After dropping my youngest son off at work experience I swung by my old childhood neighbourhood to take my photos this morning. This is a stretch of beach I’ve always loved walking along; it soothes my soul and recharges my batteries and all that jazz. Not sure if its just the childhood memories, but being around water and the beach is somehow necessary to my well-being. Where we live now is (not coincidentally) also on the water, just twenty minutes up the road.
When we lived in rural Pennsylvania, USA a few years back, the lack of a coastline brought home to me how important having one was to my state of mind. I wonder if people brought up in other environments feel the same way about their surroundings…
I posted about this outfit here recently, but Mum rightly commented that wearing a cardigan over the top (as I did because it was a bit nippy that day) means that the outfit cannot be seen clearly, so here it is on its own. Its actually getting a bit washed and worn; the fabric is so thin in some places I accidentally ripped it by treading on it’s hem taking these photos, a quick repair job and then maybe off to the Samaritans’?
Other details:
Top; McCalls 4454 view C
Skirt; Vogue 7880 view B,
both in sage green self embroidered cotton and edged in black rolled hem
Thongs(flipflops); some little shop in South Africa
Bag; Gucci
It always takes another or cameras eye to remind us of the beauty in our back yard. In my case both the foreshore and the model.