Couldn't resist sharing a little Wolfe and a few photos of Timmy from my Instagram enjoying our pumpkins as October and this festive day comes to an end...
Across The Ravaged Land
Photographer Nick Brandt poses naturally mummified animals that wash up along the shore of Lake Natron in this series of eerie images. The lake is a harsh environment and for some reason many birds or bats crash into it and are killed when they hit the water. Then the lake's high salt content coats the corpses in sodium carbonate preserving them along the water's edge. Brandt certainly had an eye for the dramatic when he posed them on the highly reflective lake or framed a bat with thorns--it's a spooky set that adds to the lake's mystique. via
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Sessun Fall 2013
French label Sessun always creates wearable, yet wonderfully covetable collections in beautiful palettes. Their clothes always seem to capture that "French chic" look that is not exclusive to French women, but consists of looking classic and effortless while wearing modern pieces and perhaps secretly trying really, really hard. This season they're making me covet some cropped trousers (which are highly unrecommended for anyone of my petite stature) and the most beautiful jewel tones--where can I get something in that deep jade, hm?
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Thumbelina
These oversized weeds remind me of Jumanji--specifically the carnivorous plants in that movie that attempt to eat humans with rather fevered relish. You'd think the photosynthesizing things hadn't seen a decent meal in years. These plants hardly devour adults, but they do have a bite. Giant hogweed (as I'm told this plant is) is similar to poison ivy; contact with skin can cause a painful rash...something I was wholly aware and paranoid of as I climbed among the oversized leaves and spiked stems. My self-preservation instincts often come second place to my drive for a good picture, so I braved the rain, crawled under leaves, sat beneath their canopy and hoped that my layers would protect me from the apparently poisonous sap so I could momentarily look like Thumbelina...
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Message In A Bottle
While I'm not one for theme dressing when Thomas told me we were going to spend a day "driving up the Northern coast" I threw on my aran sweatshirt from Book of Deer. In my head, driving up the coast means driving directly along the sea and admiring lighthouses from a close proximity. The drive wasn't far off my imagination although there were more ruins and sheep than I had pictured and we stopped in a cute harbor town for pictures and a bite to eat that couldn't have been more picturesque. No lighthouses, but a suitable setting for nautical inspired sweatshirt. It's interesting too how our impressions of some things are changed by their surroundings; I hadn't thought of it before but by the water "bottled wishes" necklace reminded me of a message in a bottle. Or perhaps a bottle that once contained a message that got lost in the sea and it finally rolled onto the shore in a wave containing strange sand and other mysteries from the bottle of the ocean...if you're being imaginative. Anyway, it was an absolutely beautiful day and our brief stop cemented my desire to live near the ocean again.
Outfit details:
H&M skirt
Balielf flats
*pictures by Thomas
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Sunday Remix
Previous outfit posts: one, two, three, and four.
One of my favorite dresses to wear in fall is the brocade one; probably because the fabric mimics autumn foliage so perfectly. Definitely a dress that doesn't work in every season, but one I'm happy to go back to every year when the temperature is perfect and the colors are appropriate. While I usually prefer dresses I can work into my style year round it's also nice to have a few favorites that are saved for certain months.
One of my favorite dresses to wear in fall is the brocade one; probably because the fabric mimics autumn foliage so perfectly. Definitely a dress that doesn't work in every season, but one I'm happy to go back to every year when the temperature is perfect and the colors are appropriate. While I usually prefer dresses I can work into my style year round it's also nice to have a few favorites that are saved for certain months.
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Pre-Winter
There's a point at the end of summer when I start to wish I could throw on a pair of tights and maybe a jacket and get that longing for fall feeling. Then fall actually does arrive and despite lovely leaves, decorative pumpkins in every store window, and delicious food my infatuation is short-lived. The days get shorter, the pile of blankets on your bed gets thicker, and before you step foot outside your door you have to analyze the suitability for your clothes and the weather you're about to encounter. A simple pair of tights and light jacket days seem to last less than a week before it's three pairs of tights and matching knee socks in hopes of keeping your toes warm while still wearing your now-impractical dress and a fluffy scarf big enough to bury your face in when the wind picks up. As a minimalist I don't really enjoy dressing in this season of layers upon layers upon layers; clothes start to feel restrictive and coordination gets complicated. The upside is evenings inside by a fire with a book and fall always does bring out my more hermit-like tendencies making not want to venture out of my bedroom let alone my house. Still, the weather has been nice most days here and I'm only in Ireland for a limited amount of time so it is up and out in the morning...
Outfit details:
Seams to Be scarf
*pictures by Thomas
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Style Crush: La Vita Mia
One of my style crushes is the (too infrequent for my preferences!) blogger Mia of La Vita Mia. Since her blog isn't in English and I never choose the translate options all I really know about her is aesthetically based--often that's all I really look for in a blogger. Do the outfits inspire me? Mia looks like a classic Hollywood actress in every post; there's such glamor in her high heels, full skirts, perfectly coiffed hair, and penchant for gloves no matter the season (delicate lace ones in summer!) that I long to emulate.
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Floating Among Cloud-Pictures
No matter how accustomed you are to it, living out of a suitcase is always uncomfortable. If it isn't regretting what you didn't pack it's the nuisance of trying to organize things in order to find them efficiently and it seems no matter what you do you still end up with a giant pile of clothes after a search for a simple pair of socks. For Ireland I'm glad I packed a couple of new sweaters (like this one) and my two coats, but I wish I had taken more walking shoes. I knew I would be walking a lot because there were so many places I wanted to see and you can't really visit somewhere beautiful and properly admire it from your car, but the reality of walking a lot didn't sink in completely for some reason and a few more flats would have been handy. Clothes shouldn't get in the way of your mobility and it's rather annoying to say, "oh yes off the beaten path looks good but I'm going to walk very slowly on this uneven ground, just so you know..." Even as a frequent suitcase packer I'm still always learning how to be more efficient and accurate with the things I need while traveling.
“Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy--in the force of imagination that pierces or exalts the solid fact, instead of floating among cloud-pictures.” -T.S. Eliot
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