Moonshine Junkyard

you know you live in a redneck town when the county fair's theme is "rockin and wranglin" and includes not only a livestock auction, but also a "monster truck pull" (?) and "extreme freestyle moto x" (??) like i've mentioned before , our ever-charming county fair  means the beginning of real summertime fun. this from 2009: Year after year, the El Dorado County Fair never changes much. Cheesy pop singers, plastic cups of Bud Light, Aerosmith on the gravitron, the rattly old Zipper, roasted ears of corn, weird wizard fortune telling machines, corn dogs, cotton candy, frothy lemonade, goats, cows, hay, hypnotists, Wranglers, bubbles in the air, the slight smell of puke everywhere, mixed with chewing gum, coca cola, cigarettes and farm animals. don't deny it; the fair means pure summer fun. a big group of us met up at the tail end of the world's busiest weekend to romp around the fair and be silly like kids just starting summe...

that's what we call it. an extravaganza. that's when we all (i'm talking many random folks from our town, old and young, straight-laced and counterculture) get together to view and celebrate the progres of Epic Dust , the western film project that darin and all our comrades are working on. gunnes abound. em got this adorable one, the most wearable kind, corset, sleeveless and knee length with pockets mmmmm mmmmm mmmmm, in berkely for like $20. i wore my lovely blue calico gunne gifted from milla . my dress of heaven! becky wore mexican embroidery and rachel wore a darling country gal dress passed down from her mama that served as both mama's and her own graduation gown! all the boys even dresssed up western style...at least as much as we could force them to on this hot sweltering summer evenin' the two incarnations of billy the kid. joey, and nick. one a lover, one a killer, and both with a good helping of each. ...

whoooopeeeee! it was a sunny day, no work, all play...went out to check the mail, and here was a package from far across the sea. straight from the magnificent and wondrous to-know-her-is-to-love-her TEENY in new zealand. it came springing forth fresh florally flouncy goodness, all the things i like so much: short stories, lace, calico, ribbons. that miss teeny, she's an observant one :) best of all...homemade goodies straight from her oh-so-clever hands. she made, YES handcrafted, this comfy little playdress of crisp periwinkle calico cotton that was once thrifted crib sheets. teeny is a recycler and repurposer extraordinaire. she inspires me to try harder with sewing, if at least for the very practical purpose of giving new life to cute thrifted fabrics.  i could live in this little ditty. can you tell it's june now or what?! with fresh new gifts, lovely friends, and sunshine...i was literally jumping for joy. other cause for c...