day 54: what a wonderful world

day 54: what a wonderful world

What a wonderful world full of possibilities out there. 

Sure, it’s not perfect, by any means, but it is still pretty wonderful… and awesome… at our choices everyday.

Because everyday, we can decide how we want the day to go for us — or at least how we will react to it.  Will we be happy about the 3 things that went right, or angry about the 12 things that went wrong. Will we choose to sing, or dance, or choose not to.  Will we share, or will we keep everything for, or to ourselves.

Pretty wonderful that we get to decide these things, and decide to make the world more wonderful.

For those of you new to this blog …I am involved in a 100-Day Challenge, put on by Wool&  —  Same dress.  100 days. (And yes, you can wash it!) Part of my reasons for deciding to do this was to simplify my life, especially with my lifestyle.

patron saint in training Angelulu keeps me safe.

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What’s in store today:

Lots of rain… which is great, because we don’t have to water all the sunflower seeds that I planted this last week… or the primroses, or the clematis!!  I have Appalachian Flatfooting and Clogging video and blog to do. then maybe some knitting… and I think I’ll make some instant pot buttered cabbage for dinner!

 

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I love this Ann Taylor Loft sweater, nice and lightweight — warm but not too bulky.  ANd it goes with everything.

I am trying to get out of the habit of baggy everything…. mix it up —  some baggy and some snug.

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It’s been a bit windy, rainy, and chilly.  I don’t think it got out of the 40s today.  But for some parts of the country… that would be balmy!

Talk about a wonderful world!

 

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So I just popped an old-school puffy vest from LL Bean into the mix.  I am not sure how old it is, but should outlive me.

I have donated most of mine… but this one, I just had to keep.

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The shoes are by FRYE — and I have them on because I am about to start dancing!!  Great leather soles… also, probably outlive me. Super comfortable.  

And I LOVE these SOCKS –  slightly thick with toms of cush, and great colors. And… they are WOOL!

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Thanks for joining me on my “wonderful world” post.  Stay tuned for the next 46 days of #tracywearswool!

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Be well, and learn something!

–Tracy

 

womderful world

As part of the challenge, I will be posting my daily outfits on blog posts as well as social media with the hashtag #tracywearswool — please follow along — and see all the creative outfits that I can come up with!

SOME OF MY RECENT POSTS:

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Did I mention my Appalachain Flatfooting and Clogging Challenge?? Check it out:

Appalachian Flatfooting and Clogging with Tracy week 6

Appalachian Flatfooting and Clogging with Tracy week 6

Appalachian Flatfooting and Clogging was great this week — between the modules and the zoom get together. It’s week , and all about “moving” steps — and I was sort of all over with this one!

But for me — it is about learning, and about having a good time in the process.  

If you look at my blog, or social media pages,  you might wonder…  why is she doing all these NEW things.  Why all the challenges?  What is up with that??

I’ll tell you.  I think learning new things every day, or learning new ways to do things you already do… helps with neuroplasticity.  It builds new neuro-pathways throughout your brain.  Like maps of a city…. we tend to drive the same road over and over.  But by taking different roads to the same destination, or a new road to a new destination.. it builds and reinforces our brain’s cognitive function.  In short, It helps keep us sharp.

So get out there and drive those neuro-highways!  Or in my case… dance your way down them!!

 

 

 

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Appalachian Flatfooting and Clogging Video – Week 6

This video features moving steps: Lone Ranger + GGC Jumps + Earl   

I had so much fun this week between practicing the Appalachian Flatfooting and Clogging  module that Carla puts out every monday, and the Super fun Saturday Morning Zoomget together were we go over new stuff and old stuff.  I love learning the STOMP step… and think it is going to be a favorite in my freestyle sessions.  And I am thinking I will be practicing that in public — like at the local supermarket.  Now I just need a cart-cam to make videos!

But just to be honest… there was another really tricky sequence… and I just couldn’t make it happen… so I didn’t do a video.  Maybe I will do one midweek, and add it in.

Still working up to longer freestyle sessions… but I have to admit… these sessions are strenuous! Serious… 5 minutes at a stretch is a long time…. just to get through a song… and some of those fiddle songs go on forever. PLUS … if you are doing them at half speed….

Until next week!

–Tracy

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day 53: blue skies

day 53: blue skies

Nothing but blue skies, do I see.

I know we are in the midst of an awful pandemic.  And that a lot of folks are suffering in a lot of different way. It hasn’t been easy on anyone, that is for sure. But I believe in hope for a better tomorrow. And there has a great deal of good to come out of these trying times I see blue skies in our futures. Hopefully, nothing but blue skies!

For those of you new to this blog …I am involved in a 100-Day Challenge, put on by Wool&  —  Same dress.  100 days. (And yes, you can wash it!) Part of my reasons for deciding to do this was to simplify my life, especially with my lifestyle.

What’s in store today:

With blue skies like we are having today, it is hard not to catch a bit of the spring fever.  It is still cold, but the sun is shining, and it feels much warmer.  Time to get some stuff down outside…Plant some more, because you know the saying…. you sow what you reap.  Then knitting, and dancing… and a campfire!

 

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Those sexy wayfarer wannabes are actually bifocals…shhhh. And the nice dark shade are good for when the sun is out.

Ivory Fleece is from REI… and up until recently, was too small.  But I kept it, because I knew things would change.

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It was a bit windy… and I couldn’t decide how to dress.  I first stepped outside with bare legs and a T-shirt over my Woolamina.

Even though the sun was out… it was still in the 40s… so I headed back in!

 

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The sun warmed the world — and it got up to 55, for which I was eternally grateful.  I setted for the current outfit: leggings under Woolamina, Fleece over the top. 

Super comfortable, and easy to peel layers.

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Who doesn’t love a pair of Chucks in a great fun color.  These ones will be perfect for summer… and they match the sunglasses!

Super tstylin and comfortable. Great functional shoes.

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Thanks for joining me on my “blue skies” post.  Stay tuned for the next 47 days of #tracywearswool!

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Be well, and learn something!

–Tracy

 

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As part of the challenge, I will be posting my daily outfits on blog posts as well as social media with the hashtag #tracywearswool — please follow along — and see all the creative outfits that I can come up with!

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day 52: fire on the mountain

day 52: fire on the mountain

Fire on the mountain

Something I used to listen to, and it popped into my sound feed today. Such a pleasant thing to hear it again, after such a long time. Get up get out, get out the door — SOUNDS LIKE MY DAY TODAY!

For those of you new to this blog …I am involved in a 100-Day Challenge, put on by Wool&  —  Same dress.  100 days. (And yes, you can wash it!) Part of my reasons for deciding to do this was to simplify my life, especially with my lifestyle.

What’s in store today:

Gotta get up and get out the door is right… just like there’s fire on the mountain! Off to the nursery to buy some more primrose, and clematis.  Then knitting, and dancing… and a campfire!

 

fire on the mountain

Parts of this outfit, you may have seen before!

But not all together… and not at the same time.

Fabulous JJill corduroy shirt, cream color.   Super comfortable.  It is one of my new favorites, and came from the thrift store!

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Corduroy shirt is from JJill, and is one of my favorite thrifts store finds.

Love denim vests — so great to have a pocket to keep your phone and keys.  And maybe a little money.

This one  is from Cabela’s.

 

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I went back and looked at yesterday’s blog post… and the photos of me.  And, I was right, they really aren’t that bad.

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Keen’s again, super comfortable, and everyone deserves a pair or six.  Other than my dancing shoes, and my Danskos… what else does any girl need.

Warm and comfortable. Great functional shoes.

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Thanks for joining me on my “fire on the mountain ” post.  Stay tuned for the next 48 days of #tracywearswool!

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Be well, and learn something!

–Tracy

 

fire on the mountain

As part of the challenge, I will be posting my daily outfits on blog posts as well as social media with the hashtag #tracywearswool — please follow along — and see all the creative outfits that I can come up with!

SOME OF MY RECENT POSTS:

crazy

Did I mention my Appalachain Flatfooting and Clogging Challenge?? Check it out:

day 51:a little bit of soul

day 51:a little bit of soul

Sometimes it just takes a little bit to make things right.

And apparently, I didn’t have it. Not today, and certainly not when I took most of these photos.

Maybe it was because I was peeved at a situation that I had no control over, or maybe I was distracted. But whatever the reason…. I did not have it.

And I am not being hypercritical of my photos, or my body dysmorphia is not flaring up. I just look … well not my best. Very Meh.

Dumpy. Ok, there, I said it.  But that’s ok.  Sometimes it just happens. Sometimes you have no idea…. and then you see the photo. And sometimes, it can be a learning experience.    Like maybe not wearing those socks with those shoes… with the dress… or baggy over baggy. We’ll just leave it at that.

For those of you new to this blog …I am involved in a 100-Day Challenge, put on by Wool&  —  Same dress.  100 days. (And yes, you can wash it!) Part of my reasons for deciding to do this was to simplify my life, especially with my lifestyle.

Here is a little bit of my first 50 days!

What’s in store today:

Some petty first-world problems that I have no right complaining about… yet still made me cranky pants, and then a lovely drive home to the beach….in which I forgot all about the things that irked me.

 

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Super soft and worn in peri-wrinkle (hahaha) linen overshirt.  

Not sure why it came out lavender in this photo — I blame indoor lighting!  Pretty… just not actual color.

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This was the dumpy I was referring to….. Maybe no socks…. or stockings…. and he shirt unbuttoned…. or something.  

EGAD.

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Probably my own worst critic.

Probably, I will look at this next week and thing…. well, not so bad after all.

Then again….

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Crazy stretchy bracelet that I got from Goodwill… for $1.99, I think.

It just makes me happy.

And so do the succulents in the kitchen… except maybe not the dead one on the second shelf.  UFFF.

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little bit

This is a little bit of heaven — predawn knitting in bed with  my coffee & both dogs snoozing.

Thanks for joining me on my “little bit of soul” post.  Stay tuned for the next 49 days of #tracywearswool!

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Be well, and learn something!

–Tracy

 

little bit

As part of the challenge, I will be posting my daily outfits on blog posts as well as social media with the hashtag #tracywearswool — please follow along — and see all the creative outfits that I can come up with!

SOME OF MY RECENT POSTS:

crazy

Did I mention my Appalachain Flatfooting and Clogging Challenge?? Check it out:

day 50: both sides now

day 50: both sides now

I’ve looked at life from both sides now.

And I still couldn’t figure out which style to pick today.  Part of me wanted to dress up… to celebrate hitting the halfway point of the dress challenge.  Part of me said — you need to do some work in the garden and run errands, so better dress for comfort.  So… I did both.

I started out dressy, and had a fun time with that and making a little video!

 

The Look

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both sides

For those of you new to this blog …I am involved in a 100-Day Challenge, put on by Wool&  —  Same dress.  100 days. (And yes, you can wash it!) Part of my reasons for deciding to do this was to simplify my life, especially with my lifestyle.

What’s in store today:

Aside from pearls and high heels in the kitchen –look out Mrs Cleaver — I had errands, and needed to blow off the patio… and plant some flowers.  And then there was podcasts, dancing, a great zoom with other Dress Ladies, another zoom ukelele jam, and knitting and blogging, and some dancing thrown in.

I slipped into something a little more comfortable for errands, and gardening.  But I gotta say, it was sort of fun getting all gussied up and hanging around the house.

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Faded, pigment dyed oversized long t-shirt… just what I needed for the flip side of my both sides now day!  This one is a bit threadbare, but super soft.

I am super proud of myself. Today, I refrained from going to Goodwill – even though it was senior discount day.

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Cabela’s denim vest has made it’s appearance here before… and I had it on for today’s zoom — and there were a couple of other folks in the same “breakout room” that ALSO had denim vests –Great Minds Think Alike!!

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Shoes are Sperry  — seriously, I don’t remember them ever looking this cool.  And super comfortable.  Great rain shoes here in the Pacific Northwest.

(AND… first day without leggings or tights!!)

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Since I mentioned it… here is a little of the garden!

Thanks for joining me on my both sides now post.  Stay tuned for the next 50 days of #tracywearswool!

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Be well, and play on!

–Tracy

 

both sides

As part of the challenge, I will be posting my daily outfits on blog posts as well as social media with the hashtag #tracywearswool — please follow along — and see all the creative outfits that I can come up with!

SOME OF MY RECENT POSTS:

crazy

Did I mention my Appalachain Flatfooting and Clogging Challenge?? Check it out:

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