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APPLE PICKING ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Spent a w

APPLE PICKING
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Spent a wonderful day yesterday in the orchards of Oak Glen with my sweet boy picking apples. I see a pie in my future!
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I cherish these times with him. He’s still in high school, but college is just around the corner. I’m fortunate he still likes doing things with his old ma at this age. So I will take advantage of and remember each of these occasions as they come along.

I did it! I did the big lop to help my silver tra

I did it! I did the big lop to help my silver transition. An adorable ‘30s number done by my Art Deco friend @glamourembalmer.
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It’s so weird! It has been so long since I had short hair. I keep reaching for my hair and wondering where it is. I wash it in no time. Styling is a breeze. I love it! And I love that depending on how it falls, you can see gray peeking through the dark. Like it is winking, “Howdy!” from the depths.
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Are you tempted to do the big cut?

A little picnic to close out summer and to celebra

A little picnic to close out summer and to celebrate from afar the Gatsby Summer Afternoon. All recipes are vintage early 1930s.

It pains me so much to see vast tracts of my state

It pains me so much to see vast tracts of my state up in flames. There were fires by Yosemite when I was there last weekend and they are still burning. Driving to the valley, there was hillside after hillside of black trees. I just must remember that it will come back. Maybe not in my lifetime, but it will. Fortunately, the valley is still beautiful.
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So throw back to a few years ago when I went. Back before I decided to go gray. There were fires nearby that year, too. But in spite of it, nature and beauty will find a way.

I took a socially distanced long weekend to Yosemi

I took a socially distanced long weekend to Yosemite and Sequoia this past weekend. I so needed the time away. Fortunately most people were very responsible and crowds were nonexistent. Next time I want to stay at the gorgeous Ahwahnee Hotel, built in 1927. I could spend hours tucked up with a book in the lobby where these gorgeous stained glass windows are.

It has been so long since I styled my hair vintage

It has been so long since I styled my hair vintage. We haven’t been able to have any vintage events. And, of course, that was in the before times. Presilver. So I thought, what the heck, play around a bit.
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It felt like I had never done my hair before. So fumbling and awkward. And then the silvers, oh the silvers. Whereas when my hair was all dark and imperfections didn’t show, BAM, they were glaringly obvious. It took forever and there were still so many flaws.
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They have a bit to go before they’re entirely tucked in, but they’re getting there. I think a ‘30s short do is in my future, though.
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