Etsy Treasury: Mossy

Antique 1800s Cathedral Waln... WiltsieBridgeC... $1200.00	green quartz argentium silve... DreamsandJewel... $95.00
Sage Green Mink Fur Coat jessjamesjake $92.00	SALE - 15% Off Grazing - 8x1... MaiAutumn $20.40
Misty Morning - Signed Print... Kecky $16.00	Oversized infinity scarf - c... dilettant $49.00
I'll take care of you, f... HouseOfMoss $22.00	Lichen Moss Twigs Forest Col... buffalogirls $13.93
Girl Scout Handbook - Vintag... GrannyPantyDes... $15.00	Floral Embroidery Frames TheVintageParl... $27.00
Green Shaheen Vintage 60s 70... empressjade $125.00	Blue Moss - Triple Wrap Afri... MadRiverDesign... $56.00
Vintage 1960's Mossy Gre... vommeervintage $30.00	Moss Head jillebeancolbe... $10.00
Roll of Green Wired Moss Rib... efinegifts $9.95	Ready to ship soup cappuccin... hughespottery $25.00

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"...Old palaces and towers...all overgrown with azure moss and flowers. So sweet, the sense faints picturing them."

~Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 'Ode to the West Wind'

Most of these items are from shops in my Etsy circle...enjoy!

Preparing for Christmas

Yes, I know...it's early. I don't celebrate Halloween, folks, so this evening I was browsing Etsy while listening to a holiday play list. This handful of vintage and handmade beauties are a few I discovered. These really spark memories of tradition for me...click the images to visit the shops.

More to come...oh, and in case you weren't counting, you've got 57 shopping days left.

The Green Bus

Bus Roots is a green roof system designed for buses by Marco Castro Cosio. Bus Roots started as a way to "reclaim forgotten space, increase quality of life and grow the amount of green spaces" in New York City.

Currently, Cosio's prototype is installed on the roof of the BioBus for last five months and has been going around NYC and even as far as Ohio, and is mostly growing small succulents.

Info and photo credit via treehugger.

Fashion: Simple + Versatile

Back-to-school often means shopping for new clothes. I've been collecting over the summer at thrift shops and yard sales but like these simple, handmade pieces - all found on Etsy - also. Simple and versatile is key for me. Any of these would easily mix into my wardrobe now and for years to come.

Click images for more info and to shop.

Design: Alternative Architecture

Lofted Seaside Solar Home


Floating Metal Bridge House


Cantilevered Metal House


The Minister’s Treehouse - 10 stories, 100 feet tall


Semi-Aquatic Submersible Sea Shelter Cabin

All found here.

Wildwood

We visited Wildwood {Recreation Site and Cascade Stream Watch} for the first time this year...it certainly won't be the last. One of my favorite places in Oregon, on the Salmon River and the flank of Mount Hood and a world away from the concrete jungle.





Visitors have the unique opportunity to explore natural streams and wetlands from boardwalks and interpretive trails. From the Cascade Streamwatch Trail, you can see young salmon and steelhead through a viewing window.



We like to go there just to relax and recharge. There's just no place like Oregon!



Images ~ Tina Pfeiffer, © Apt 3 Photography, 2010.

Wedding + Waterfall = Weekend

Our weekend was a wedding in North Bend, WA {CONGRATS, Tim and Bree--we love you!}. Enjoying comfort food in a country pub {Beef. Stroganoff. Oh, yeah.} Driving many miles on highways and byways.



Standing in the mist curtain of a monster waterfall in a land of ultimate GREEN. Spying on wild peregrine falcons in a nest.



Exploring a railroad museum {photos coming soon}.



Discovering a new trove of antique malls {Kalama, WA--who knew?}. Moving into our space at the Antique Alley here in PDX. Whew! It's been full and wonderful.

Hiking at Wahkeena Falls

We went for a hike last Sunday, in the Columbia River Gorge. We cruised the Old River Highway, and the images in this post feature Wahkeenah Falls and the viewpoint at the Vista House. These inspiring natural gems are less than an hour from home--we are so blessed!

We're making plans for more hiking for the spring and summer in and around Portland and Oregon. Tell me about your favorite places to get into nature...

Images by Tina Pfeiffer - Apt 3 Photography, 2010.

Etsy Treasury: G is for...Green

My thanks to Tatiana of Tatiana Rene Photography for adding my Pagoda image to her "G is for...GREEN" gorgeous Etsy Treasury!  What a lovely collection of items to be featured in.

Have a super weekend, everyone!

P.S.  If you haven't visited my *NEW* blog {which coincides so nicely with my *new* Etsy Vintage Shop--forrestina vintage} yet please come by and say "hi"...read, view, enjoy. And, of course, I would love to have you as a follower over there as well.  Thanks!

Design Inspiration: White & Lime Bedroom

This room could be much too sterile for some but white always conveys simple, soothing and fresh for me. The pop of LIME and the bold, graphic print of the zinnia is the saving grace here and gives it such a contemporary look.

Leave a comment, tell me what YOU think!


Evie Lime Duvet Set - Linda Barker Full/Queen $47 US

FOUND HERE via freshhome.com

Neat Things: Random Green

green world collage sheet - $5 found here



bicycle photo journal (blank) - $9 found here



earth tote - $16 found here



vintage green glass pitcher - $75 found here