elva fields

oh man. i love elva fields' necklaces. these necklaces make me want to get dressed up in a pretty, simple dress. and one of these here necklaces.


Subtlety Is Not Her Strong Suit


Sweet As Pie


Evoke Joy


i cannot recall what blog led me to elva fields...

family 3

mamma say mamma sa

this is my mom when she was a freshman in college.

i used to have a picture of my mom in a pink gingham bikini on flickr but i finally took it down because of all the creeps who marked it as a favorite. i would see that someone had marked it as a favorite and then, when i would go to their page, there would be no photos. it grossed me out, so i took it down.

i want her boots.

family 2

part 2. again, inspired by the sartorialist.

nonna doing laundry at the walnut grove house.


nonna hanging in the back at the walnut grove house.


nonno at the walnut grove house.


a bicycle built for two: nonno and nonna.


nonna looking cute.

family part 1

this post is inspired by the sartorialist's vintage photo contest.

my nonna, leona colla. the back of the photo reads: leona, wadsworth, nevada, 1937.


leona colla, july 15th 1937


the back of the photo says angie s and leona g. the date is september 16, 1937. nonna's maiden name was gori.


this is my nonno, tony colla. i don't know what year this was. i can't believe how much my brother looks like my nonno.

light posting due to the wire

i've been a bit quiet because we're been watching "the wire" in all of our free time. tonight we completed season 3 and we've started season 4. i'm looking forward to sleeping when we're done with this series.

ollie lately

we've been enjoying the sunshine.



and trying new foods. like dad's chili. 2 helpings of dad's chili to be exact.



grammy came to visit.





and, we got a fish. ollie calls it fishy and waves to it when he walks by.

rainbow