The last time I was thrifting I picked up this midi skirt and this bold bright patchwork patterned cotton maxi skirt.

I think it is meant to be a dress…it has a ruched elastic top.

As a skirt that ruching acts a bit like a girdle that is too large for me. Instead of making my waist smaller it makes it look bigger.

#notideal

I’m starting to look a bit like an Inca woman…

I’m not one for often wearing dresses that only have a bit of ruching keeping them up. The girls are scared of wardrobe malfunctions.

I realized my handmade floral hat was perfect for this outfit after I got back home.

#typical

Skirt – thrifted (sim), Shoes – Earth Origins, Hat – TJ Maxx (sim), T-shirt – Anthropologie (sim), Necklace – Handmade

I walk by this tree daily on my walks with Zoë.  If it is too hot for her we will often take a break here in the shade so she can relax and catch her breath.

I sit and ponder all the important things in life.

Or sometimes I just sit and look up at the sky.

A blanket of pink petals. How I wish they would last more than a week.

Like everything in life that is so beautiful it only lasts a very short time.

Or as Robert Frost put it so eloquently in my all time favourite poem,

“Nothing gold can stay.”

 

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