{wander off the edge}

Again we say goodbye to another month and embrace the next with open arms and a hint of surprise.

Have a wonderful week full of wandering thoughts and dreams!

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{off traveling}

I think I've been homesick for Paris forever! So I'm finally going to visit!

My dad and I are off for ten days to travel (ok, and work) in Paris and Amsterdam!

I wish I could take you along! 

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a Fall affair: rich hues

Once upon a time I dreamed of having my wedding in the Fall. I was in love with the idea of combining rich hues with flaming foliage and the changing of the year. I ended up getting married in December and I wouldn't trade it for the world, but I still have a slight love affair with Autumn weddings.

To me, Fall is the perfect time to mix rustic elements with warm and rich textures.

Bold lips and flowers blended with vintage accessories and seasonal foods and perhaps a bonfire to help you keep the party going as the night turns chilly.

What kind of Fall wedding would you have?

Coming soon: my muted version of a Fall affair!

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{mustard}

I've got a huge crush on mustard right now.  It's everywhere in fashion and decor and I'm always drawn to it, whether in small doses or large. It's just so warm and glowing and cheerful! I think it's one of those fall colors that will keep coming back. At least I hope so!

As much as I'd love to rock that sparkly Jenny Packham dress, I'm going to have to stick to hints of mustard in my home or on the lower half of my body, because every time I hold mustard up to my face I turn pale as a love-struck vampire. And we can't have that, now can we?

What are you favorite hues for Fall?

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Happy {first of fall} Weekend!

Fall is officially beginning this weekend, and I am caught up in my typical excitement over the changing seasons. I think Fall may be my very favorite season of all! (I think I say that about every season, but who's counting!)

I want to take full advantage of the crunchy leaves, brown boots, scarves and sweaters, and hot hot coffee.

I want to go apple-picking and do loads of baking and get more excited than usual about Halloween costumes. I want to craft and sew and spend the mornings under quilts and the afternoons with the sun warming my body. 

I want pumpkins and gourds and mums to surround my house like a protecting army of orange. I want to drink cider and eat pumpkin seeds til I'm thoroughly sick and ready for winter. 

What is your favorite season? What are you most excited to do this Fall?

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{suddenly, subtly}

Fall is here. 

It came in subtle shifts, with slightly tilted filtering light, with daily cooler mornings and increasing blankets on the bed.

It came with ferocious swiftness, with torrents of rain and days on end without any sun at all. It came in floods of water and a deluge of sudden sweaters and hot drinks.

It came quickly and yet is coming slowly, with the sweet smells and sounds of falling water and now with brilliant afternoons and the bluest skies and an undefined longing for cold weather and summer's freedom all mixed up and confused inside me. 

Everything is confused, in fact. I am filled to the brim with joy and plans and dreamy hopes. I am overflowing with sadness and despair and the sudden sinking feeling that my castles are all made of air.

Fall is here, burning out the year in a flaming whisper. How did we get here, so far from the first hopes of Spring? And yet, what a glorious phase we have before us! 

Thanks for sticking with me through my stages of silence.

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