officially summer

Today consisted of many "firsts" of this summer:

Mom and I enjoyed our first farmer's market outing of the summer.

I got my hair into my first faux topknot! 

(I've been growing my ex-pixie cut out from last summer 

and I am finally at my ideal length, may actually be a tad longer than ideal length.)

I tasted Goose Poop*..

*see/read photo below

Listened to live street musicians.

I saw a sign promoting a vendor selling coffee and passed it up! 

(This is kind of a huge deal for me considering I am working toward drinking significantly less coffee and getting over my caffeine headaches I've been having due to cutting out the decadent beverage.)

Not only did I experience many summer firsts for yet another summer season, I got to spend a lovely morning with my mom at the farmer's market, in the absolutely perfect weather, purchasing colorful, tasty foods, and observing some seriously cool people. What better way could I spend my day?

outfit details:

shirt-PacSun

skirt-Target (girl's section)

vest-UO

scarf-gift

earrings-Old Navy

on mother's day

This mother's day began with mom and I taking a trip to one of the sculpture parks in St. Louis for an art show. This particular show had over 100 vendors, music, food, and awesomely unique people of many sorts. Afterward, we met up with the rest of the dad, my brother, and grandma and we journeyed (also waiting for quite some time) around Grant's Farm. The weather was absolutely glorious and the company was more than perfect.

 While we were out and about, I overheard a few random tidbits that I found fun to share.

"Mom, have you ever found a four leaf clover?" 

"More jewelry? Come ON!"

"Would you like to see something bazaar?"

"Hey, art is in the eye of the beholder."

"Oh! There's the lady in the blue hat again."

"When we got nothin to do, we go to Grant's Farm. When we got somethin to do, we go to Grant's Farm."

Mom and I fell in love with a father-son run business under the name Palnik whom create these works of art called Eternaloons. I could have looked at their work for hours upon hours. They created these extensively detailed doodles about specific subjects, all equipped with a quirky illustration, with a wide variety of topics from: Find 42 Ways To Manage Stress And 42 Ways To Go Bonkers (Can You Tell Which is Which?), to Free Spirit, to People Named Bob. 

Mother's Day has deemed very special in my life, particularly this year because of the free time my family had allowing us to spend doing things mom wanted to do, rather than me being away at college, or having a dance competition to go to (which always seemed to fall on Mother's Day in years past). It was a day filled with love, laughter, friendship, and the outdoors. 

"Embrace all of your mistakes. Examine them. Learn from them. Correct them. Never run from them." -Palnik