Hello all! I hope you are well! I am realizing that apparently Cobalt and I have a lot of traditions in October and by missing so much due to traveling, there is a lot of catching up to do with what little is left in this month!
This weekend we were busy getting Halloween costumes put together, picking out pumpkins, and buying candy for trick or treaters (which we will actually just be leaving in a bowl on our front porch as we’ve got ourselves a rehearsal dinner to go to on Halloween – J and K are getting married on Friday!!!!! Yes, in case you’re wondering, we will be dressed up in costumes – for the rehearsal dinner, not for the wedding obviously…).
This weekend we also went out to brunch with friends and then headed to pretty much the biggest antique mall I have ever seen. I am pretty sure you can get lost in there. Actually definitely sure because upon entering, Cobalt, J, and I immediately lost The Chocolate Pudding and The Millionaire Space Accountant! Moving on – the antique mall was really fun! So much stuff to look at/be sad about not being able to afford…. My favorite part was this whole corner of abandoned photographs and postcards from around the world. I love abandoned photographs especially because I feel that each one tells a story and I, having just stumbled across it, have no idea what it is! It brings out my creative side because I am intently gazing about how the photo was taken – the lighting, the clothing, the poses – but I am also looking at the expression on the people’s faces to try to guess what they were thinking about! So fun! Anyway, shown above and below are some of my favorites from this particular expedition.
On the to do list for this week:
- multiple experiments (although nothing seems to want to work for me right now) because I have to give a presentation on my research in two weeks
- making a blueberry cheesecake (it’s a slow process with all the experiments and life – good thing each step in the cheesecake making process requires substantial cooling/sitting/whatever time)
- celebrating J and K!
- carving pumpkins
- voting (election day is next week, folks!)
- maybe sleeping? Who knows…
What are you guys up to this week? Are you baking anything epic? Which is your favorite of the found photographs up there? Tell me all!
Potassium Photography 
Love the found photos! Makes me think of Ransom Riggs’ Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children & Talking Pictures. I think it is so much fun to look at old photos and make up stories as to what was happening. I want to go to this Antique Mall the next time I come up to see you! My favorite photo from above it the Woman and her Plant – she just looks so proud (and maybe a little smug…or is she holding back a laugh??)