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• Isn't this a feminine house.  I am fairly new to Leanne Ford (last to know anything…) but we did just start watching the show she does with her brother.  Some of her designs are a little out there (maybe for TV dramatic effect?) but for the most part I like her aesthetic.  Her house I simply love.
• Isn't this a lovely kimono?  I have a thing for them – I have a full length vintage one I wear as a dressing gown but it is rapidly falling apart (those darn big sleeves catch on EVERYTHING).  I also like the idea of them as a light outerwear piece.  The lavender one is pretty too.
• LOL!  Oh how I love Celeste Barber
• A Sunday Dinner From c. 1913 Recipes.  Okay – this is a longer video than I usually share but you just need to stick with it.  A young woman (early 20's) who has quite the following on her vintage sewing YouTube channel, decides to recreate a Sunday dinner menu from a 1913 Women's magazine while in period appropriate clothing (she even whipped up an apron the night before, for crying out loud).  To her own admission she only possesses a modicum of cooking expertise but she gamely attempts ten different recipes.  It is hilarious, intentionally or not, to watch the kitchen become increasingly a disaster as she works her way through each recipe.  In the end she pretty much accomplishes everything she set out to.  She is adorable and honestly now I want to attempt to recreate an entire meal from another era.  Wouldn't that be a fun Sunday dinner concept?  Here's the accompanying blog post with recipes  

Happy Friday the 13th!  

Are you superstitious?  I'm semi superstitious.  I don't exactly believe but I skip the cracks just in case, you know.  

We have a no plans whatsoever type of weekend this week.  The weather is going to be Springy – sunny and low 70's so perhaps a nice drive somewhere.  Although we did drive all over the place last weekend.  I thought the rain was going to prevent us from going to the architectural salvage yards but it let up enough to make a run for it.

There are a couple of architectural salvage yards in Berkeley.  One is just stupid expensive and the other is getting up there.  I want to build a greenhouse out of salvaged pieces and not have it turn into one of those million dollar projects.  We looked at both places and then went out to the parking lot and got on Craigslist and found a pair for sale in nearby Benecia so we drove out there and bought them for $100.  We still need a few more pieces for it to come together.

Anyway – that was a segue – back to the weekend.  So no plans but that is generally my favorite type of weekend.  Oh yeah – I  still have to fertilize the roses.