Dream (wylde)

It's a rainy, blustery day here--the sort of day a California girl like me really loves, even though the weather has been getting cooler each day.




There's nothing like a long, dark, lazy day of rain, spent sitting around in one's pajamas, being dreamy-minded and frittering away the time on little projects :)

And just enjoying the cozyness of the weather.






Don't you love when you can lose yourself in an artistic project--crafting, writing, drawing, blogging, cooking--whatever it may be?

For awhile now, I've thought about opening an Etsy store. Not for the money, because I'm quite sure I wouldn't make much (if any)--but simply for the pleasure it brings me to find little vintage treasures, shine them up a bit, and photograph them in an interesting way.

I know it will likely take me a looong time to put together, but I like having this little "hobby" as a way to have and make some time for myself to do something I really enjoy to do.

Here are some photographs I've taken that I plan to include in my shop:
(It's going to be called Dreamwylde Vintage.)

I hope you will make a little time especially for yourself soon, doing something you especially enjoy :)

Puttering, being half-sleepy, minding babies, and daydreaming--that's what's on my list today!

camera days

    Hi! I've had such fun taking and editing pictures lately. The above is an old bottle I found for a dollar at an antique store. It had the neatest old label on it, and the glass has a cool tarnished/crackly look to it in spots. 

Although I loved that label, I new it had a shabby chic-ier life to it. I decided that it would look neater to remove the label and add a pretty lace detailing to it. For now I just use it a tchotchke on my dresser, but when I have the perfect single flower to put in it, I will.

I tried to give the photograph that same slightly tarnished feel as the bottle--can you tell? :)

Because I so enjoy taking photographs, I decided to start another blog that will focus on that a little more, in a unique sort of format. I figured I have one blog no one reads, why not have two? ;) It will be fun to work on it. Please take a look at it, if you are so inclined--it's called "my life in ten," and you can find it at mylifeinten.blogspot.com. Or simply click {here}.

A happy day to you!

The weather here today is breezy, somewhat cold, and overcast.
Did someone say rain weather? I'll take it!

Wishing you a lovely day, no matter what the forecast may be! ;)

Today we went on one of our fun country drives. The day was absolutely gorgeous! There was a rainbow begging me to take its picture. Can you spy it below? :)

Thanks for visiting us!

The other day, we had the fun of joining Nonni on a lunch date to Chuck E. Cheese.
Of course, I had to get the cheapy photo souvenir because they have an old-time quality
I love.

(Typical Jakey.)

And typical Liam, too :) Always observing.

The Chuck E. Cheese mouse is kind of creepy, but darn it these photos will be preserved

until they are old!

I've decided I'm going to make a little scrapbook of these photo-booth/cheapo type

pictures. This is another one I like, from way before #3 ever entered the picture:

  

Although it looks awful of me, I treasure it because of how small the first two babies were.

Back then Jakey was the "happy baby," and you can see that by the gleam in his eye. Now

let's just say he's a little more...temperamental. Ha!

Do you have a stack of pictures like these? Or any in particular of this type that bring back

a certain time especially well, and makes you smile?

Hope so!

puppy love

As much as an animal-lover like me hates to admit it, in this great world of ours we all fall
into one camp or the other:

dogs or cats.

I find both kinds of animals to be soooo lovable and cute.

Seriously cute.

With a dog, even the ones that are kind of ugly are cute.

I don't think I could say the same thing about all cats.

Forget Halloween--my daughter would be a cat "for real life" if she could.

Like her love of hot dogs, she totally gets that one from her Daddy. Ahem.

These older photos are of her and our cat, Osho, after we'd first gotten him.

I guess I can understand, from her point of view--cats are smaller, softer,

and more willing to tolerate being placed in a kiddie-sized shopping cart by

their tiny owners :)

Here, Addie, here is a picture of some cats swimming--because I know you'd love it. 

Mommy, on the other hand, is more of dog person.

I think one of the reasons I like them a teeny bit better is because 

dogs are more on-the-go. Back in the pre-kid days when my dog Brawley was my "baby," 

I loved the way I could take him everywhere with me. He would get so excited to go on his 

trips. Can you see a stinky old cat doing that? NO. (Just kidding.)

Serisously, though, something about a dog's nature just makes me smile :)

I love the ways dogs just kind of assume your food is their food...

...their protective nature...

....and their humble spirits.

Then there are stories, like that of Greyfriar's Bobby, that just completely rip my

heart out. In a good way :)

(click HERE if you are not familiar with the story.)

Plus, I think there is a rule somewhere that every stylish, smart lady

is in need of a dog. 

After seeing those pictures, mustn't you agree? ;)

How about you--are you a cat person or a dog person? How come?

p.s. Can anyone tell I filled this post with lots of pics to show Addie?

Lol! :D