Yearendstagram

This swiftly moving month of December in pictures. 

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Fall-stagram!

A look at what autumn has been like for me & Dear Golden; and to think, there's still a lot of autumn left! 

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Weekend at Windy Knob

It's not easy to come back to "real life" after a pretty perfect weekend at my friend Molly's house, Windy Knob.  The property is 16 magical acres in Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula with barns, a chicken coup, garden, pear trees, lake views...I could go on but suffice it to say I have a major crush on the place, in every way. The house is a total dream both inside and out. The weekend was spent lounging, listening to records, barn-swinging, fool-actin', hysterical laughter, friendship bracelet-making and finding some exceptional vintage at an estate sale. 

Lately, in pictures.

An Instagram view of things lately in the Dear Golden world. 

Cali-stagram

The last week was spent in Los Angeles, one of my favorite places. While it seems like we were there forever it also seems like it went by in a blink. We stayed with friends and then in a sort of ramshackle yet magical "treehouse" where we shared a bathroom with the most adorable little frog, yes, he hung out the entire time we were there, I sort of wanted to bring him home. I shopped the giant Rose Bowl Flea market buying some great things for the shop, laid on the beach and watched the surfers, hiked with a very dear old friend, ate some of the yummiest meals ever, snuggled with a sweet dog named Ida and made a new friend of the the seriously charming Rodellee of Adored Vintage. I'm already scheming as to when I can make my next trip out to the west coast...

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Insta-lately

Insta-spring! What you'd see if you followed the Dear Golden Instagram feed. 

Have I mentioned how much I love Instagram  - like nobody's business!

Springstagram

Life through the lens of my phone, once again. 

To follow Dear Golden on Instagram is to see lots of sneak peeks, newly listed items the moment they are added to the shop, some drinks, some cats, my travels and every now and again, my face. 

Lately-stagram

Some bits of my world lately as seen through the lens of my camera & filtered through the technology of Instagram. 

Autumnsofarstagram

 

A peek at what's been going on in my world this autumn, a season that is far too brief, in my opinion. You can live someplace where it's always summer, you can live someplace where it's always winter, you can even live someplace where it's always spring (-like), but you can't ever live anyplace where it's always autumn; perhaps that's why it is a season so much beloved. 

All these are from my Instagram where I often post things before they make their appearance in the shop or even Facebook, SO, if you're inclined, follow DEAR GOLDEN on Instagram! 

Michiganstagram

Michigan is an amazing state - not to mention a huge one. Last week we drove 8 hours to Lake Superior in the upper peninsula for five days of not much more than hiking, road biking, eating, reading & sleeping (outside of hunting there REALLY isn't much more to do up in the upper peninsula). The trip was a wild success insofar as we excelled at all the aforementioned activities. While I expected all of that, I did not expect to drive home with 5 garbage bags full of pretty amazing vintage in the car - I swear I wasn't hunting vintage on my vacation this time, it literally found me! 

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so long summerstagram

The inevitable is here; with this weekend's Labor Day holiday the summer officially comes to a close. Sure, there will still be warm & sunny days, but that je ne sais quoi of summer will have passed...sigh...I must lament for I am certain I haven't taken full advantage of the season. Tonight, as I was leaving the shop, I vowed that NEXT summer I would work less and enjoy summer more. Thankfully, I did get some trips in, even two to northern Michigan! Taking Instagram pictures makes one acutely aware of just how fast time passes, it's like a visual diary, at least for me. So here's the last of summer in my world, and I will say I am very much looking forward to autumn, if only it wasn't so closely followed by a seemingly endless winter...

art imitating my cat

 So this post is a little self-indulgent, I admit it. But if I can't self-indulge a little on my own blog, then where in the heck can I? And so, this post is just a little illustration of how, so obsessed I am with my little cat Ella, that I even choose house decor that IS her very colors. This isn't intentional, I notice(d) it after the fact. The pottery was collected from thrift stores and also a this ceramic artist  in Leland, Michigan whose work I instantly loved when I was recently up there on vacation. Below are some shots I took in his shop.