Argh. I had written a whole post, then somehow managed to delete it all. So here's a picture I didn't run yesterday of the same serpentine dog-park tree.
I've been writing an essay on Robinson Jeffers all day and am letting it marinate before I put it up on the site --- which migrated to some other host even as I was putting up my other essay, on Swinburne (what is it about Swinburne? why do I keep finding myself writing about him?), so that I had to copy and paste the whole thing into the new form, which wasn't that much of a pain, but I did grumble about it a little.
Wearing today, because it's been yet another day that started cold but didn't stay that way:
One of the main reasons I wanted this black-heather Wool& Audrey dress was that I thought it would work well over all my merino tees, which tend not to get as much love or wear as they deserve. So today I broke out this Icebreaker pink-microstripe tee that I bought on either Ebay or Poshmark at the end of last year. I like it a lot, but I don't wear it nearly as much as I like it. It does work pretty well under Audrey, with my Tari boots (plus hidden socks).
I also like the Audrey because long dresses or skirts are good for weather like this. I really didn't want to have to wear tights or leggings, just to take them off when I got too hot. As much as I love my above-the-knee dresses, I appreciate a long dress that covers a lot: the legs I didn't shave, the socks I don't want to rock in full view.
For the early part of the day, when it was chilly, I broke out another item I haven't worn nearly enough since I bought it (secondhand) last year: my gray Piko bamboo-fiber tunic. It's a little voluminous just as it comes, but I thought I'd experiment with knotting it, and
Here it is being like an infinity shrug. I really think this is fun. All I did was pull the front hem, the part I'd normally knot, up through the neckline and just kind of loop it around and knot it so that it would stay. And it creates this nice shape --- a little bulky, maybe, but it's so thin and drapey that the bulk isn't too much. Meanwhile, I like the line it makes against my dark dress. It feels more slimming than the dress by itself, even though as I'm writing this, I'm not wearing the shrug, and the heck with what looks better.
Feeling kind of drained and plain today, probably a function of yesterday's excesses --- which weren't that excessive, mind you. It's just that the older you get, the more a little goes a long way. BUT Dora and I had a nice 2.5-mile walk first thing this morning, and I've worked hard all day, so I'll look forward to my buffet of various leftovers this evening.
I have always liked this pink tee, though after the more muted pinks and purples I've been wearing, it sure does feel . . . PINK. I think it's okay, though. And it works nicely with these earrings my kids gave me for my birthday some years ago, which I tend to forget about.
My grays are growing in apace --- sorry, silvers. I like them. This is not a complaint. I'm thinking that the more of them I have, the more striking a pink shirt like this will look. Having never had pale hair in my life, I'm intrigued by the possibilities it presents.
Yeah, okay, back to Robinson Jeffers.