Purple Water Lilies in Linnean House Pool--Thursday, 11/16/17
Damn, I completely loved everything about this outfit. How do you make a pink floral skirt fall/winter compatible? Dark colors. How do you make it awesome? Moto jacket and kick-ass boots. How do you make it not feel lonely in all its pink-ness? Pink peacock pendant. It's that simple.
*Pink/burgundy/green floral skirt (JCP), $13.99
OCPW: $24.72
More pink/green/flowery goodness from a botanical garden pool. I see a lot of nice water lily covered pools, but the gardeners really outdid themselves here with the plants around the edges of the pool. The lilies are still the centerpiece (you know, being literally in the center) but the overall picture is just wonderful with the variety of sizes, colors, and textures they added all around.
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| Missouri Botanical Garden |
Sable Antelope at African Grasslands--Friday, 11/17/17
I managed not to photograph this outfit which very successfully combined black, brown, and denim. Wearing cognac boots with black tights/skirt is not natural for me, but wearing a scarf with both shades in it helped a lot in giving it that "yes, I'm wearing brown and black together on purpose" look and not the "I only own brown boots" look.
--Black long-sleeved T, blue denim jacket, black and white polka dot skirt, brown leopard scarf, black leggings, tall cognac boots.
OCPW: $17.07
I'm going to have to ramp up my black-with-brown outfit numbers if I'm going to #naturetwin all the lovely zoo animals that wear these colors like a champ. Or in the case of this sable antelope, like a chomp? I know, I know, antelopes don't spend all their time eating grass. Sometimes they lie in the grass like this, waiting to be photographed.
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| Henry Doorly Zoo |
In other news...As a person with a first name that is both uncommon and yet extremely familiar, I was interested in this article in which a woman named Sarah considers the effects of growing up with an extremely popular name. (She could always start going by Sally instead, you know.) Does this ring true?
