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The Good Old Fashioned

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April 28, 2016

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The Good Old-Fashioned is a journal that captures the intimacy of halcyon moments in the bucolic and provincial way of life. Sometimes abode roaming in the pantry, between family and friends and often wandering to some undiscovered places. It's in the poetry of the simple things that is found the beauty of mundane life.

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  • Things have been calmly returning to its cycle, just as the vegetables sprout in the garden and trees bloom with the sunlight that has been baffling us lately, all of the sudden. It does make Spring, a more and more welcoming sensation, and I’m looking forward to that as I put on my linen apron. I haven’t been around Instagram much, therefore, I was surprised by the commotion that has been going on here with so many new faces, comments and sharing. I can’t really put my finger onto the why, but I’m glad either way, so welcome. Would love to know a little bit more about you, so tell me everything, and don’t save on the words, I enjoy a good reading 😊 . Shirt and dress by @kidphilosophy . . . #littlestoriesofmylife #momentsofmine #aquietstyle #verilymoment #inspiremyinstagram #thatauthenticfeeling #seekthesimplicity #feelfreefeed #theartofslowliving #postitfortheaesthetic #momentslikethese #alifeofintention #capturingcolour #lovelysquares #theeverydayproject #documentlife #petitejoys #tv_living #thehappynow #simplepleasures #livethelittlethings #momentslikethis #darlingmovement #pursuepretty #farmtotable #todayslovely #poetryofsimplethings #livecolorfully
  • Sometimes I sit by this window with no purpose other than to look outside to all that passes by. It’s like a moving script on a super8 or a poem that is perused and now known by heart. I pretend to read my correspondence. To indulge in a cake. But really, it’s just an excuse to applaud the trifles of this place. The lady carrying the latest crops from the local farm, the old man with his wooden cane walking the dogs. Children playing catch and cats sitting on the windowsill bathing and yawning. It all reveals itself in a very timely fashion. Frame by frame. Every Saturday mornings with no exception. . . . #seasonspoetry #seekinspirecreate #myeverydaymagic #livemoremagic #aseasonalshift #quietinthewild #thatauthenticfeeling #alliseeispretty #poetryofsimplethings #verilymoment #dslooking #ardentfinds #provinciallife #allwhatsbeautiful #lifeunscripted #houseandgarden #autumnmood #lifeandthyme #fallvibes #moodygrams #aquietstyle #theverydayproject #bevisuallyinspired #pursuepretty #littlestoriesofmylife #artofslowliving #liveauthentic #momentslikethese #embracingslowerlife
  • Story update: I did not get the house. If you are in tune with my last post, then I regret to tell you, it didn’t work out. What do I take from this? It wasn’t meant to be, and there’s no need to fret around. The truth is, if you haven’t tried, you haven’t lived, right? I regret nothing, and am very much proud to have done it all to make it real. Something tells me there’s a special thing around the corner, so cheers to never loosing hope! Thank you all for the wishes, you are really the best community ever ♥️ Oh, and happy valentines day 😊 . . . #seasonspoetry #seekinspirecreate #myeverydaymagic #livemoremagic #aseasonalshift #quietinthewild #thatauthenticfeeling #alliseeispretty #poetryofsimplethings #verilymoment #dslooking #ardentfinds #provinciallife #allwhatsbeautiful #lifeunscripted #houseandgarden #autumnmood #lifeandthyme #fallvibes #moodygrams #aquietstyle #theverydayproject #bevisuallyinspired #pursuepretty #littlestoriesofmylife #artofslowliving #liveauthentic #momentslikethese #embracingslowerlife #adelasterlespetiteslandesjourney
  • So, I’ve been exchanging letters with my dream-home owner. He decided to put his house on sale, and although I knew it was a (really!) long shot, I got hold of a pen and decided to do it anyway - the old-fashioned way. Call me crazy, but I am forever the optimist. Thus, one morning such as this, I embedded myself of all the things that cannot be named, that impetus that shape your understanding of life and wrote him our visions, our dreams, the way our old chair fits perfectly in that small corner by the fireplace, and how the light showered the bathroom. A house to live fully, not a house of trivial tarries, I wondered. And then I named a price that was 25% lower than listed. 🙈🤭 A part of me still dreams that virtuous people exist, and money is just an unpleasant way of labeling things. Am I crazy to believe in such a thing? So, going forward on the story, he loved the letter and wrote back, not saying no, not saying yes, but giving hope on that effect. . . . . #seasonspoetry #seekinspirecreate #myeverydaymagic #livemoremagic #aseasonalshift #quietinthewild #thatauthenticfeeling #alliseeispretty #poetryofsimplethings #verilymoment #dslooking #ardentfinds #provinciallife #allwhatsbeautiful #lifeunscripted #houseandgarden #autumnmood #lifeandthyme #fallvibes #moodygrams #aquietstyle #theverydayproject #bevisuallyinspired #pursuepretty #littlestoriesofmylife #artofslowliving #liveauthentic #momentslikethese #embracingslowerlife
  • I’ve walked that shore of a lake a thousand times, always relegating my eyes to the horizon and treetops a few meters above my mind. The waterline meandered slightly and peacefully, between those rocks and soft pebbled dominion, never inclined to make a wave or a sussurous sound of any kind, for that matter. You could name the discovery of this small entryway a result of a fortuitous hapchance. You see, if it weren’t for this peculiar family of new born ducklings, making its way to the water in a rather funny ensemble, I would never have guessed that over that corner was this pastoral portrait waiting. Hidden from the common wayfarer and destined for the curious wanderers. . . . . . . . #littlestoriesofmylife #momentsofmine #aquietstyle #verilymoment #inspiremyinstagram #thatauthenticfeeling #seekthesimplicity #feelfreefeed #theartofslowliving #postitfortheaesthetic #momentslikethese #alifeofintention #capturingcolour #lovelysquares #theeverydayproject #documentlife #petitejoys #tv_living #thehappynow #simplepleasures #livethelittlethings #momentslikethis #darlingmovement #pursuepretty #loveletterto #todayslovely #thisismycommunity #poetryofsimplethings #livecolorfully
  • How perennial. Overlooking that window, spattering petals on the mantle, on the carpet, all over the flooring. Testament of weeks that dissolve faster than I care to comprehend, to grasp and hold with contentment. My mind has been too dispersed to focus, multitasking is, after all, something I am not very familiar, I gather. I’m longing for calm moments, watching the rain fall, hearing the birds call and a book to enthrall my attention. . . . . . #seasonspoetry #seekinspirecreate #myeverydaymagic #livemoremagic #aseasonalshift #quietinthewild #thatauthenticfeeling #alliseeispretty #poetryofsimplethings #verilymoment #dslooking #ardentfinds #provinciallife #allwhatsbeautiful #lifeunscripted #houseandgarden #autumnmood #lifeandthyme #fallvibes #moodygrams #aquietstyle #theverydayproject #bevisuallyinspired #pursuepretty #littlestoriesofmylife #artofslowliving #liveauthentic #momentslikethese #embracingslowerlife

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