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LAY YOUR CARDS OUT

Just call me Martha. I am having so much fun wrapping presents and accidentally getting drunk by my lonesome as I wrap the most beautiful gifts for my family and friends. I have to admit though, like every post this month … I will complain that it is more like a cold autumn here rather than winter. I miss the snow, and will continue to pray for a white christmas! Snow does though, have a ton of down falls … one in particular … I wouldn’t be traipsing around a field in a crinoline skirt in snow, but rather, the tall grass reeds offer such a romantic feel. O Canada, this outfit is for you.

Outfit Details

  1. SHIRT: Red Plaid | Joe Fresh
  2. SHIRT: Red Plaid | Joe Fresh
  3. BELT: Vintage

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 Lay Your Cards Out // Polica

BREATHING UNDERWATER

With only two more weeks until Christmas I can’t help but squeal every time I hear a Christmas song! Christmas truly is a magical time of year, and this year, it seems to be contagious. For the first time, in a couple of years, everybody seems to be in the holiday spirit despite the lack of snow around … but you know me, I’ll still be dreaming of a white Christmas.

My favorite thing about the holidays is spending time with my family and friends! This year will be a year of new adventures, I am headed to my grandparents to bake and have a sleep over, my man friends parents bought a place at the foot of the biggest ski and snowboard destination north of Toronto  and I will be spending some of my holidays on the slopes along with cozy nights by the fire. There is no cable so board games and old movies are definitely on the agenda!  The man friend coaches hockey and has entered into a tournament the last weekend of December, but has sworn it will be a blast and has booked us a suite to have a little getaway! Mostly though, I am just thrilled to be spending a consecutive week with my best friend, as we haven’t done  that since June (gasp!)

To You & Yours. Happy Christmas.

Outfit Details

  1. BLOUSE: Thrifted | Pink Peter Pan Collar
  2. SWEATER : Grey and White Polka Dot Jumper | F21
  3. PANTS: Oxblood Tuxedo Pant | Aritzia
  4. SHOES: Leather T Mary Janes | Nine West

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 Flowers In December by Mazzy Star

THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN [PART ONE]

WE LIVE, NOT BY THINGS, BUT BY THE MEANINGS OF THINGS.
IT IS NEEDFUL TO TRANSMIT THE PASSWORDS
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

- ANTOINE de SAINT-EXUPERY

I am not saying you are interested in this, you may think it is a little vain and cheeky, and maybe you’re right, but the truth is, I am a product of my surroundings.

Below are photographs that inspire me, some of my Grandma Isabella, Is, Belle or Isabel. My Ma Carolyn and lastly, baby photos of me.

[ HISTORY :: My Grandparents came to Canada in 1953 from Scotland, below are photos of my Grandparents start in Canada]

[The ship my Grandparents took from Edinburgh, Scotland to Toronto, Canada. The "S.S Atlantic" July 7th 1953]

[at a friends summer cottage relaxing before finding a place to live]

[By far my favourite photograph of all time. My Gran was such a writer, probably writing a letter to her family back home.]

[My Papa & Gran posing ; the back reads "the water was quite chilly, it is the Atlantic after all"]

[There first home as a couple. Before here they lived in a apartment at Yonge & Eglington in Toronto]

[my Aunt and my Gran going back to Scotland for a visit, it took a long time for them to adjust to living in Canada]

[the back of this reads "posing" - I love it]

[this is after my Mum is born, I am adding it here because I love that my Gran is posing on the car ; so chic]

[my Gran experiencing her first huge snow fall ; all three of us have snow suite photos, so I felt the need to add this]

[I love her style, she is so chic, she also kept a lot of clothing from the 1950's that I now have - I am so blessed]

I am so fortunate to have piles of photographs to see what my Grandparents did before they moved and after, owning a camera, then, was an expensive luxury and they really did capture a whole bunch of things through out their lives. I am also fortunate that they are still alive, and well, and share stories with me of all the amazing adventures they went on together. Next post will feature my dear Mum, and the last, obviously, me lol.