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lots of good food on this trip…
top photos: visiting a friend who is a baker at the liberty cafe.
bottom photos: stopping at a taco stand on our drive back to the city from twain harte.

patterns and colors at the cabin…

my view from the car, driving through the san joaquin valley to the sierra nevada foothills.
i love the dry california grass.

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flowers grow everywhere in san francisco… even between the cement cracks.
i’m in california for a week, and it’s so nice to be here.

a dinner of kale, zucchini, feta, and whole wheat orzo tonight. yum… and pretty colors too.

favorites from the tas-ka.

i’m always so drawn to artist karen gelardi’s work. i love the concept behind her new book project, which will be part of her terrarium show 301 gallery, in beverly, massachusetts. i bought a book yesterday, which will be part of the installation- and then mailed to me when it’s disassembled.

this is the lena dress, fom the new wiksten fall collection. isn’t that wonderful?! jenny wrote that the printed fabric reminded her of my book. i can’t think of many things better than having a dress named after me!

jenny gordy is posting new photos of her wiksten fall collection all week… can’t wait to see more.

thanks yu-i, for a peak at the autumn/winter mina perhonen catalog.

i’m feeling a little guilty about these recent purchases,,, but it’s so hard to resist a good sale! sometimes 60% off still isn’t cheap though… i’m happy to now own my second vena cava item. top purchases from the barney’s warehouse sale, bottom from the apc surplus store.