Odds and Ends

The week that opened with a spell of sweater weather, I ended poolside - the heat of Friday noon lingering into dusk. A wooded perimeter cast long shadows on the open lawn that slopes toward the blue of swimming pools and shrill echoes of lifeguard whistles. It's among those rare places on campus, unexpectedly idyllic and tauntingly carefree. Reluctantly, I headed home, toward a weekend of the usual textbooks and to-dos.

Resolved to finally mend a frayed jacket cuff, I pulled out my sewing box - a button of a yellow, seam ripper in blue, pin dots of pearlescence. It was then I discovered that beauty pervades even the most disagreeable obligations. In this case it takes the form of a color combination I can't help embracing along with the warm weather. Citrus yellows and hydrating blues turned up in other weekly tasks as well - designing a website appearance {upper portion of the collage below} for a new project at work, and day-dreamily browsing Anthropologie's "Open House" {lower half of collage} after signing my first apartment's lease.

The images of bedroom, Bluebird Setting teacup and textile close up of Ardenne Headboard, Libuelle Ochre used in the collage above are photographs courtesy anthropologie.com.