Fall is here.  This time of year I tend to wear my polka dots dresses more often.  They are black with white dots and in the summer I mostly avoid wearing black.  When I was younger I associated polka dots with freedom.  They are zany and fun!  I prefer to wear my black dresses with red to brighten them up.  My friend Angie Delacroix came and took a few pictures of me.  A few of them are in this post.  I forgot to put a necklace on it one!  I have to get more used to all this posing, etc…   I also am trying to learn to use the tripod.  A few of my pictures are in this post as well.   I will get the hang of this with more practice!  I am still having trouble getting a full body pose.  There is a lot to learn having a blog; slowly but surely I think I am getting it!

I haven’t had much time to write so today I will post a poem by John Reed that he wrote for his wife Louis Bryant.  I think it is a beautiful poem:

A Letter to Louise

Rainy rush of bird-song

Apple-blossom smoke

Thin bells water-falling sound

Wind-rust on the silver pond

Furry starring willow-wand

Wan new grasses waking round

Blue bird in the oak..

Woven in my word song

White and slim my lover

Birch-tree in the shade

Mountain pools her fearless eyes

Innocent all-answering

Were I blinded to the spring

Happy thrill would in me rise

Smiling half afraid

at the nearness of her

All my weak endeavor

Lay I at her feet

Like a moth from oversea

Let me longing lightly rest

On her flowers petal breast

Till the red dawn set me free

To be with my sweet

Ever and forever…

Picture by Angela Delacroix

The polka dot dresses are thrifted.  The red cashmere sweater above is vintage.  The black polka dot skirt with red, pink and white dots is also something I found thrifting. Black tank with it was second hand.  The red shoes I found in a resale store. Antique brooch is vintage.  The grey pearl necklace is from a discount shop.  I really dig those grey pearls!  The bracelets are both ones I made.  Only new items were stockings and the red sweater at the bottom which is several years old by now.  My black boots were a gift.

I have seen a lot of women running around wearing these little bows and vintage looking accessories in their hair.  So I bought this little polka dotted head band.  Vintage blue sweater in that picture.  Vintage Heidi picture from my childhood.