Costumes: A Retrospective

Doss, 3 yrs old, Polar Express Conductor

Happy Halloween! 

This year Buggers is the Conductor from the Polar Express.  

He is pumped.  Seems like a good time to go through his Halloween costumes and remember the times.

Thanks to my mom for helping me with creative ideas, passing down a love of home made costumes, (never mind the gnome. bad year) and a bit of skill with scissors and glue. I can't believe he's almost 4yrs old.  What fun we have had! Have a wonderful and safe evening out trick or treating!

xx - m.m.

Doss, 2 yrs old, 1920s Weightlifter

Doss, 1.5 yrs old, Gnome

Doss, 10 mos old, Albert Einstein

Spotted [vii]: Harvest Tables

via inspire m.e.

I love a harvest table, don't you?  It's one of my favorite things about the Fall.  I spotted some lovely ideas for building a beautiful scene for your harvest celebration or Thanksgiving.  To me it's all about being rustic and refined at once - and these examples achieve that idea, each in a different but workable way.  Here's to creating an open, inviting table top where friends and family feel welcome to eat, talk, laugh, drink, and linger together this season.  xx - m.m.  

via BHG

via DesignSponge

via Style Me Pretty

via Country Living

Dreamer, Doer, Thinker

My notepad says it all. 

And holds my dreams. 

I aspire to be

A dreamer, doer, thinker

Seeing possibility everywhere.

Don't you?

View Points

Looking at things (any and all things) with a different point of view is a good thing.  It's important for perspective, right?  I was struck by this view in my new living room (yay!).  Sitting here and taking it in, my view point captured so many bits of favorite things - the best sofa ever (from the best shop in my 'hood - Neighborhood!), a colorful, textural pillow, the perfect vintage magazine rack, Ben's cruiser and guitar.  Taking a moment and looking at things in a new or different way reminds me to see the little things that matter, or find beauty is something unsuspecting.  Here are some more views I've noticed recently that I loved.  Try it.  xx - m.m. 

Looking down at a scrumptious funnel cake at the fair.  Yes, that is turf we are sitting on. 

Down the escalator.

Looking down at my preppy look.

Looking up at the historical depot in Baird, my hometown.

His and Hers--Nightstands

 The differences in all things "his and hers" has always fascinated me.  Ben and I were recently discussing how our nightstands are little microcosms about each of us. . . and it's so true.  Mine is all about dreaming and color. . . from the book Dare to Dream, to a sweet gift (handmade!) of a quote I love (from Pretty Woman) "...Everybody got a Dream!", to hopefully sweet dreams -- it's bright and happy. . . or is that kooky? Something like that.  His is all about the zen and the lit(erature).  From his tiny Buddha that is always there, to his Hemingway, to our current nighttime read (great book) a Bio of Ann Richards (so the front book is ever-changing), it's cohesive, clean and calm just like him.  Do your nightstands reflect your personality?  xx - m.m.