..short & sweet..

I just wanted to share a outfit post and some of our farm livin'.  I went out to check on the chickens and one was just finished laying this odd egg, weird huh? She was totally back to normal today, thankfully.  And, we haven't gotten many peaches this year, so I was excited to pick these two!  My short are the ones that I altered to be short-shorts, and I the orange enameled brooch was an estate sale find. 

..hair today, gone yesterday..

 Okay, so for a while now I have been thinking about doing a post that shows how short I had my hair a few years back. I think it was about three years ago that I started letting it be long again because I wanted it to be longer for my wedding day (which I also need to do a post about sometime in the future), and I had it short for a couple-a years.  It grows so fast that I can barely keep up with the maintenance when it is short, but during these hot summer months it sure is tempting to hack it off again.  Unfortunately, there aren't very many pictures of me from this time frame, at least not many good ones, but here are a few that I was able to track down.

 Above, we were in Ohio for Mike's 10 year reunion, which was '06, not long after the initial cut.  

And, down town Fort Smith in the picture below.

 And these pics are at my Grandparents' house when my Great Aunt Lukie and my cousin Teresa were visiting from California. They are the ones sitting on either side of me and Granny and Papa are on the right of the one above.  My Granny is who a lot of my really amazing vintage clothes are from.

..creative cucumbers..

If you've ever grown cucumber plants, then you know how hard it can be to find new and exciting ways to keep eating them.  They are actually nice to snack on with some dip or just salt and pepper. And, we make refrigerator pickles which takes a big chunk of them, but I have also been trying to add them into our meals in not so traditional ways.  I added them to a weird version of stir fried veggies and noodles that I make which wasn't too bad, though I think I have perfected that meal without them.  I plan on making a beef, shallot, and cucumber salad that I have been eyeing in my Thai cookbook.  But for tonight, I tried a recipe that comes up on page one if you Google 'cucumber recipe'  and is called Spago Cucumber Salad.

  The recipe (found here) is actually pretty much the same as Wakame seaweed salad,

  which I absolutely love,however I found that it called for a lot more vinegar than I think is necessary.  Even half the amount would be more than enough in my opinion, but to each their own.  It actually turned out pretty yummy, and now I am inspired to make my own seaweed salad next time I can make it by the local asian market to buy some Makame!

..pretty things..

I am obviously not the only one that feels this way, but I love Etsy!  I find myself purusing on a regular basis.  As I was looking back at some of the things in my favorites list.  I figured I would share some of the lovely things that I would love to have if I had the available cashola.

And this stuff isn't sold yet, so please relieve me of the temptation ;)

Have a great weekend everyone!

..good ol' U S of A..

Today, we had an extended celebration of Independence Day.  We didn't actively celebrate last night other than sitting out in the yard watching everyone else around us shoot off their fireworks.  So, today we went to my Grandparents' along with a bunch of the rest of my Dad's family.  We swam a bit, I shot our shotgun and my Granddad's handgun for the first time.  I like to think of it as zombie practice.  It was actually kind of fun and I found that I preferred the rifle, it was not as loud and I liked that I only had one shot at a time.  It is definately nerve racking to have a loaded gun in your possesion, yet I am glad to have the experience.  Later on we continued our family tradition of blowing stuff up, and then we cooked hotdogs and brats, Yum!  I also made another carrot cake, which went over really well!

My cousins Jon, Jessica, and Allen getting together our fireworks while I have target practice :)

Happy Independence Day!

Three day weekend, cookouts, family, and pretty explosives! What more can a girl ask for, :)

..drumroll please..

Shop update! 

Finally, I know! I have really been putting my shop on the back burner.  My little digital point and shoot camera has progressively been developing problems.  It stresses me out just thinking about trying to get pictures done for the shop.  I am making saving for a new camera my top priority. So, if anyone has any reasonably priced suggestions feel free to share.

I went ahead and did my best though, with the help of Picasa.  Unfortunately I had a hard time getting shots that were clear, but it will just have to do for now. I have been adding items tonight and I will continue to do so over the next few days.

Vintage 1970's patriotic striped bowtie blouse

 Vintage 1980's long, royal blue knit vest

 Vintage 1980's Santana Knit St John sweater jacket

 Vintage 1980's coral corduroy pants

 Vintage 1980's multi-color pinstripe uniform shirt

 Vintage 1980's red & grey pinstriped wool skirt

  I also went to an estate sale today and found some interesting little things and a set of plates! It is always fun any gratifying to get a good deal on really neat old stuff.  I'll have to do a post soon to show off my finds!