A Mighty Fine Cape(r)
Caper: verb or noun – 1) a playful skipping movement : she did a little caper 2) an activity or escapade, typically one that is illicit or ridiculous
As it turns out, this word suits me quite well lately. Last week, I was dancing a jig upon the pebbly shores of the Sea of Responsibility, only to be tossed back into the tumultuous tide, and this week I am prancing about in a fine wool cape, hoping no one notices how ridiculously frantic I am most of the time.
I often feel that I take myself far too seriously. Anyone who has known me more than a couple decades can attest to my moody, stern nature. It’s always been a part of me, and now, just one week away from my 29th birthday, I can’t see any reason why this aspect of my nature should (or could) change.
My mom loves to tell people about one particularly bemusing aspect of child-me, and it goes something like this: “When Anna was little, she would play and play furiously, her little brow furrowed in deep concentration on whatever she happened to be doing at the time. Then, without any warning, she would look up at me and say, ‘Mamma, I think I’ll take a little rest now’ and boom – she’d plop over wherever she happened to be sitting and fall right to sleep, just like that.” Can you tell I’ve heard this story about myself a few times?
I still feel this way most of the time. I play (read work) and play (read work) furiously, until I think my brain might break, and then I collapse in utter slumber for a spell. This last weekend was a merciful break from “play”, and I spend most of my time in the astoundingly magnificent garden my manfriend and I are creating, and thanks to breaks such as these, the potential blockages in life’s raging, winding river are broken apart and life is aloud to surge onward.
An Outfit Worthy of Caper: wool cape by Harve Bernard / wool skirt by Pendleton / acetate shell by Spoiled Girls / earrings by Hazel Cox / rings by Lotus Designs / belt and shoes borrowed by Kelly Lynae – all items other than jewelry either thrifed or borrowed
Many thanks to Kelly Lynae for these fine photos
P.S…….as of 12:03am today, I am officially ENGAGED!!!! weeeeeeeee!!
