Quick Question

I wore the vintage clogs I thrifted last week out today. A friend and I took our little girls to the park. The good news is I really like 'em and they were way more comfortable and easy to walk in than I had imagined they’d be, until…


While trudging through the hot sand at the playground, I started to feel it spraying up behind me with each step, you know the way it does at the beach when you’re wearing flip flops, and looked down to find the back ends of the rubber layers on the bottoms of both clogs flapping about to my dismay :(

It looks like a pretty easy glue fix, but my question is whether anyone has advice on what sort of glue would be best for reattaching the rubber sole to the wooden platform. Is crazy glue not the best idea?

Happy weekend!

May Day at The Farm

I finally went through the bazillion photos I took during the May Day festivities at Clover’s preschool and picked out some to share. I know I’m a little late to the party on this, but I just couldn’t resist…

Constuction paper may baskets.

My nephew Quinlan is obsessed with bows and arrows. Like really obsessed. We did a few takes on that last shot to capture his lil’ suction cup arrow in mid-flight.

Attaching streamers to the maypole.

Distributing may baskets to the neighbors, elderly and delighted by the bright little faces bearing flowers.




Dancing around the may pole, on the very spot that served as the dance floor at our wedding! :D

Did you spot Clover’s little face through the flowers in the playhouse window?

At play in the playroom.

Oh my gosh you guys, the little girls running around barefoot in their floral dresses… almost too cute to bear.

Mama's Day!

I hope Clover will always feel as lucky as I do to have such a wonderful Mama, so much love for this beautiful woman...

Photo by my Dad of my sister and I eskimo kissin' in Mom's lap :)

Happy Mother's Day mama friends!

Trifecta!

Half-off day at the Salvation Army was good to me this week... REAL GOOD...

Round-toed brown leather ankle boots, on my wish list. ($4) I love the buckles!

Vintage 70’s leather clogs, wish list toppers (apparently I‘m not immune to clog mania), the brand is Skandals, they’re Sweedish! ($4)

And these (eep!) now THESE… I tell ya, had I been wearing socks, they would have been KNOCKED OFF! I’ve been pining for a pair of Salt Water sandals for years now, MANY years in fact. They weren’t even on my thrifting wish list because I honestly never thought I’d find a pair, let alone in practically pristine condition, my exact size AND the very color I wanted for a whopping $4!!!

Not to mention, just the other day I was admiring this adorable outfit and thinking to myself, I’ve really gotta get me a pair of Salt Waters this summer for reals. DONE! Now I’ve just gotta find the perfect pair of overalls to cut-off ;)

I wore the sandals for the first time yesterday with this 100% thrifted outfit. The vintage woven bag has the sweetest little yellow flowers on the front and was recently gifted to me by Lucas’ mom.

Oh, and as if all the amazing shoes weren’t enough, the thrift gods decided to throw down this perfect vintage grandpa cardigan (with suede elbow pads!) for $2.50. There’s a fancy lining under the cable knit and some old man must have really loved this sweater because there are actual holes worn into the elbows that were mended with yarn underneath the pads, not sure why that gets me so much, but it does.

We’re heading over to my mom’s place this afternoon for some early Mother’s Day celebrating with all my sisters and their families. A lovely weekend to all, especially all the mamas out there!

Weekend Fun

I swear I didn’t have a fan set up for this shot, the hair blowing breeze was real (haha)… oh, what must the neighbors think? I love it when the nasturtiums in our front yard start to climb the fence like this. They’re edible too you know, with a peppery goodness, and the flowers pretty up a salad like nobody’s business.

I wore the vintage 70’s I. Magnin nightgown I thrifted out to our friend Joey’s art opening at Mills College in Oakland on Saturday evening. It’s a pale pink gauzy cotton number with white crochet trim.

Earlier that day, Joey’s girlfriend Laura Jane and I went out vintage shopping and when she asked what I was going to wear to the opening, I’ll admit I felt a little silly telling her: “I think I’m gonna wear this nightgown I got at the thrift store.” I can only imagine the image that must have popped into her head.

Joey (arteest extraordinaire) with Laura Jane and her boys Cliff and Karl… such a stylin’ family!

Lucas and Clover checking out some of Joey’s drawings.

The opening exhibited works by this year’s Mills MFA graduating class. This is me in shadow form checking out some pieces by one of the other students.

Random shots of folks taking it all in.

I think Cliff was totally onto something with his hat, seeing as how the back of one’s head becomes such a focal point while art viewing.


I liked this girl's series of haunting paintings based on historical mugshot photos of female inmates in San Quentin.

Joey posing with Karl (his wee stylist) in front of his awesome and ginormous installation!

Laura Jane’s son Karl loves going thrifting with his mom, and is apparently real into bowties right now (how awesome/cute is that?). He provided one for Joey to build his outfit around for the opening :D

Congrats Joey, you made it!

Woke up bright and early Sunday morning to hit the flea market!

A couple of hours all to myself to wander about, browse old stuff, and dig through piles of vintage clothing… ah, bliss : )


The goods: army green fishing tackle bag ($2), vintage camera case to replace my one from Milla that broke ($4), vintage blue leather beaded belt ($5), and cute early 50’s novelty print summer top ($10).


Then we spent a really fun and gorgeous afternoon in the park for Clover’s friend Maiya’s fourth birthday party.

Piñata time!

My lil’ slugger, wearing my favorite dress of hers, a consignment shop find from when I was still pregnant.


We played at the playground, rode the train and the carousel, ate pizza and yummy homemade gooey carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, lounged on blankets in the shade, and the Tinkerbelle piñata yielded Clover’s first experience with a ring pop… I think the fact that it was candy AND a pretty accessory pretty much blew her little mind ;)

C is for cousins, and CUTIES!

Back at the homestead it was time to throw down a Mexican blanket, pop open a Pacifico with a slice of lime, and soak up the rest of the beautiful day, south of the border style.

Oh, and in the background you’ll notice something that Lucas is almost finished building… our chicken coop! Yes, it's finally going to happen, we’re planning to get some chicks real soon, exciting stuff!

Cheers y’all! and Happy Cinco de Mayo! We'll be enjoying grilled fajitas and more Pacificos tonight with friends :)