Time passing

They say time is money. Maybe that is so. But I would rather say time is love. Sure you can trade your time in for money. But you can also choose to use your time to show care and love. I think that beats money.

It's been a long time since I blogged last time. A lot of things have happened of course. Unfortunately I'm once again battling my own body. But enough boring. Let's get to the good times!

My sister made this for my birthday. The shoes are edible.

This is me at my birthday. I made the earrings and the dress is vintage.

Best. Buy. Ever. At least if you live where we do. This past week the temperature has been lingering around 25-32 degrees (celsius) below zero. This is about 13-26 below zero in Fahrenheit.

Winter wedding in January. So beautiful!

Me at the wedding. And the dress is? Why, vintage of course.

Autumn by our village lake.

When I see this picture I realize I am in dire need of a trip to my hairdresser. In this picture my hair was fresh!

Autumn is upon us

So, long time no read.I haven't been blogging for a while. Autumn is a busy time.
It is time to harvest what the garden and the forest has given us,

time to turn that harvest into jam, marmalades, bread, muffins, pies,

marmalades from left: peach with menthe, plum with cinnamon and black currant

time to pick also the non-edibles from the woods and make decorations,

time to sew curtains for the kitchen from grandmother's old hand-embroidered sheets that I coloured grey,

time to pick up some "new" reads from the thrift store for those long autumn eves,

time to raid the after-summer-sales and thrift store for some new loves

like this thrifted dress and tights bought at sale that goes perfectly with some of my old loves

my grandmother's brooch

and these gorgeous vintage leather shoes

and then, the love you thought lost because of a price too high suddenly appears on the sale rack for a fifth of the price! Thank heaven and all the angels! The dream dress now resides in my closet. Til it falls apart. ♥

Autumn is also the time for a new season and I will soon be back with some of my favorites from the runway!