Adventure Awaits

Sometimes an ensemble and a backdrop are just meant to be together. Where am I exactly here? Perhaps just around the corner from the treasury at Petra? In an outcropping overlooking the sphinx? Nope, it's Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs.

Truly a remarkable place all its own! See some more photos of this gorgeous natural phenom in a very old blog post from me here.

I wore my natural colored linen bolero suit for a wander around the park. This time I paired it with a ivory rayon blouse I picked up a few years ago thrifting, my favorite ivory straw hat, and the ever gorgeous Evelyn heeled oxford shoes from Royal Vintage Shoes! These shoes are just the most perfect adventure ready vintage style heels a gal could ask for. I couldn't have dreamed up a shoe more suited to safari/adventure/explorer style ensembles!

I recently picked up a few vintage printed tin Japanese made brooch pins in the shape of cicadas and green beetles and pinned one onto my collar here for some extra "biologist abroad" vibes. Real cicada are terrifying and yet fascinating to me in equal measure. I've never seen one live (I think I would die of fright), but I also sorta like the loud sound they make in the summer breeze and they are indeed very interesting creatures-- even if my fear of insects also has me recoiling from even just photos of them! In jewelry form however? No problem, jeweled faux insects are the only kind I can tolerate after all.

I am craving a bigger adventure real bad these days, but sadly neither my bank account nor my older car are up for either flights or road tripping. So local adventures are the only kind I can get up to, other than the journeys available in a great book or a very good film of course. What is your favorite adventure film?

Suit: Made by me
Blouse, Hat, Clutch, & Jewelry: Vintage
Shoes: Royal Vintage Shoes