Golden Delicious

Oufit Details: Dress: Swap via Jacqueline // Floral Crown: Little Honey Pies // Bow tie: Antique Mall // Tights: Modcloth // Shoes: Poetic License via Amazon

Perfect fall days look quite like this: 

Dressing up to run out to the store for more flour and eggs because they can't seem to stay on my shelf this time of year - darn pumpkin desserts.  Apple pie cupcakes are next on my list.

Picking out mums and pretty plump pumpkins to decorate with - don't they make the doorstep look much more cheerful?  

Jamming with friends - yes, I can jam on my ukelele.    

Building train tracks with my son.  It's amazing how therapeutic this is.

Lots of tea with honey and an old movie - Summer Magic was the choice of the evening.  I just adore Hayley Mills.

Leaves that go from green to gold in a matter of days.

In the past couple of weeks, down time has been few and far between...so it's these small moments that make life seem a little more special.  I don't need a lot of hustle and bustle and running around to make me a happy girl.  I'm quite content being still and just taking in every beat of this season.

Happy Saturday darlings.

What is this season looking like for you so far?

Love Bunches, 

Saturday and Other Bits

Outfit Details: Dress: Vintage (from shop) // Scarf: yard sale // Necklace: Antique Mall // Shoes: UO

Right now: I am watching Snow White and the Huntsman.   Ok, so it wasn't so bad after all - I actually liked it, but oh Kristen Stewart - you will forever be a vampire named Bella in my head.

Right now: I am feasting on a pumpkin carrot cake muffin that I made the other day, but in actuality I call it a pumpkin puffin (pie + muffin) because the center is so sinfully moist that it reminds me of pumpkin pie filling.  Holy yum.

Right now: I am not donning this dress but rather my favorite yoga pants and a hoodie and not worrying about getting dressed and out the door because hooray hooray it's Saturday.  Instead I will enjoy my muffin and cup of mint chocolate oolong and perhaps mosey on down by the lake with my son in one hand and a book in the other once I feel like getting up from this comfy couch.

These are the moments Saturdays are made of.

Oh yeah, since photos on here don't necessarily happen in real time, I spent a splendid Monday afternoon the other week in this cozy little lakeside - forest lined nook that we stumbled upon on our way home from the market.  It was the perfect summery sort of day and all I wanted to do was frolic and admire the lily pads.  The End.

Wishing you another magical kind of Saturday.
Love Bunches,

Neighborhood 1

Outfit Details: Blouse: Vintage in my shop // Sweater: Modcloth (old - last remixed here) // Hat: Target // Necklace: Etsy // Shorts: Topshop (old - last remixed here) // Shoes: Gift

Just another simple, sunny but cool day down by the dam where I live.  In moments to ourselves, the hubs and I just love to take walks around our neighborhood, which is nothing short of peaceful.  On occasion, I'll get a question from another blogger asking how I spot the perfect place to take a photo and will I take time out of my busy day to drive to that place.  I guess the answer really is - I don't have much time, so most photos you see on here (unless I am off visiting my hometown or my inlaws in Philly, with the occasional vacation trip) are taken right smack dab in the center of my neighborhood.  I like to keep things pretty true to life on here.  It's quite a strange little place as it doubles as a year round development with single family homes but also a resort area with condominiums where people buy time shares and vacation in the summer.  (You can see these condos in back of me, behind the dam).  So that's the story and this is my current town where I am living.  I've spent a lot of time lately down at the lake with friends, kayaking and just laying out on the beach.  Not every day is that laid back, but I will take each little moment that I can get to soak up the sunshine and beautiful surroundings.

Like I promised, I will be back soon with a very easy and pretty DIY :)

Love Bunches, 

Water Slides

 Outfit Details: Dress: Vintage in my shop // Scarf & Shoes: Thrifted // Necklace: UO (old)

So I guess it's now safe to say I am happily nestled in Hilton Head and on the hunt for the perfect house to hold my little sis's beach wedding at.  This however is not Hilton Head.  During the past couple of weeks, the hubs and I had several days free to ourselves, sooooo....we decided to take an afternoon and spend it amongst some local falls - or Mother Nature's water slides as I'd like to call them.  If anything it was such a peaceful little nook to just walk and talk and take it slow - real slow.  So with that thought, my connection here on "the island" is pretty slow itself, so please pardon if it takes me a little while to catch up with you all before too long.   Hmm, I'm thinking right now the beach awaits.  Here's to one slow & peaceful Sunday!

Love Bunches, 

Water Lily Cove

Outfit Details: Romper & Sunnies: UO // Scarf & Sandals: Thrifted // Blouse: Target

The week has concluded and I'm quite tuckered but pleased as punch from teaching drama at a kid's camp this past week.  My little troop of elementary age girls were as good as gold and performed their little hearts out leaving mama ducky feeling quite proud.  So here I am savoring this Saturday that has been well earned.  Not much to say but that.  The past hour has been passed by soaking up sunshine in the water lily cove at the end of my neighborhood.  Moments don't come anymore serene than this.

Wishing you a peaceful Saturday darlings.

Love Bunches, 

Boatyards and Blue Eyes

 Outfit Details: Top (Dress) via swap w/ Jacqueline // Skirt & Belt: Thrifted // Headband & Shoes: Modcloth (old)

Hello there darlings!

First time in a very long time - I went kayaking and really thought it was the most marvelously relaxing thing in the whole world.  I think it's been since my high school years that I've been out on a lake in this capacity.  Thank goodness for wearing a swimsuit underneath my outfit for impromptu little activities like this as well as having a friend with a couple of kayaks.   I can always appreciate the leisurely moments I get which some days I just don't slow down enough for them.  

On this day I also served at a local nursing home - I was there with my husband to play the piano and sing little hymns and campfire songs with the residents.  I have to admit, I really had the hardest time going at first.  After having lost 3 of my grandparents last year, it makes me pretty sad to be around elderly folks - I guess mostly because I miss my Oma, Opa, and Nana quite terribly and at any given moment small reminders of them will have me bursting into tears.  So here I was on this day and the longer I spent around these beautiful folks in this home, the more comforted I felt.  I felt comforted seeing their smiles, and hearing their silly little comments for everything.  Most of all I felt a quiet peace looking into this one dear little lady's eyes and seeing my grandmother.  It was the strangest thing, but all I know is that both her and my grandfather and my nana felt very near that day and that had me smiling on the inside.  

So that's that - this whole week has me tied up teaching elementary kids drama/performing arts at a sports camp.  It shall prove to be very interesting as it's normally teenagers I work with.  If I survive - you shall hear from me soon...hehe. 

Have a wonderful week darlings!

Love Bunches, 

Sun Falling

Outfit Details: Dress (underneath): Thrifted (remixed here) // Dress: UO (old) // Scarf & Shoes: Thrifted // Purse & Brooch: Antique Mall

Happy Saturdays darlings!  

No big plans today which is the perfect contrast to how life has been as of late.  I am officially on slow mo and loving it, if only just for a day or two.

So the weekend kicked off like this -  Upon eating a yummy homemade tomatillo and shrimp pizza, some friends and my little fam and I piled in the car and headed down to the beach area in my neighborhood to catch the falling sun...pure delight, (but I will admit it looks a bit like a Cialis commercial this time of day, which made us giggle).  Anyhow, this is the kind of thing I wish I would consciously think to do every night as a peacefulness dwells there like none other and sanity is captured once again:) 

Cheers to warm and sunny summer Saturdays!

Love Bunches, 

Marathon

 Outfit Details: Top: Vintage in my Etsy // Scarf & Shoes: Thrifted // Sock: Topshop

What a blur this past week has turned out to be - not that that is a bad thing, I've really just been so extremely busy that the saying "time is of the essence" has been so completely true.  So Thursday night I baked a boatload of Nutella cupcakes with peanut butter frosting (recipe to come) so that they would last through the 3 rounds of company we've had over to our home this past weekend and let's just say they didn't disappoint!  Not only cupcakes but a chili throwdown was the event of the weekend and sadly I chickened out and didn't enter my vegetarian chili into the mix, but I do think it would have fared quite well now looking back - avocados and poblanos do make some magic together:)  Nonetheless, the 8 different chilies that were entered were scrumptious and each unique - now only if Bobby Flay would have shown up!

So my reward for making it through this weekend of playing hostess? - A nice relaxing day at the beach (aka lake) in our neighborhood with some good friends, a very long nature walk (see above)  and the biggest and best burrito later on that night...perfect! 

All this out and about and hostessing and so on has thinking of the song Marathon by Tennis, an oldie but goodie.  Not because I'm on a sailing voyage like the duo in the song (though that would be so much cooler), but because I feel like I've been running one...still, tis a loverly song to have stuck in my head.

Hope your week is getting off to one swell start too darlings!

Love bunches,