Apple of My Sky: Pineapples and Rainbows . . .

Dress: Candie's, Kohl's

The bright stuff.

Bag: Kelly & Katie, DSW

Sunglasses: Mudd, Kohl's

Fruit and Foliage Necklace

Top: New York & Company

More momlife minutiae. 

Bag: Mellow World, Kohl's

License plate: Amazon

. . . are two of my favorite things.  And both happen to hail from Hawaii.  At least they do per the state license plate, especially the rainbow.  Anyway, feasting on this most golden of fruits beneath bands of color seems magical.  So that's the mood I'm going for.

That said, I made the Fruit and Foliage Necklace entirely from bits and baubles in my supply stash.  Initially, the pineapple charms seemed doomed due to their chipped crowns.  But I added crystals, making them, in my humble opinion, even more royal.  Because you know what they say.  Necessity is the mother of invention.

Just as rain is the mother of rainbows.

The Desk Clerk's Day Off

Top: Candie's, Kohl's

Yellow flower clip: Capelli, ULTA; Coral flower clip: Kohl's

Necklace: Gifted

The Desk Clerk's Day Off sounds like a really good indie flick or a super annoying cartoon.  As with most things in life, my story probably falls somewhere in the middle.

Not long ago, I was dressed for a Zoom meeting when the husband said I looked like a Hawaii hotel clerk.  To be fair, I was behind my laptop at the time, and he followed it up by saying I looked very cute.  It was enough to make me want to capture this "throwaway" outfit -- or perhaps I should say half an outfit, because the bottom portion of my meeting attire is always pajama pants.  So after I logged off for the day, we took pics against this tranquil blue backdrop.  And yes, I'm closing my eyes in the last one to show off my not-quite-new mint e.l.f. eyeshadow: 

  

As for the hibiscus pics, they're from when we lived in Brigantine.  I must've known that I'd eventually need them for a tropical shirt shoot!

Finally, if I never know what the husband is going to say, then I definitely never know what he's going to bring home.  Check out these white plums and canary fruit he picked up yesterday:

He stylishly staged them on one of his handmade cutting boards.  Because artsy-craftsy DIY -- and self promotion -- run in this family! 

Oh man, maybe this is a cartoon after all.