These Boots...

I have been looking for these boots for months. I have a pair that I wore nearly every day for the past two years, and about a month ago they absolutely fell apart. I used every sort of glue to try and fix them up but nothing helped. All the things they had been through with me and they were gone!!
And then..... the other day I got an email from Amazon.com advertising "Boot season" or something like that and there were the boots. I could have cried (Yes. I would totally cry over shoes.). And then ordered them in every shade. Obviously.
But I just ordered one pair and I am so excited, I decided to do a blog post on them!
AUGH!!.... they're so pretty....
You can find them HERE

Saturday Adventure

Yesterday, my good friends, Candace and Aly and I piled into my car and set out for Connecticut, and more specifically, "Holy Land USA". Holy Land is supposedly this kitschy mini rendering of Jerusalem that an artist built in the 70s, now abandoned.
We ended up stopping a few times ( When the car was about to fall apart, when we needed salads. Etc.), and then following signs for "Gillette Castle". Turns out Gillette Castle is a fantastic state park, and was home to William Gillette, an actor in the early 19th century, who built a castle in an absolutely magical spot, overlooking the Connecticut River. Mr. Gillette was also the first ever Sherlock Holmes, and helped develop the character of Holmes for the stage and screen. I geeked when I found out. I'm a HUGE Sherlock fan, so, just stumbling upon this gem was an enormous thrill.
We weren't able to visit Holy Land USA, but I think this became an even better adventure than we expected!
I brought my baby TLR camera from the 50s and my newer TLR and took about a million pictures with a lens I built on Friday. I think this week I'll do a tutorial on TtV and building a setup for a DSLR camera. TtV (Through the viewfinder) is such a fun way to take pictures!

Blackstone

Last weekend Mum and I visited Blackstone Valley for a hike and a tour of the gorge there. It was really neat, and not at all what I expected. I have a bit of a grim view of Rhode Island. But this was beautiful and quirky.
The minute we hit the town, we came upon "The Gold Miner's Thrift Store", which, of course, sounded magical. AND IT WAS. Next door to that was Rosebud's hat shop. We met Rosebud who was as lovely and quirky as her shop.
I can't wait to go back and explore more!