Mom-Day Puzzling in Red and Blue

Welcome back, my friends! I bussed out to visit Mom and we had a lovely time on a walk in her neighbourhood, followed by pizza and working on the murder-mystery jigsaw puzzle. 

I needed a chill day like that. Thanks so much for having me over, Mom! I love you. 

Lots of pictures to come, but first the outfit.

I'm being ruthless with my dresses this summer - many of them are just so-so and not absolute favourites. However, this dress is NOT one of them. 

• Silk dress - Proenza Schouler for Barney's New York, thrifted; last worn here
• Leather sandals - Geox, thrifted; last seen here

It's a swing dress shape, with a slight belling flair at the hem and cuffs. 

It's two different blue and red fabrics, mirroring and swapping with each other. 

Incognito in my scarf. 

I layered a cami and wee cotton shorts underneath. 

The stuff: 

Everything here was thrifted! 

• Leather purse - Danier Leather, thrifted
• Silk scarf - Halston, vintage 70s, thrifted

Minimal bling:

Nothing too heavy.

• Silver/obsidian cube bracelet - Mexican, consignment, Sidney
• Silver/obsidian link bracelet - consignment, Sidney
• Silver chain ring - Mexican, consignment
• Silver loopy ring - consignment, Sidney
• Plastic clip-on earrings - West Germany, vintage 80s, vintage fair

The boys flopped out on the deck, where the tiles are cool. 

Don't get up or anything. 

I'll be home tonight. 

I can see they are distraught! 

I snapped a picture of the store frontage at my bus stop. It's all Art Deco tiles - this window is the Odd Fellows lodge, and Rose's Jewelers used to be beside it. 

I'm glad so much of it is still intact. 

I arrived at Camosun College and walked up the hill to Mom's place.

That guy walked a lot faster. I like how the trees loom over him. 

The stick tree. 

Those white flowers are blackberries. I'll have to remember to bring a tub for picking in a couple of months. 

I got a new bird on my Merlin app! 

So exciting! 

I arrived at Mom's and checked out her garden. 

The blueberries will be ripe in a week, maybe? Yum! 

And the salmonberries too! 

You don't see those very often. About them here (Wiki link 'cause I love).

A luscious bunch of purple irises.

With two lavender ones! 

Mom showed me her progress on the "house cards" for her neighbours. 

The top left is the work in progress, with her template below and original picture on the right. 

Same here, different house. 

The middle one will be the actual pen & ink/watercolour. 

We headed out for a loop in the paths beyond Mom's street. 

It was a pure blue sky. 

The fields were high with grasses and tall daisies. 

We saw very few people, and the air was full of a very loud spotted towhee. 

We sat for a while at the benches on the boardwalk, enjoying life and our time together. 

I love this picture. 

Mom's necklace was from Joyce, her dear friend Kathy's mum (I also have things from Joyce). 

Even her sunglasses match her pants. So styling! 

A buttercup coming up between the boards. 

Hello! 

Looking towards PISE.

All the daisies. 

Time to head back.

I'm hungry! 

We split a pizza, then worked some more on the murder mystery puzzle. 

It's so rewarding when you figure out where a section goes - there's no picture to go by! 

Lots of progress! 

Save some for me, Mom! 

This is the puzzle for those of you who were interested. 

Thumbs up from both of us! I don't really care about the mystery - we started reading the booklet, but it's LONG, and I just wanted to get to the puzzle! 

I got home to someone with a case of Flop-Butt. 

Hot enough for ya, Whateley? 

I nearly missed Barnabas. 

He blends in to Angus. 

Say "Bye for the weekend!" boys! 

"No."      "I want to nap."

Well, I'll have to do it myself then. Have a marvelous weekend, Gentle Readers! I'll be back on Sunday with Tales of Adventure! Thank you for being here.