Sun Bonnet Day

With absolutely sky-high heat again, a hat was absolutely necessary today!

I wish I had a proper sunbonnet, but in the meantime I will have to settle for the DIY version.  I spruced up this straw hat with a ribbon and a rose - it kind of matched my hair which was a pleasant surprise!

NEWSFLASH!

I finally put the finishing touches on my swimsuit yesterday and tried it out at the pool - yes!

I feel a bit scandalous because I haven't worn a bikini since I was about 5, so this is really uncharted waters for me.  I just really love the look of swimsuits form the 50s, with their nice ruching, and halter tops, so I took it upon myself to create one!  It turned out pretty well in my opinion, but I'll post pictures and so forth at a later date!

In the mean time...

stay tuned...

here is a tune for you to tune in to while you are staying tuned:

p.s - if you haven't yet, I suggest you add a summer night bike ride to your list of good clean fun time ideas!

A weekend in the country!

How amusing! How delightfully droll!

for those of you not acquainted or looking to become acquainted with musical theatre culture:
Too many songs - too little time!

Today I witnessed a full hay baling operation - gosh it was exciting!  This big ol' machine came by and kind of sucked up the rows of cut clover, then after whalloping along for a bit, neatly made hay bales started plopping out the back.  

A pooping hay truck!

I have already decided this, but I will certainly work on a farm at some point in my life.  I think I need a some hard hands-on work to knock some sense into me.  I mean I like to think I've got a fair bit of sense already knocked into me, but still...there's something about slaving away in the elements and making good things come out of the earth that peaks my interest.  I should probably help my mom with her garden more while I have the chance...

Maybe I'll go live in one of those eco-villages, that sounds like a good plan - at least for awhile.  I don't think I could spend my entirety there or I might start composting along with the rest of the pile!

Drowning in the Air

Billions of Blue BLISTERING barnacles!!!!!

that's what my skin pretty much had fun doing today...blistering!

The sun was scorching, the temperature was edging towards 100, the humidity hovered around 70%, our only chance for survival was a cool body of water, and a really old swimsuit top I got for 25 cents!

Jack My Swag:

what an awful expression, I can't believe I just wrote that - I do believe I'll go toss my cookies in this nearby corner

what I believe to be a stylin' vintage swimtop scored at St. Vinnies on quarter day, tennis skirt given to me by former biology teacher, sun hat also acquired for 1$ at St. Vinnies