October Eve!

The Queen of Samhain 

From the story that my cat told me

Soon to be transcribed…

Wish this was all that was on my plate…

 It’s Friday 

And I’m exhausted 

The epic 3 room shift

Is getting dramatically closer 

To being completely done ✔️ 

Bins full of things 

Stuff

Derelict items

Projects 

Half finished 

And some never started 

I thought painting the walls was the toughest part 

The editing down

Of the furniture 

Has been 

Astoundingly puzzling 

Worth it…

That credenza fits so much better 

In the front room 

The curtain wall is still being tweaked in my studio 

The tension rods are brilliant!

Honestly the best I’ve ever worked with!

You can bump them

And they have wiggle room at the ends…

That way they aren’t busting your finishes-

Floor or ceiling 

And keeping everything upright 

Nice and steady.

And nicer to have a barrier of sorts 

Instead of looking down the staircase 

And the echoes of every last sound 

Traveling up 

And down…

And when everything is settled 

I can get back to the kitchen stuff

Maybe it’ll be settled by the new year?

I’m not holding my breath 

At this point I know the distractions are just 

Aching to interrupt…

The lists…

I’m sick of them.

Must get done

Or I’m just going to start chucking stuff

Or runaway lol 

Would like to just be thinking about 

October 

I have a goal

To take some foliage pics in our garden 

Today!

Because it’s starting!

And in just a few weeks it’ll be gone…

In the mode of don’t stop to think about it!

Just keep going…

Writing and painting season is coming!

Must keep going!

More pics to come!

See you soon!

x~J

Accessories To The Obsession: Shopping in my own closet

So I headed over to The Oracle

Aka Pinterest 

See

Now I can have this inspirational look

Of an old money eccentric 

Living their Dark Academia best life

Right?

And go falconing too?

Falconery? Falconing? 

Regardless!

Sign me up!

Love this look

I have a dupe for this scarf! 

Checking all boxes here…

As I shop in my own closet…

And attic!

Just add a horse?

Have horse will travel?

Maximum horse please!

Don’t mind me.

I nearly fell while carrying two armloads of stuff 

From upstairs to down…

And as I made it 

Just into the kitchen…

Both pets swarmed me!

At the best of times 

It’s hard to avoid stepping on them

As they are constantly 

Under foot.

Long story longer…

I pulled almost every muscle on my right side

Trying to not commit me 

And all I was carrying 

To the floor 

In a hideous and regrettable crash.

My endorphins have tapped out 

And

Now I’m left with the terrible feelings 

Of dull ache

And the notion 

Of never having slept a night

In my life…

Lolz!

No one died, 

So I am forever grateful 

To my reflexes.

But!

I am loopy

Goofy

Sleepy

And 

Sarcastic 

Yay!

Let’s just keep rolling as they say.

Yes

Love every thing about this!

I am looking forward to 

Digging out the cold weather jackets!

I had one like that 

A while ago…

Plaid

Tweed

I want them allllll! 

Just got my one sweater

That looks like this

All washed and ready for the wearing!

And this 

Yes

Yes

Yes

All of it!

Yes!

Oh! Yep!

Those English Country House

Entryways

Got to have the pupper.

Ready to go!

Walkies!

No kidding,

I just typed that…

And the dog looked up…

She’s deaf… and so now she’s telepathic?

Anyway 

A kilt chair!

Amazing.

This has a bit of the old boho flair to it.

Like it! 

Super cozy!

Here’s one of the things I found while 

Shopping in my own closet…

The case 

From my old pair of glasses 

That I no longer have.

Fits my fave readers tho…

And it all looks 

Well…

Perfect 

For what seems to be sparking joy for me…

For the moment.

At least I’m using what I already have!

Mmmmm Burberry…

Oh! Remember the perfume? 

Brit… and there was another…?

Was it called “sheer”…?

I don’t know…

So many sweaters!

Scarves 

Boots

Hats

Gloves…

And I lucked out the other day with a coupon

Plus discount code…

Hopefully items will be here by the end of the week…

I will be going thru the rest of my whole clothes closet…

And picking out the bits I want for the season…

And packing away the rest.

That way I can 

Shop from my storage again…

And again…

And concentrate on the items 

That I’m excited about.

And finish up some writing bits!

And painting!

Instead of decluttering 

And washing masses 

Of laundry…

Clothes get musty

If you leave them in bins for a bit… 

Like maybe 5… 6 years…

Wow…

I’m excited to welcome back some of these sweaters!

Nothing like a good sweater! 

Happy Autumn Everyone!

Let the Dark Academia Season Commence! 

x~J

New Obsessions: Manor Core & Autumn Moods

 Manor Core...?

Is this the grown up/ old money eccentric version of Cottage Core that I've been waiting for...?

We Shall See...

I always had the want for a very tidy mud room/entryway...

but these lil cluttery bits of goodness just charmed me 

in the oddest of ways.

The boots all in a line...

The baskets and barn jackets galore...

and the pupps in wait of a good walk...

like the first pic... 

c'mon, lets go!!!

But before you enter... here's the facade...

I think its time we upgrade...

I think we could give this a try....

This was my digital mocking of the situation...

I always thought that black houses were neat, but for some reason

it was as though something said that I wasn't worthy...

that is for what I know as fact...

one hundred percent 

a lie

I CAN HAVE A BLACK HOUSE...

remember that time I painted the shed black...

its still a ramshackle shed...

but it sure looks fancy now...

Paint It Black

But back to Manor Core...

These layery bedding and heavy drapes scapes 

are just hitting in the excitement zone...

must start implementing these elements now!

Already started with the dark and moody in the front room...

I took my pail of paint by Behr in the color Ancestry Violet

and added in a bit of black to dusky it up...

Looks more like the shade Gothic Amethyst now... 

I'll take it.

Master Kit is totally approving of it in his lil chair...

Just waiting for us to settle in with our snacks,

so he can tell us a story...

Don't worry I wrote it all down so that I can retell it to you all...

soon...

x~J

Found: Letters From The Past

 

Reading through 

These scribbles

From 2003

Ancient times 

To deliver us from 

The chickens scratching 

Dressed up 

Combed 

Ready for new print: 

11230301

Ill commune with this

And ride it thru

making

the

make

And Over Another 

Good turn

to be

the turning

And

My lost

loosing and

My

over tuning

So burdened 

By

And

Absent to

All

the bitter recovery 

There's

Nothing

Left

to

choose

You

Can’t

even

Imagine 

I’ll 

be there

Soon

Sometimes when the imposter syndrome creeps

I think… you ain’t got no voice… who’d read that 

& think that that is a thing…

At least I can prove this to myself now.

x~ J

Tales from the Tall Fable Table

 

I need more notebooks…

I’ve been writing 

Developing 

It doesn’t seem to want to stop

Storylines become clearer 

Adventures 

More fleshed out

And the moment of inspiration 

Occurs more and more 

Almost obscuring 

My own will

As I sit here

On an early fall

Rainy day 

I do

Picture these endeavors 

In hard

Geometry 

Settled 

Comfortably 

In my hands 

Your hands

On shelves 

And under lights 

Most inevitably 

The task 

Now

Is to bristle up

And make fine 

The image 

The alphabet 

The reality 

“We’ve only just begun”

Is the notion 

On repeat 

In my mind

“Follow”

A chorus beckons 

No choice 

The Muses have spoken 

x~ J

Image by me: Painter Le Fay from 2016