Conversational and a face in the crowd

floral fabrics are pretty, and pretty common, and I love them...but conversational prints are my favorite prints.
I especially like ones that have words...I like to read and write....so, yeah.
This is a tiny peek at my collection....I have ones with watches, ships, books, anchors, keys, sailor tattoos, men's pants and suspenders, and a big collection of prints with little kids....

here's a neat link to  AllPeopleQuilt, with a History of Conversational Prints..... 
Conversationals are also known as Novelty prints...this is to let you know it isn't a geometric, an abstract, a stripe, a check, a plaid....or a floral......I do love the florals, and I try to make skirts with 'em when ever I can, and if it's a vintage piece...Oh Boy....
Not a conversational, unless you like to talk to flowers..... here's one with marigolds! I know it's a floral, but what a floral!
fat full African multi-petalled marigolds! I wore this the other day when it was warm and sunny, with a sleeveless denim shirt and a 40s vintage beaded belt.

here's a print of hand written and stamped letters to exotic international destinations....most of them are written by Smith New York 12 NY USA. and...L. Perry S.Paul Minn, and are going via Par Avion, Air Mail.... to
Djakarta Indonesia Paris, France.  Lima, Peru. Scattered around are stamps from Hawaii, France, Indonesia, Hong Kong....it's so darling....

and then, my 4th of July fave....a 60s shirtdress with bits of the Declaration of Independence....Liberty Bells and drums and Ben Franklin-style calligraphy.....

Here's a sailing print...with ships in bottles, tags, suitcase tags, medals, rope, chain, sailors knots....

a 70s sailing and boat theme..........

 The men folk get in on the fun too !!
 vintage boxer shorts....with hearts on.........

 an 80s Jams World California shirt.....

a 50s vintage Jamaica history of Pirates and rum !

and another favorite......a steampunk 70s Art Nouveau print of vintage bicycles and lovely ladies.....I really love any Art Nouveau print I come across ....I had passels of these when they were new in the 70s!

and a whole dress of little anchors...and a skirt of perma-pleats......

and here's another fave...an Alligator print by Nicole Miller...she is a very personal favorite, both for her prints, and her fashion design.
....and who doesn't mind looking at my vintage Porsche.......

a face in the crowd.......

I fell into a burning ring of rain..

fun in the sun. Sunny days.....but as usual ........here in Hell, it's rainy and gray. From the LATimes comes..." a "ring of fire" will appear as the moon passes in front of the sun.
Just about every national park in the West is hosting some type of viewing party or astronomy fest Sunday to mark the heavenly occasion."



Yahoo News says "The advice: Either wear specially designed protective eyewear or attend a viewing event — at a planetarium or amateur astronomy club, for example — to avoid risk of serious eye injury."
on the other hand.......Sunflowers!!!

In the garden and with the camera....

once I get things planted, I take pictures ....because it is so fun to see the growth as the season rambles on......growth is never, ever fast enough......

already the little alyssum and petunias in the pots are twice as big....that week of sunshine, 80 degrees and water really does the trick!

how easy are pansies to grow from seed? Well, these all seeded themselves from the pansies in my pots...here in the side yard....that is all...... scatter the seeds in the early fall, or start them in the late winter indoors....keep them watered, and that would be easy in the fall outdoors right? rain rain rain......

let the onions I planted last Spring to go ahead and blossom.......

work area......that rusty rake head....found that on the beach.
perfect.

Swiss Chard!

I'm not super happy about the shady garden near the garage....
once the flowers and things get much bigger....

butter my butt and call me a biscuit....

yellow fellow....the golden tone....silk and honey.....They call me Mellow Yellow.....quite rightly...

the california poppy and the pansy are this years girl......and the sunflower and the carwots are from last years model....

 pretty dresses....pale yellow with lace.... and a chiffon number with rhinestones!  

and the men folk....a 40s butter yellow shirt, a 70s USDA Choice Dad tshirt.......

A 60s button-down shirt, but with a cooler Tiki 'tude....

Hey Jamaica ! a very vintage 50s rayon Union Jack Pirate print shirt....and a butter and grass plaid LLBean 60s vintage wool jacket....

 
They call me Mellow Yellow......

spooky

sometimes things are obscured, are shady, are hard to hold on to......sometimes things are covered in dirt and rust, and are crowned by a crow. it's all the beauty of the decay....the floating fish bones, the long long shadow, the mist of pasts resurrected.
listening to now.....
"Jesus Christ, girl
What are people gonna think
When I show up to one of several funerals
I've attended for grandpa this week
With you
With me

Someone's got to help me dig...."

Father John Misty lyrics from....
www.songmeanings.net/songs/