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Vintage Scarf Top from Urban Jungle in Brooklyn | Vintage Lee Jeans
¡Hola!
Fall has hit a bit early. This morning I checked the temperature and it was 57ºF (about 13ºC)! It was so hot you could barely think just a couple weeks ago. I can’t believe how quickly the temperature has dropped. Right on cue, I have early onset winter blues. This seems to happen to me every year right as Summer fades into Fall. The anticipation of the long cold and dark Winter casts a little shadow on my mood. I have quite a few transitions happening at the start of October and I think nervous/excited energy surrounding that is also affecting me. One door closes and at least a few more open in tandem. Change is always a bit daunting, but after the mist clears and your path sprawls out ahead of you, what once seemed unsure feels right and destined. I have lived to tell the tale! Happy for yet another chapter!
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O outono chegou um pouco mais cedo. Esta manhã verifiquei a temperatura e estava a 57ºF (13ºC)! Estava tão quente que você mal conseguia pensar apenas algumas semanas atrás. Eu não posso acreditar a rapidez com que a temperatura caiu. Bem na hora, eu comecei a blues de inverno cedo. Isso parece acontecer comigo todos os anos, à medida que o verão entra no outono. A antecipação do longo inverno frio e escuro lança uma pequena sombra no meu humor. Tenho algumas transições acontecendo no início de outubro e acho que a energia nervosa / excitada em torno disso também está me afetando. Uma porta se fecha e pelo menos mais algumas abrem em conjunto. Mudar é sempre um pouco assustador, mas depois que a névoa se dissipar e seu caminho se estender à sua frente, o que antes parecia inseguro parece certo e destinado. Eu vivi para contar a história! Feliz por mais um capítulo!
big hugs
Mariamma
Anza-Borrega
Feliz Friday y'all! I don't have much planned for the rest of the day except some house projects. I'm currently at a coffee shop on 2nd street and I'm planning on picking up a painting that needed the glass fixed in the frame on my way home. A couple months back I did a post about spray-painting the frames of four pieces of artwork that I bought at the flea market. They are a set and I wanted to hang them in a certain formation together but the beams in the wall were going to make that tricky. The guy at the hardware store convinced me to buy this heavy-duty, double-sided adhesive that could hold up to 300 lbs (supposedly) to the wall. Long story short, one of them fell off of the wall (in the middle of the night I might add) and shattered. I took the rest down fearing the same fate and finally got around to getting it fixed. Now I can hang them all the old-fashioned way haha.
Sometimes simple is better. Lesson learned.
xo
Mariamma
Lake Henshaw
I love the city, but this small town girl will always crave wide open spaces and some peace & quiet! I decided to give into my craving this week and took a trip to the desert. Luckily it's only a three hour drive. It's so nice to have my scenery change so drastically with just a couple hours in the car. That's the appeal of California I suppose! Everything is at your fingertips.
x
Mariamma
P.S. The whales made it safely out of the channel. Apparently they weren't in a big hurry to leave even when the tide went up. Marine biologists that were watching their behavior said that they were likely cleaning barnacles off of themselves on the sand. Happy ending!
Sombrero
Hey hey! I just got back from getting my nails fixed. I went over to my friend Linda's house after work and her dog jumped up on me and broke a nail haha. I came home to grab a jacket before I bike to dance class in 30 min. Even though I get to be active at work I have been feeling so antsy. I need to be exercising more! My long walks on the beach are lovely, but they're not satisfying my need to sweat! A new gym is opening up around the corner though so that may be a good option. I wish there were more dance studios in DTLB!
xoxo
Mariamma
Home Body
Black Silk Maxi Slip - A gift from my Mamma
Happy Saturday! I got off of work not too long ago and am currently brainstorming on what to do with the rest of the afternoon. It's a bit chilly today so cozy things are sounding best. This evening I am going to my friend Dani's modern dance performance in Pasadena and then going out dancing with some friends in Hollywood. Should be a festive little night on the town! My friends Sabrina and Meg who I'm going out with tonight are moving to the Caribbean in about ten days, so I'm soaking up as much of them as possible before their impending departure. They have lived a few blocks away from me since I moved to Long Beach and I am so sad to lose such awesome neighbors! I'm obviously very excited for them though and have been playing with the idea of going to visit. I hope you're all having a lovely weekend!
xoxo
Mariamma