Moonshine Junkyard

it's that time again! jorden and becky's annual pumpkin carving party . always such a deliciously fallish gathering...the pictures speak for themselves. becky and jorden's house and yard are perfectly charming and cozy nestled in ivy and fluttering fall leaves. with cinnamon apple doughnut pieces straight from apple hill . juniper fell in love with lucy's halloween kitty, and luckily lucy is a very good sharer :) she watched all the goings-on with delight. it was the first time i tried putting her in the moby wrap facing forward...i know, i know, you're not supposed to but she LOVED it so i think it will be okay for once in a while. i hope you all have fun with your spooks and spirits, goblins and ghouls and treats. Happy Halloween!

Do any of you quilt? It might be my most favorite fabric craftsty activity.... mostly because the results are so beautiful. Lucy recently received a very special gift...our dear friend CarolAnn made her a quilt.  CarolAnn is the leader of the group of my friends that makes quilts for each others' weddings, me being the worst quilter in that group. I mostly just contribute cute thrifted fabrics and drink wine and gab during quilt making sessions. But CA is a true quilter. This particular quilt began with a vintage thrifted quilt top that she found and repaired. The best thing about quilting is the variety of amazing fabrics and the endless ways you can put them together.  Do you love fabrics as much as I do? ...these seriously make me swoon... Maybe the unicorn is one of Lucy's spirit "animals", albeit a fantastic one...it keeps coming up in her young life...  CA quilted a sun pattern and made a vibrant colored backing. Luc

lucy and i finally had the pleasure of meeting mister axel t the other day! in case you aren't familiar, he is the baby boy child of radiant suuzi , violet folklore cohort, yogi, farmer and all around inspiring woman.  amber was one of the first to know of our pregnancies for both of us, suuzi and i were due just a couple weeks apart from each other, and we have been on parallel paths all along. see amber's little video of us talking about our pregnancies here , and she posted a little tribute to suuzi's growing family and their rad sartorial choices here . amber and suuzi drove across the canyon with their delightful offspring to pay us a visit and explore some of the best placerville haunts.  suuzi and axel at the craft booths in apple hill: cider sippers. mycie contemplates the pond and the view. apples apples everywhere. it was so great to talk to this mama. it is such a huge project to embark upon when you birth a child and becom

we pulled out the ole red, white and blue for debate night. as a side note, it's hot again, so bye-bye to the beanie by midday. we tried the little bow-on-the-head trick using a bit of karo syrup. it looked cute but i felt kinda bad about the sticky spot on her head and the bow didn't stay put for long. so it might be lucy's one and only sticky-bow experience. after a little afternoon outdoor nap..... she wakened to her favorite people in the world... i decided that having a baby to raise up as a thinking and active citizen is actually a very patriotic thing to do. that's central to my version of the red-white-blue. this is the country where my baby (and maybe someday her babies) will grow up. that makes me more interested in politics and activism than ever. what is american style to you? to me today it was vintage levi's denim shirt and soft printed 80s tee, spiced up with a bit of fringe and batik. multi-culturalism