey, Tim Burton and Lemony Snicket.</div>
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Hey, I'm just providing them with material for future therapy sessions.</div>
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C is for CONNIE who ate too much cake</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I'm off to crash the Halloween Party at </span><a href="http://www.mispapelicos.com/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mis Papelicos' Share-in-Style</span></a> </div>
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Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938255518222756688noreply@blogger.com58tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468416027541043616.post-77665148833267750252014-10-13T17:55:00.000-07:002014-10-13T17:55:02.567-07:00Wreck 'Em - Burn The British<span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><br />
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What is it about Eating Breakfast Out in a Coffee Shop? </div>
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I can make Eggs at Home.</div>
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We have a very nice Coffee Maker and a Fancy Toaster.</div>
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So instead of lolling around in our pj's all day we actually got dressed on a Sunday and drove to Coronado, California to have Breakfast at Clayton's Coffee Shop. </div>
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<em><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> </span>happily, joyfully, playfully</span></span></span></em></div>
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yawn ~ the same damn flip flops</td></tr>
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I had planned a completely different outfit for my return to Blogsylvania but it has been so Hot around here that I'm actually wearing my most breezy baggy sweat proof dress. Wheh!</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">And I am totally cheating here because </span><a href="http://spygirl-amb.blogspot.com/2014/09/52-pick-me-up-plaid.html"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Spy Girl Anne's link up</span></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> is Plaid but I'm gonna go with the hot</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Autumn theme.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">And honestly, what we do without <a href="http://notdeadyetstyle.blogspot.com/2014/10/visible-monday-140-full-over-full.html">Patti's Visible Monday</a>? Of course I'm linking up!</span></div>
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I am not the most prolific blogger, that's for sure! </div>
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Posts from <span style="color: #3d85c6;">snow in the air</span> are few and far between.</div>
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If I took a break in blogging I'm pretty certain that very few people would even notice.</div>
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But I am not one to sneak out of the back door at a party without saying a word.</div>
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For right now I need to take a little break from the Land O' Blog to take care of my health.</div>
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Nothing serious. Just Basic Boring Stuff. And I WILL BE BACK. Yes Indeedy.</div>
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I'll be reading your blogs and will most likely continue commenting like the chatterbox that I am.</div>
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I will be updating my dreamy tumblr</div>
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You can follow me there at : <a href="http://conniesnow.tumblr.com/">http://conniesnow.tumblr.com</a></div>
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You can follow me there where I am known as <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/phizzy54/">Constance Snow</a><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">SOOOO....KEEP BREATHING</span><br />
<span style="color: #674ea7;"> I'LL SEE YOU IN A FEW!!!!!</span></div>
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Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938255518222756688noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468416027541043616.post-74051027474772300252014-06-29T15:08:00.000-07:002014-06-30T09:44:36.944-07:00I'm In The Fast Lane From LA To Tokyo<br />
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After my last post, many of you commented on my nice house. Thank you so much!! I'm working on it. But I don't want to give anyone the impression that I am one of those Look-At-My-Gorgeous-Home/Children/Cooking/Fashion/LIFE kind of blogs. I LOVE those kind of blogs. I really do. But around here it's more of a Warts-And-All kind of situation. </div>
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Oops. Burned my toast AGAIN! I actually like burned food. I think that means I have some sort of vitamin deficiency or something.</div>
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vintage prescription Ray Bans<br />
souvenir t-shirt from my insurance company for crying out loud!<br />
cut-off grey sweat pants ~ classy!<br />
Reef flip flops. <a href="http://shop.reef.com/search/sandals">Reef </a>makes the BEST flip flops. They have an arch support. No kidding!<br />
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This is my Inspiration Board. It explains A Lot. I haven't even gotten around to hanging on the wall.</div>
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This is Winda, the first doll I ever owned. She gives my family the creeps so she has to live in the closet.</div>
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The experts say that as you get older you should learn a new skill in order to keep your mind nimble. I decided to memorize the lyrics to rap songs so that when they finally haul me off to "the home" I'll probably be mumbling about pimps and ho's. I decided to start with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-zpOMYRi0w&feature=kp">"Fancy" by Iggy Azalea</a> because I thought it would be easy. I performed it for my daughter and the look on her face was either Horror or Delight. It was hard to tell.</div>
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8 year old floppy flares from the sale room at <a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/index.jsp">Anthropologie</a>. Love the Anthro sale room.</td></tr>
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All of my clothing must adhere to the Get-Down Rule. I must be able to easily Get Down onto the ground without hurting or embarrassing myself or anyone around me. Then I have to be able to get back up again. Yep.</div>
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I inherited this beautiful 1960's fish necklace from my mother-in-law. She loved her jewelry.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I be stuntin' over at <a href="http://notdeadyetstyle.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/visible-monday-133-mixing-old-and-new.html">Patti's Visible Monday</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Hey, who dat over at <a href="http://spygirl-amb.blogspot.com/2014/06/52-pick-me-up-minimalism.html">Anne's 52 Pick-Me-Up</a>?</span></div>
Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938255518222756688noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468416027541043616.post-85925981953252521162014-06-07T09:42:00.001-07:002015-08-24T18:21:43.126-07:00Get An Ugly Girl To Marry You<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Never make a pretty woman your wife."</div>
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Do you know this song by Jimmy Soul? It was a Big Hit in 1963. Of Course it was.</div>
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You can listen to it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4TOR7856d4">HERE</a></div>
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I come from a long line of SUPERB Housewives.</div>
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Some of them were actually very Pretty.</div>
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Generations of Spotlessly Clean Rooms, Fabulous Homemade Dinners, Chubby Scrubbed Faces, Weed Free Gardens, Immaculate Table Manners. That is the Female Tradition in my Family. And I'm pretty certain that was the plan for me. </div>
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However, My Natural Inclination is More towards Bohemian Loft Apartments, Smoky Blues Bars and Stay-Up-Late/Cake-For-Breakfast Parenting.</div>
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So I've spent my life feeling Sad and Resentful when I'm keeping House </div>
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and Giddy but Guilty when I'm Out and About.</div>
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I'm not alone here. Am I????</div>
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Anyhoo...You are Not my Therapist. PINTEREST is my Therapist!</div>
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So here is My Take on that <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/247557310742268885/">PIN</a> up there.</div>
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cotton dirndl skirt ~ made by moi - Yes, there are pockets<br />
orthopedic sandals ~ Ecco</td></tr>
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I Have Cherries in My Bowl.</div>
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Rainier Cherries. YUM! Thank you Pacific Northwest!</div>
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Close-up of my crummy sewing. I avoid button holes like I avoid parallel parking.</div>
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I wore this skirt to a party where a 9 year old girl asked me if I made it myself. I guess that pretty much sums up my feeble sewing skills...recognizable by Children!</div>
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Jonathan is my long-suffering husband.</div>
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My Mother-in-Law gave me this charm from her bracelet. She had a charm for each of her six - yes - SIX Sons!</div>
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And now a brief tour of my soon to be painted kitchen. </div>
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My arteries may be clogged<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">joining the fruit salad over at </span><a href="http://www.mispapelicos.com/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mis Papelicos</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">retroactively joining <a href="http://spygirl-amb.blogspot.com/2015/08/52-pick-me-up-cherry-acceptance.html">52-pick-me-up</a></span></div>
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Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03938255518222756688noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5468416027541043616.post-36981833719268896932014-05-30T10:48:00.002-07:002014-05-30T11:17:19.647-07:00Not One More<div align="center">
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It is so nice to have Kindred Spirits as we navigate our way through a Life that is Full of Silliness and Joy and Sadness and Beauty.</div>
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But I cannot until I get this off my chest.</div>
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Click <a href="http://www.palmbeachpost.com/ap/ap/3-dead-in-drive-by-shooting-near-uc-santa-barbara/nf6mm/">HERE</a> to read about the deadly rampage at the University of California Santa Barbara.</div>
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This is my daughter's college. She was not there that day.</div>
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Our Hearts are Breaking.</div>
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Please watch this heart wrenching video of the father of one of the shooting victims by clicking <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/05/dad-of-santa-barbara-victim-sobs-and-rails-against-sons-death/">HERE</a>.</div>
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Don't you just love hanging around the nicer men's clothing stores?</div>
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I do. All that tweed and tortoise shell and restrained testosterone.</div>
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Tons and tons of choices of virtually the same thing all subtly and beautifully well-made.</div>
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Not a lot of glitz and flashy color. Decisions quickly made and paid for.</div>
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Oh Those Boys. They are such simple creatures.</div>
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They can go on long voyages with just a few shirts, a pair of trousers, a pair of shoes and a toothbrush. I could probably do that, too, but it would not be pretty. I need an extra suitcase just for my underwear!</div>
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Classic men's styles have barely changed in the past 100 years.</div>
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That photo above was taken in the 1960's.</div>
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It looks like it was taken Today!</div>
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With a few variations in collar length and tie width, my sartorially fabulous husband has worn pretty much the same style since I first met him in the 1980's!</div>
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I've included a picture of a Girl in a 1960's shift dress so that you can envision the era but now that I see that Shift...I Want It!!!!</div>
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Isn't he beautiful? All dark and woodsy. Looks like it belongs in a men's store. My husband spotted it while we were browsing in a consignment shop.</div>
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Nice simple controls. On/Off. High/Low. Just like the boys.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Men's Size Large Shirt from Target <br />
Men's watch - Timex<br />
totally see-through linen dress - Eileen Fisher vintage<br />
pewter leather skinny belt - J. Crew vintage<br />
orthopedic sandals - Hush Puppies </td></tr>
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Oh Those Boys. I Just Love Boys.</div>
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They have the Best Shirts.</div>
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Linking up with <a href="http://myclosetcatalogue.com/2014/05/15/ootd-of-halter-necks-sexiness-and-thoughtful-dressing/">Marice</a>l and S<a href="http://abibliophilesstyle.wordpress.com/2014/05/15/thoughtful-third-thursday-may-2014/">elah</a> for Thoughtful Third Thursday. </div>
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Also linking up with my Girl<a href="http://notdeadyetstyle.blogspot.com/2014/05/visible-monday-130-she-wore-blue-and.html"> Patti</a> at Visible Monday </div>
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