Shocking choice, I know!
I’m wearing flats!!!
Author: Tova
Muchness meets photography – day 7!
This is around the corner from my house. It sprouted from a single leaf to THIS in about 10 days.
Seriously. It’s that tall.
Muchness Meets Photography, Day 6!!! – The beauty in the Ugly.
So, I had a hard time with this today!!!
I saw this early in the morning and thought- “Oh! Shiny!” so I snapped the picture.
Can you guess what it is up close?
How about now?
I am going to hold up my white flag for the day. I came up with the idea for this challenge from my own experience and yet, I think know my post is the lamest of everyones. Maybe it’s the Muchness effect… but I was wracking my brain all day and can’t think of something that is around me that’s “Ugly!” I mean, sure there are tons of stuff that’re less than beautiful, but it’s a lot harder to see “ugly” than it used to be…
So I guess, in a way, that’s a beautiful thing?
Muchness meets Photography- Day 5!!
Shoes aren’t supposed to scare me. I didn’t go into this store to fulfill todays challenge. I went in because I AWAYS go in. This store is across the street from my office and it’s where I buy almost all my shoes. Today, I went in because they received a whole bunch of fall merchandise and, despite my budget which means I’ll likely get NO new shoes this season (so sad ;-( ) I HAD to see what they were selling.
Behold:
Quilted and studded
“delicate” mini studs everywhere
Studs on the pumps and studs on the loafers
The shelf: Studs, studs, steel toes and studs
These scared me for 2 reasons.
1- The aforementioned budget.
2- There was no color! And, as much as I like these shoes in theory – they are bold and loud and over-the-top – they are also, well, kinda angry looking. I don’t want to walk around in angry shoes. I want to walk around in shoes that make people smile and say “Oh! Those are so happy!” …which happens EVERY SINGLE TIME I WEAR THESE:
I’m gonna head on over to NastyGal now and drool a bit.
Then I’m gonna go to my basement (AKA: Muchness Command Center) and Muchify a certain pair of boots from last season….
…see… it DOES exist!
Inspiration for a Wednesday
Sidebar: I walked around the drug store admiring the pretty sparkly cards and as i took a picture here and there of the muchy goodness, some curious looking old dude in a security uniform started hanging out over my shoulder. I was amused but also a little creeped out. I tried to shake him by checking out the school supplies but he just continued to hover.
I really had no choice. I spun around and asked him where I could find the tampons.
🙂
PS- this is not my Muchness pic of the day. Stay tuned for that!
🙂
Muchness meets photography- day 4!!!
I know it may be hard to imagine, but I have absolutely no idea which challenge email is gonna pop into my inbox each morning.
So this morning I was actually dressed in my color before I read the challenge. Hot pink shirt, hot pink muchness band and my hot pink and orange shoes! (and my fancy checkerboard pants)
Ya know, there was a time, pre-muchness- I’m pretty sure I didn’t even own a single piece of hot pink clothing. True story.
Other pink stuff:
Sparkly baby boots
Suitcase on the street
My kiddos hats
Sign in a shop window
Men’s underwear art on my wall
A soft n cozy blanket
A Muchness Coincidence… and also maybe a bit creepy…
Last week on vacation the whole family went to a shop on the boardwalk to buy a pinwheel. The girls were really excited.
We’d gone to the same spot last year and Molly picked out a little ducky and parrot.
Last Year:
They were in the backyard all year and got the crap kicked out of them by the winter weather.
As soon as we got home, Molly got to work installing it in the front lawn.
It looked really fun and pretty… Maybe a little lonely in our less than exciting front yard but those fading flamingos are (temporarily) keeping it company:
If I’m honest, I kinda was wishing I had something else there too, just to balance it a bit. But I don’t. So be it.
Anyway, today I went to work. My coworker, who’d also been on vacation clear across the country, told me she saw something on her trip that made her think of me, so she bought it! How nice is that? I assumed it was some sparkly doodad that’s easy to travel with and screamed “Look at me!! I’m Muchy!!”
So she went into her office and returned with an oversized bag. Inside?
I nearly fell to the the floor. I mean, REALLY? Folks- she didn’t know about our pinwheels. We have NEVER had a conversation EVER about the fact that last year we bought pinwheels on our vacation. I hadn’t posted any pictures or comments or ANYTHING that would have made her brain say “Pinwheel? Tova!” And that is it the IDENTICAL pinwheel…
I don’t know… it’s all just a bit TOO MUCH for me. 🙂
Seriously, the only thing I need to do now is yank out those sad bushes that attract too many bugs and install a flamingo garden like the one I saw in front of the Lewes Public Library.
Could you imagine? My neighbors would absolutely LOVE me!!!! 😀
hahahahahahahahahahah
REDO: My actual Muchness Meets Photography Challenge, Day 3
I know… this mornings post was less than emotionally moving. I was feeling stressed about all I had to do today and the fact that I just wanted to make sure I did the days challenge.
Which is really good enough, but in the end, it wasn’t good enough. Because a couple of hours later, I actually did have a Muchness Moment and knew that was really the picture I needed to post.
Liat was overtired and having a meltdown. We were getting into the car and she just wasn’t having it. I tried the nice way, Elie tried the nice way, but ultimately, we just had to put her in, despite her protests. Molly sat next to her and tried calming her in that big sister way but it wasn’t working either… until she reached out and held her hand. And then Liat calmed down. And it melted my heart. One of the things I grieved after we lost the twins was the relationship that Molly would have had with her twin sisters. They would have been just 19 or 20 months apart in age. I thought that if I had another child, either it would be a boy or the age difference would be too great for them to be close friends.
I love to watch my girls together and I love to watch their relationship with each other grow. Sometimes, how they go to each other for hugs when they are mad at Mom and Dad, or Mom and Dad are mad at them, it’s just the sweetest thing ever.
Muchness meets photography- day 3!
Stayed up late last night watching a Lost Marathon on Netflix working and was slow going this morning. Whiny children, lost cellphone, last minute plans, headaches, -all morning.
Finally got to the deli on the way to the street festival.
That first sip was like “oh… Love”… And hence, my picture.
What? Addict?
Muchness meets photography day 2!!
All day I spent looking up. I took about six different pictures that were gonna be my pic of the day and then, at Whole Foods, this:
Sunflowers and white daisies. Right there. Above my head. All the while.