I love mail.

Something very exciting came in the mail this past week! 

 

Looks like something took a nibble at the corner. :)

I received the first edition of I Capture the Castle (1948)! There are quite a few out there, more than I expected, before I found one that was a decent price. It's in lovely condition with that familiar good ol' book smell. I'm reading it for the second time. I love it's blue tinted pages and its crack! I hear every time I open the book. I know I've mentioned this book a couple times before, but I can't help it. It's just too good.

{Lauryn}

Well, east coast girls are hip..

As promised, I brought a {working!} camera. On Thursday, we arrived at the lake just after someone had vomited in it. (don't worry, I didn't capture any photos of that) So it was at least 45 minutes before we could actually swim. It was extraordinarily hot with the sun beating down. I dug my toes in the cool sand and read. I brought with me I Capture the Castle - one of the loveliest books. Once I'm done I hope to watch the movie. I love looking at the movie stills, costumes and scenery...anyway, I digress. Onto the pictures...

This was the train station in Wolfeborough, I think only trolleys go through it now.

We stopped at Bailey's Bubble for some ice cream. They also have some of the best hot fudge around!

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I got German chocolate cake ice cream with gummy bears. I guess some people might think gummy bears and chocolate is gross. I think it's one of the best combinations ever. Or at least better than the new chocolate & bacon idea. I have yet to try it, but still...who's idea was that?

My brother's ice cream mustache...made me think of Charlie Chaplin. :)

Erin has fabulous style. ;) Check out her purse!

{Lauryn}

Mini Updates

Hello lovely readers/passer by's!

Sooo, summer has finally caught up to me and I keep forgetting to take pictures. I know..I'm such a bad blogger. When I do remember to bring a camera anywhere I soon find the batteries are dead. Therefore, no pictures. I had to resort to my cell phone camera the other day - that will not last long.

Anyway, I've been berry picking, at the beach, sewing, and trampoline jumping. I'll have to show you the fifties style dress I finally finished! I'm very excited to wear it. I have been itching to sew more summer dresses. So, I'll probably start another one soon.

Today, I am going to the lake with my mom and brothers. We're going to meet a friend who's up there and have a picnic and swim. I promise to bring a working camera! In the meantime I'll show you some pictures I took with a fish eye lens - oh, how I do love fish eye lenses! I feel it makes everything pretty and want to take a picture of everything. It was borrowed from a friend who had a old Yashica slr camera.

 

My summer reading list!

{Lauryn}

On the Road Again {Part 1}

to South Carolina!

A stop for gas.

mmmm...breakfast.

A new read! =]

and some DQ!

{Lauryn}

A Quiet Day

Today, I enjoyed the afternoon sun streaming through my window, seldom does it come. Sitting, reading Dodie Smith's 1930's novel I Capture the Castle. It's quite a lovely book so far. I'm only on chapter three. There's something about the setting I like. The Belmotte tower, castle ruins in the moonlight, sitting by the hearth of a fire...also the characters are wonderful. Seventeen year-old Cassandra who writes everyday life in her journal and her sister, Rose, who wants life to be like a Jane Austen novel complete with her knight in shining armor.

{Lauryn}