On the front porch

 

 

Dress: Old Navy, thrifted;

Shoes: Tayla platforms, Target;

Red belt: Ann Taylor Loft;
Ship necklace: Beacon's Closet.

When I get home, it feels so good to get out of work clothes and into something much more comfortable and livable. It's liberating to be able to wear clothes that I think express my identity, instead of black work ensembles that are just thrown together.

I did get the nerve to walk up on the farm's cabin porch Thursday afternoon, but it still felt so...macabre. Visitors are allowed to walk all over the farm property, because it's now a county park, but I kept expecting a gust of wind or something to knock me down when I stepped on the porch. It felt like I was intruding on someone's property, except no one's lived there for more than 70 years. The door to the cabin is locked, but I've played around in my head about what's inside except for the period furniture and blankets. Buried treasure under the floorboards? The answers to the universe etched on the other side of the door? Some crows were keeping watch over the fields during our shoot, and it just made our daily visit all the more surreal and eerie. At least the photos turned out well.

This dress was a recent thrift find. I think being at the farm park so much is beginning to affect my sartorial choices, because when I saw this dress, I thought it was perfect in that Southern Gothic kind of way. It's hard to believe that it was originally from Old Navy, because it definitely looks like it was made during a much earlier era.The color of the dress is olive, with a print of white leaves all over it. I feel like a character from a William Faulkner novel when I wear this dress. 

I hope you all have a lovely weekend! 

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