The Possible Time Traveler

My lack of posting lately is due entirely to the wonders of modern technology.

Specifically: my new iPod Touch!

I finally purchased this wonderful gadget a few days ago and I love it! I have been listening to a lot of podcasts and that is where I heard about the photo below. Does anyone seem out of place to you?

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The photo is from a museum gallery and is about as authentic as they come. The speculation is that the out-of-place fellow is wearing clothes so era-inappropriate that perhaps he just may be a time traveler caught on film. This is very much the kind of craziness that I love! I don’t care if it’s ridiculous or not, I just love contemplating the possibility. I love that there is enough ambiguity to the photo that it’s even worth contemplating.

Your thoughts? I’m most curious…

Gypsy Summer Dreaming

Another chilly rainy day and I truly begin to worry that summer has forgotten my corner of the world this year.

Sometime in July my guy and I are planning a little road trip to California. We have talked about visiting the Redwood Forest for years and now we are finally hoping to do it. There are many sites we plan to see: Winchester Mystery House, Hearst Castle, San Fransisco, and maybe Napa Valley. I’m very excited and I really hope I will find some sunshine there.

Something I have found in the meantime is Aida Coronado. Every single item in this shop is an outfit of my dreams. Oh how I would love to be cruising along on the Pacific Coast Highway wearing any of these.

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Forget~Me~Not

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If flowers don’t quite suite your fancy at the moment, stroll over this way for some chandeliers and corsetry…

An Early Gypsy Friday

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I have not abandoned Gypsy Fridays, but I suddenly can’t wait until Friday to do a gypsy post. I have had these images lovingly set aside for months now and I’m very happy to finally post them.  I love the above photo fiercely. I could look at it all day. There is something heroic about that gypsy woman that makes my heart sing. I wonder what kind of a woman she was? She seems like someone who could discover a little bit of  joy in everything, even the in the hardest of times.

I doubt the little ladies in the image above are gypsies, but I would like to think that they see the absolute wonder in that beautiful wagon they are posing with. The workmanship is extraordinary. I can’t wait to have wagon of my own to write and dream in. I always imagine having a wagon anchored in my backyard to serve as a creative studio.

(For when I’m not off traveling of course! )

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Weekend

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It has been raining constantly. It’s beginning to feel like it’s been forever. Of course, it’s also what makes the Pacific Northwest so unbelievably green. On those precious days when the sun does come out it is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Hopefully we will see more of that ahead. I’m afraid the summer might skip us altogether…

Thank you for your feedback on my last post. Going forward I plan to reply to your comments here in the comments section. I will, of course, still be visiting and commenting at your blogs as well.

Here are a few photos I took a few weeks ago while experimenting with my little camera. I’m trying to get in the habit of doing this more often. It’s so much fun and I’m learning so much whenever I take the time.

I hope you have a lovely weekend!

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