Modernism Week - shops and stuff!

There is such an amazing selection of vintage shops in Palm Springs. You can pick from thrift stores (every other block has one it seems) and vintage/designer shops. These photos start out from the day we walked the design district street and wandered in and out of shops... Some vintage, some not.



Charming Hilary and some outdoor furniture




The beautiful Kristie at Trina Turk's Residential store

  

Vintage shop window





Pretties inside said vintage shop




Another vintage furniture store. Stacks of classics - love the Danish mid century modern teak stuff




A booth in the modernism show called Urban Burp - could have stayed there for hours!




Vintage cowboy fabric...




Kristie looking through the stacks of amazing fabrics




Sarah and I took home a yard of this ship fabric. I'm in love with my 1/2 yard, not sure what it will become yet though!




Best L.B.D EVER! check out that lace! I know it's blurry, but the bottom hem shows it pretty good... just scrumptious




Old posters sporting the most beautiful colours...





More old Classic pieces



This place is amazing. I am going to find it really difficult not to go again next year, but this time do more of the home tours and seminars that our silly school was too lazy to sign up for until it was too late. I HIIIIIGHLY recommend it; both the Modernism Show that runs every February, and Palm Springs itself.

(plus, my aunt has a spectacular place there, good to sleep 6! Anyone else in?!)

Fresh is Best



This was my favorite thing I saw when first arriving in Palm Springs. Crispy fresh blue sky.



just another butterfly-style house taken drive-by-shooting style. Still lookin' fresh 50-some-odd years later.



The boys cooked one night. We had HUGE steaks and asparagus and potatoes. All Delicious. Mind you, that's Sarah, not a boy,  in the fluorescent jacket (thrift store find!), but she never really left the kitchen : P

We peeked into a lot of houses this way... At least these guys had the decency to have built-in step stools for us!



FRESH Grapefruit. Best thing in the world right there. Yes, we jumped at every tree we could and stuffed them in our purses.



The Kaufman house, designed by Richard Neutra in the 1940s. It is phenomenal. (and FRESH!)  If only we could have gone in...

Best ever fresh salsa! Hilary aces it!

More fresh lookin' architecture... haha like my theme yet?

The freshest Grapefruits ever .... an inside view... glorious!

More beautiful old and fresh architecture. Hurrah!

Palm Springs

Modernism week in Palm Springs was amazing and beautiful and inspiring and oh-so-fun!

I want to share it bit by bit, but I don't really know where to start and I am really busy back at school now ...

So for now, a photo of us girls. Add 3 guys to it and you have our whole group. Loved it.

Holiday Pics

I don't really feel like typing anything right now really, so here's just some pictures of what the holidays looked like for me. It was MIGHTY relaxing. Didn't do a very good job of getting pictures of much though...

Pile of handmade gifts! (we did well!)

 

Ruger's turkey! 

He actually liked me a lot more than it shows here ... hehe loved havin him around (a guest pet as my cousin's family was out of town) 

A typical moment in the living room...

The view out the window ...

Lynella and Tara - best mom/daughter duo ever! 

Canmore's show on our way home... pretty! 

New Years buddy, Elijah! 

Ron and his buddy Sheldon, bringing in the new year...

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am having my turkey tomorrow - today is for homework! It really doesn't feel like thanksgiving yet, but it is finally feeling like Fall, and I am really enjoying it. I was treated to a trip to Chase, where we watched the Salmon run at Adams River with the boy's family. It was a much-needed break and so good to spend time with my (other) family! we stayed at a resort that was gorgeous, the weather was perfect and fall-ish, and everyone had so much fun. The Salmon were interesting... I will show you some pictures, don't mind the dead fish .... haha! Here's what its all about, for those who don't know (like me before I went!):

"After fighting strong currents and rapids, the salmon are bruised and battered and their skin has changed to a deep red colour and their heads turn green. The salmon return to the same place where they began their life to spawn. The females lay around 40,000 eggs, the males develop humped backs and hooked snouts. They both guard the nest until their death and the cycle begins again. "

The resort where we stayed one luxurious night

(4 pillows for 1 person, white bedding and down duvet = my kind of sleeping arrangement!)

The traffic director at the entrance to the park - I thought it was cute!

All of the water just looked like this...

Some fish eggs nestled in the rocks

 

Fish accross the bank.

 

This guy was huge!

Uncles and nephews a-plenty!

Grandsons can never get enough of Grandpa!

He'd point and say "He's done" ... haha funny how easily kids get it sometimes

Me and the boy's feet...

This cutie again - cuter and cuter these days!

So I am super glad I got a little break this weekend! I got my projects done for Thursday, I've posted my telephone bench here for you to see, and lots of other stuff stressed me out, I was getting sick, but now I'm feeling better already since I've had a couple days of rest! Perfect! K, back to the homework now!



Canoe-dalling

Thank-you to all who played along in my little guessing game! You were ALL right! hahaha....

See the green rod in the hitch?! Okay well it is hard to see, but it is easy to see that the Canoe is resting on it. He was sure he gave it all away when the green thing went in, but I didn't have a clue what it was for!

I didn't take any pictures of us paddling, but once we got to the other side of the lake, we just enjoyed our own little private beach :

The boy sittin on his "throne". He made me one too after this!

He even packed a game of snakes and ladders! Here's a picture of how bad he beat me the first round! He caught every ladder up! But I beat him the next 2 rounds : P

The glacier-fed water certainly felt good, but it took a few yelps to get to the fully submerged stage!

total bliss.

An update on the last little while:

Went home to see these girls do this:

And Nella just be cute and eat and sleep and make cute faces and be cuddly and perfect:

And do a lot of this:

And some of this:

(playing quelf)

In mom's cute little old house:

But boy was I happy to come back to spring-land (so cold in Calgary!). Got some warm weather, a little colour and a few extra freckles this week!