Monday, 8 April 2019
Thursday, 4 April 2019
Life Lately (+ a spring gift guide!)
I haven’t done a life lately post in forever. I’m getting
ready to say goodbye to my grandparents’ home in the next few weeks, but I’ve
always been a huge fan of taking pictures to help with the memories. This
picture was from last spring, but I’ve always been a sucker for how my mom took
care of the gardens. I may not have taken the best care of them last summer,
but I honestly think it gives the house more character.
The shop is actually bigger than my house. My grandpa was
a small engine mechanic after he stepped back from farming and he did all of
his work back there. We also have a tractor garage where he stored his beloved
tractor. We’ve put a wood stove in it and I quite often sit out there alone in a
Muskoka chair. It’s so relaxing to think out there.
You can kind of see them in the picture of the house, but
these are my rocking chairs. I occasionally find myself feeling as though I’m
90 when I’m sitting on these. They came from this store almost ten year ago and I
love them to death. If you ever come to my house in the spring or summer, I
usually will try to keep my visits here. They’re perfect for sitting with a cup
of tea, a cider or a glass of wine and listening to the birds. Occasionally,
you’ll even see a car go by too!
I did previously post this picture on my Instagram. I got
questions on my mug, which is still in stock – you can find it here! I’ve been really struggling with
my mental health again so I’ve been taking some time to focus on self-care. To
me, self-care is sitting on my porch, in my rocking chair and having a nice cup
of tea. In the evenings, I’ve been burning Amazon boxes and having a cider in
my tractor garage.
Would it really be a post about my life recently without at
least one of my fur babies? This is Mater’s favourite time of the year. It’s
finally warm enough that he can swim again for short periods, he has mud to
play in and he can run around the property without snow or dealing with constant heat. If I didn’t have coyote problems, I
would honestly let him outside at 8 am and let him run until bedtime. He has
never once gone near the road and he’s only gone far away once and he came back
within an hour.
It’s a bit blurry because he doesn’t ever sit still,
especially if he hears a bird. However, whenever I’m outside with Mater, Oliver
will sit in my bedroom window and watch the two of us. I’ve tried to bring him
out on a leash or wrapped in a blanket but he always gets out and runs toward
the road or into the woods. He also got out while I was gone away once, and he
decided to climb into a possum den. This was the end result:
Needless to say, Oliver doesn’t get to be outside anymore as
a result.
Here are some actually cute pictures from him. I can’t remember if I’ve ever posted these before.
Just for reference, I still do have Moose – he just isn’t as
photogenic as Oliver or Mater. He’s only photogenic when he wants something
(usually my lunch).
I had zero intentions of actually posting anything I liked
today, mainly just chatting but oh my gosh, while I was on the Indigo website
finding that mug there was so much I
loved that I just wanted to share with you guys. These all would make great Easter and Mother's Day gifts, too!
(the same as above, but in coral!)
Wednesday, 3 April 2019
April Wishlist
Here we are. Another month, another list of items that I’m
loving but can’t afford. I just love browsing for clothes though. If that was a
profession, that’s definitely what I would do for a living. There is a lot this
month, but honestly, it’s a new season and all the gorgeous spring and summer clothes
are coming out… so I needed to share, right?
Side note…
I actually had started a post on Shopbop shoes that I’m
loving but honestly, I’d rather share a post on affordable footwear vs. $200 a
pair sandals. I thought I would share the ones I was loving today, so they’re
in the widget at the bottom of the post!
Before I share all of these, I just had to share some
pictures of Oliver.
He kept photo bombing my pictures for my
post yesterday. He’s cute though, so I guess it’s okay.
If you’ve been
reading my blog for at least a month, you’ll know that I am an absolute sucker
for Anthropologie’s dresses. In fact, I usually just list them off. This month
is no different! Plus, most of these dresses are Easter dinner friendly.
I actually had no intentions of even looking at the Loft
website (it’s a really big issue for me, I want it all!) but their dresses and
jumpsuits are so cute! I was even
more stuck because I had written out what I loved from Anthropologie, but I
figured that it was totally okay to share some more dresses. You can never have
too many dresses, right?
Tuesday, 2 April 2019
Monday, 1 April 2019
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