Pale amber sunlight falls across
The reddening October trees,
That hardly sway before a breeze
As soft as summer: summer's loss
Seems little, dear! on days like these.
--Ernest Dowson,
Autumnal
October is here, the second of the -ber months, Bar exam month (Godspeed SULAW 2014!) and a few more days closer to Christmas! The first few days brought with them a lot of rain but I hope this makes way to the cool breeze that makes Christmas in my corner of the world so wonderful.
Christmas and holidays in general make me want to have my own house that I can decorate and make great memories with my family in. I guess feelings like these intensify when a person get's married so here I am, spending entire mornings browsing over different Instagram feeds of homes and interior design and living room arrangements.If you are into interior decorating or you simply love to oogle nice things on IG, here are a few of the home and style accounts I follow on the site.
dreamywhiteslifestyle
designlovefest
crateandbarrel
homegoods
simplysimplify
It's crazy, how things and our minds change so fast when it comes to what we want or what we think we want. I wasn't even seriously thinking about any of these a year ago! Time indeed flies so fast so we better enjoy every second of it, whether it's pouring or not.
And oh, hello October!!!
"Like star dust glistening on fairies' wings,
Little girls dreams are of magical things."
- Sherry Larson
This cute and flowery butterfly themed affair was everything a little girl could ever want for her birthday. With colorful butterflies on perfectly-trimmed hedges, a full garden with an adorable pink bike as the main setting, two (TWO!) dessert buffet tables, three exquisitely-decorated cakes to fit the butterfly garden theme (I LOVE the pastel pink ombre creation with the roses on top!), and adorable little cupcakes with butterfly toppers, any kid and even adults would go gaga. And to think that all this is the work of Alex's mom who is quite handy with events herself. Sheila is the owner of Lickety Split and she does events for a living, which is not surprisingly given the amount of detail and effort she put to make this birthday one of the best for her little girl.
Check out more of this adorable birthday below.
family, family,family, family, family
A friend gave me dried mulberry leaves that I could steep and drink last Monday (thank you, Carlis!!!), and I finally got to make my own pot this morning! Prior to this I didn't know anything about the tree, except that it produces berries that look a lot like cute, miniature grapes. Mulberries are amazingly full of nutrients. In fact, the Japanese have been brewing mulberry tea for years as a health drink. Some studies have also shown that the tea can lower your blood sugar levels, making it a potentially healthy drink for someone with diabetes (more info on that study
here.)
The tea was very good, not unlike the green tea that I usually have in the mornings. Will definitely be including this drink in my collection from now on. Now I only have to find myself a mulberry cutting so I can start growing my own tree!