Some days

I've worn grey.
 Some days I feel grey.

Me in these outfits shown:1. here 2. here, 3. here 4. here

Some days grey is calming.

Left: Alice + Olivia Fall 2013 RTW
Right: Ariunaa Suri Fall 2013 RTW

Some days grey is bold.

Left: Juicy Couture Fall 2013 RTW
Right: Charlotte Ronson Fall 2013 RTW

Some days grey is an accent.

My twin nieces Lil Bug and EJ playing in the leaves wearing grey. October 2013

Some days grey is a balance.

My nephew JJ with his grandma and sisters playing in the leaves wearing grey pants and shoes. October 2013

Some days grey lets you shine through.

My sis n law and my nephew Speed Racer wearing grey and riding on the grey train.
October 2013

Some days 14 Shades of Grey is an album, I listen to, by the band Staind. We've seen Staind in concert here and here.


""This is my life, it's not what it was before
All these feelings I've shared...
An' now that we're here, it's so far away
An' I feel like I can face the day"...So Far Away by Staind



Some days grey is the background, allowing color to be the star.

My art journal page about our trip to the
Japanese Garden in Florida, 2007

I asked a woman who worked at the Japanese Garden
if the leaves change color in the fall.

She said, "No. Some things flower
at different times of the year. At the end of October, it is
beautiful, cool weather here."

Some days you barely notice grey,
unless you look.

do leopards meow or purr?

I do.
I also growl, and bark, sometimes.

Some old outfits when I wore leopard print.
These posts are shown here, here, and here.

Juicy Couture Fall 2013 RTW

Left: Albino Fall 2013 RTW
Right: Burberry Prorsum Fall 2013 RTW

I saw this Beyond Biba movie, a few weeks ago,
and thoroughly enjoyed it. 

Barbara Hulanicki Beyond Biba movie watch here.
It's beyond inspiring! 

In case you don't see the movie:Here are some of Barbara's architecture and interior designs.

Her website also shows Her fabric prints, and
Her commercial illustrations.

Here's some more Barbara Hulanicki things:

This Biba Exposition is shown here.
(No, I've never seen it in person only online.)

Another look of the same exposition shown  here.
(Do you see the leopard print coat with hood?)

I dig Beck's version of Bob Dylan's Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat.

..."Yes, I see you got your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat
Well, you must tell me, baby
How your head feels under somethin’ like that
Under your brand new leopard-skin pill-box hat"...
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat by Bob Dylan

Here's my art journal page about leopard print:

Florida August 2007
Photo of:
Leopard Print
Hotel Hallway Carpet
Me and My Love

hello, bright yellow

In Spring, I think of bright colors.

My gold sequined purse was thrifted.

My mom gave me my patterned tights.
My purple suede boots were thrifted.

My shirt says:
I'm alive... but I'm barely breathing now.

I bought my t-shirt at
this Story of the Year concert in 2010.

Alexandre Herchcovitch Spring 2013 RTW

Left: Aquilano.Rimondi Spring 2012 RTW
Right: Brood Spring 2012 RTW

Here's my nephew Speed Racer.
These photos were taken by www.AshleyImages1.com.

Here are my nephew Baby JJ, my twin nieces,
and their Grandpa.

 This is my art journal page from March 12, 2013
inspired by scrapbook artist Wilna Furstenberg

I wore stacked bracelets,
tie dyed bright colored top, & pastel blue pants.
I didn't need a jacket.
I made a, songs to learn on guitar, playlist.
I got stuck in traffic, and turned around at exit.
I watched The Face and World of Jenks.
I re-read The Story Sisters by Alice Hoffman.
I ate a zucchini, tomato, mustard, swiss cheese sandwich,
 and homemade cauliflower soup.
I woke up with puffy eyes.

Here's an acoustic video version of 
I'm Alive by Story of The Year

..."I'd do anything, anything just to stop
This way from pressing down
I'd do anything anything now
To spread these wings somehow
I scream these words so loud
But they never make a sound

I'm alive
But I’m barely breathing now"... I'm Alive by Story of The Year

like rainwater

...It looked out over the canyon below, what had once been a gorge made by rainwater      from the book The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block

Me in my thrifted grey like rainwater and black patterned flared mini skirt

Left photo: Long sleeve teal blouse and grey ombre blouse thrifted
Right photo: mulberry ankle boots were thrifted

now overgrown with wildflowers and eucalyptus trees
 and built up with houses.
 from the book The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block

A photo I took on the freeway,
when the sky suggested a storm.

The lights of cars and windows shone out of the darkness. Crickets chirped a mating song, creating a vibrating wall of sound,
from the book The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block 

Left and Middle: Alice + Olivia Fall RTW 2012
Right: Roberto Cavalli Fall RTW 2012

breeze with a slightly citrusy scent, and fresh from the rain, came in and cooled my neck...from the book The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block

Zero + Maria Cornejo Fall RTW 2012

...I remembered the mugs from when I used to come over after school on rainy days
from the book The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block

The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block

to drink hot chocolate and eat cinnamon toast with Jeni.
I could still feel the slight burn of the spiced sugar on my tongue...from the book The Elementals by Francesca Lia Block 

This is a mug from my childhood.
I would drink hot chocolate from it.
It's the only one left in the set.
I think my great grandma bought it.
My childhood best friend really was named Jenny.

The mug says:

Start each day with a song in your heart.

My art journal page from February 20, 2013
inspired by the artist Diana Trout from this daisy yellow blog post

It says:

Then I look up and out the half circle glass
above the curtains and the blinds,
 the rain looks like someone sprayed a mist
upon the window. The sky fades from bright sunshine to that lavender grey.
Yet still the breeze moves.
The leaves dancing
to whatever music
the sky brings them.