Here Comes Summer

We've finally got heat and sunshine!

On Wednesday, for a day mostly spent gardening, I wore this me-made dress I made from a vintage 1970s Kenzo dressmaking pattern and some Grace Sullivan Treetops screen printed curtains (which originally retailed in hip London store Heal's in the 1960). I can't believe I made this nine years ago. Where does the time go?

Despite starting off sunny, Thursday ended up being disappointingly gloomy and overcast although thankfully, still warm. I donned my cowgirl gear (my me-made Western skirt and a 1960s suede waistcoat Liz bought for my birthday 14 years ago) to walk into town to collect a parcel.

It was a day spent sorting out the rest of our Glastonbury health and safety stuff - completing our online safety inductions, updating risk assessments, wet weather plans and fire safety questionnaires.  

No matter how mundane the activity, I always feel I perform better when I'm dressed up.

This Australian cowboy hat was part of a mixed lot I bought from the relative of a hat collector. They were all fabulous & I was very restrained by just keeping one (the rest are all heading to Glastonbury!)

I did have a sari wrap blouse over this dress when we went to the baths this morning but it was stripped off and shoved in my bag on the walk home later. Unlike the outfits I'd worn the previous couple of days, this maxi wasn't made by me, its a 1970s India Imports of Rhode Island, but I've taken up the hem so many times in the seven years that I've owned it that beginning to feel like it was! 

 

 I've future-proofed my beloved Teva granny square crochet flatforms by buying a replacement pair - this style is now discontinued and I was lucky to find them reduced by 75% online. I'm still wearing my original pair but I'm prepared! 

The nails are still looking good despite a day of gardening!

My glamorous friend Dawn tipped me off about a new charity shop that had opened in town when we bumped into her after swimming on Tuesday. We popped in this morning and I bought a brand new  lipliner and two necklaces, spending a total of £3. This yellow pendant was one of my buys. I didn't like the beaded necklace it was attached to so remade it using one of my vintage Lamani dowry necklaces bought in India decades ago. It's a great match with these butter quartz earrings, isn't it?  

This week we finished Season 4 of Yellowstone and also watched co-director, Taylor Sheridan's Oscar winning Neo-Western Hell and High Water so I'm more obsessed than ever with cowboy shit. 

I nearly died when these boots popped up on Vinted's Recommended for You a few days ago. They're handmade in Mexico and retailed at £499 - mine for £25!!!

We're currently binge watching the excellent BBC second series of The Gold, the story behind the Brink's Mat robbery and, much to my excitement both the Spanish and Caribbean scenes are filmed in and around North Tenerife. I'm glad we've already booked our flights for my birthday celebrations as I have a feeling that once everyone sees just how gorgeous it is the prices will go through the roof! 

Right...it's Friday, it's rum o'clock and I have a pressing date with Jack Lowden. See you soon!