It is time to go jump in the lake or swim in the ocean....

Swimsuits for the ladies....or men who want to look like ladies.....

a maillot, a one-piece swimsuit....the all-in-one bathing costume....so easy.....and everyone looks good!
Add a big towel, the sunscreen, a jug of water, don't forget your sunglasses....bring a good book to read.....
no worries ....and that, is what summer is for, right?



High cut legs, 80s blue and black stripe vintage swimsuit....is ....so.... 80s.

a small - medium, and the pink one is a medium - large.



Pink and black squares Vintage gathered Swimsuit

Perfect playsuit...one piece ultraviolet purple 70s bathing suit

A size Xsmall - small..... and the blue one is size large.


Tiny flowers knit has a deep neckline, and a gathered skirt that has Shorty Shorts..one piece 70s bathing suit

This suit has a deep neckline, and a gathered skirt ....a one piece 70s bathing suit is quite sweet!

Blue with white flowers is a medium  , and the polka dot one is a size small to medium.

Navy with white vintage polka dots this swimsuit is ready to jump in the lake....or the pool, or just hang around with denim cut-offs.

Sparkle one piece bathing suit shines like the sun!
Bronze and gold metallic sparkles swimsuit is a nice change and a different one from patterns and solid black. Reminiscent of those glamorous suits in the 50s....that were all about laying around and looking fantastic!

It's a size medium to large.

water........and......sky.......

Summer Rainbow Cakes

I was blogggg hopping and I kept seeing rainbow cakes....so here !
Since summer is the best time of the year in the PNW...it seems time to bake a pretty yummy cake....to kinda celebrate some sunny days that actually occur for more than One day in a row.

From Absolutely Beautiful Things blog...
To see cute kids making and baking the rainbow cake at the Count It All Joy....blog...click here.

It involves cake batter (duh), food coloring, and small cake pans equal to the number of layers...say, 4 - 6. Some frosting....and ....some candles....some gooey stuff to write neat things on top like EAT ME

and then from Oh Happy Day blog, via Not Martha blog, this little cutie...
The Leprechaun Trap cake....

ooo high concept....This one involves:
Craft, crayons, pretzels, lots of frosting, little bowls, a scale, and little plastic baggies...squeezed into an Angel Food cake pan....yeah.
Set aside a whole afternoon for this one....But Wow!
Not Martha has the whole multi-paragraph instructions.

and a Gluten free Carrot Cake  made from Betty Crocker Gluten Free cake mix !!
........no rainbows unless you think orange is enough color for a rainbow.....

Ingredients list........check the pantry and make a list for the grocery store....the big Safeway, Fred Meyer, and Albertsons...has all this stuff. Click the Betty Crocker link up there for the whole recipe and instructions.

Cake------

1	box (15 oz) Betty Crocker® Gluten Free yellow cake mix
2/3	cup water
1/2	cup butter, softened
1/2	teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4	teaspoon ground nutmeg
2	teaspoons gluten-free vanilla
3	eggs
1	cup finely shredded carrots (2 medium)
1/4	cup finely chopped pecans or walnuts

Frosting------

4	oz (half of 8-oz package) cream cheese, softened
2	tablespoons butter
1/2	teaspoon gluten-free vanilla
2	cups powdered sugar
1	to 3 teaspoons milk
1/4	cup coconut, if desired

sometimes the light....

is soft and dreamy....

a book about the chemistry of funeral body preparation practice, and poetry from Delmore Schwartz

a few cameras, a nudie, and a snakeskin, the monkey dreams, and bowling guy....random piece of a sign that says something about the Denny Regrade.....

the lady and the snake plant....

hats....

the lamp like a golden harvest moon...
crow....

Pretty as Pictures.

from Camp Comfort via the Vanessa Jackman blog, is this lovely pic of  Candice Lake...holding a pair of Converse....like the ones I have listed right now! oh yes.

Here...white Converse at funkomavintage....

And also from the Vanessa blog is Louise Ebel in a fantastic pair of vintage geeky frames....Hey, like the ones at funkomavintage ! awesome !

Big. Geeky. Vintage. Glasses. funkomavintage.

Bathroom re-do.

The bathroom...needs a re-do. With its Reagan-era golden oak accessories, the moldy plastic shower curtain, the hopeless goopy caulk...What's a renter to do?
It's never easy as a renter...always 20 days away from being homeless, living with the bottom of the barrel fixtures, cheap materials, and installers that had no talent for design, carpentry, plumbing or painting.
And, it's easy, EASY, to decorate a big house, but in a tiny house......Every trick I know about making it all look lovely and doing it on the cheap.....to create Delicious Home Gumbo from the Pig Ears and Chicken Shit that I have to work with, and what 99% of renters have, for their "Befores"....
I need Inspiration !!
Good ol' Apartment Therapy..........look !

Here's some pretty pictures....I gotta choose the wall color first and then everything else will be Easy-Peasy. Bye bye mold, gloom and doom !
 Once I get going........then you'll see my BEFORE picture....and the AFTER. It's bad. So So bad.


OOooooooo......Clean bathrooms. Pretty pictures.
I love the pale serene calm.... of course....
having beautiful vintage fixtures is very helpful but I don't have that as starting point.

This is tasty ! like French Vanilla ice cream... & I do have a black and white floor...so, this is a possibility. Of course, this room is exactly the same size as my whole house !

I like this little charmer too. All white with a happy pop of color.

 

White and gray and skulls! White, silver and gray. 

and now for something entirely different !

and if we decide to move into Outer Spaaaaace, this is perfect!

Add 100 orchids, ferns, palm trees and a rocking sound system, this is very near my dream.

I. S. Y. N. Real Life is like a Painting

Here's dude wearing a nifty T shirt from prettypennyclothing on etsy..... and visit our shop, we are located @ 5488 college ave. Oakland, Ca. 94618.

........and here's my painting.

Co-inky-dink? I.S.Y.N.*

Yeah I Know !
I guess that's why I titled the painting "vintage urban Beatnik guy watercolor painting".



*I shit you not

T Shirts. Jeans. Boots.

always with the tshirts....the jeans....the boots....Yeah, but it's a good look. It was just work clothes..dungarees, sailor denims, undershirts, and work boots....and thanks to the hippies, the flower children, the drop-outs, the troublemakers, the war-enders, the kids that got the Go Local and Buy Organic thing going...yeah ....starting wearing them all the time to identify with the working class.

Besides wearing pants that look like the American Flag.....
Here's a thought for the upcoming Independence Day holiday....
There's 3 classes. The Wealthy class doesn't do any work, The middle class pretends to do work, and the working class holds them both up....
Well, thanks to the rich destroying the middle class over the last 30 years,  the middle class now feels like the working class....because they are ! Now. We're ALL holding up the rich....

Feeling flag? Feeling like protesting the Republican party? Wear these pants and be all Abbie Hoffman for the 4th of July !

Abbie Hoffman in his famous American flag shirt ....pic from Last FM.
mmm, I have that black belt listed on etsy, too. not the actual belt Abbie wore...one from the era and that style !

Jeans jeans jeans....

Vintage T shirts !

And then these Neanderthals of Butt rawk....Skid Row, World Tour? my ass. They never left the North American continent....
still, exactly the right tshirt to annoy your Tea Party jackass at the 4th of July picnic....disrespectful use of the American flag....Take that, you Don't Tread on Me idiot!

And a superfine perfectly faded Syracuse tee in navy with orange letters....Nice....

Electric rainbow Las Vegas Parrot Hibiscus vintage 70s t shirt....it's just so cute.

And some boots....and some vintage Converse made in the usa !!

Boots !