reassembling pieces

We are well into our third summer at our wabi-sabi cottage. Although much of the plantings are still the panicked rush of getting plants into the ground before they shrivel in the heat, continual development and evolution has begun in the more established parts of the gardens. The side garden was the first bed established, […]

hobbit house spring?

today, at our wabi-sabi cottage: goldfinches regain their color, delicate buds are under wraps, and seeds are sprouting in trays indoors…

our wabi-sabi cottage

we have had our little hobbit house for about a year and a half, living in it for just over a year. it is perfect for us. it needs help, it needs work. it has cracks, and chips, and wounds from its lengthening life, but so do we. we will love it, tend to it, […]

my wabi-sabi life

the first year with our little hobbit house is almost complete. the fit is superb, the house is as comfortable as it is worn-out, much like my husband and myself. there is beauty to be found in the broken bits of life, hence the identity change of this blog. I have long related to the […]

new year, new home

I am becoming a home owner. An honest, for-real home owner. Shortly, our surroundings will improve, work will start on an amazing dressing room and a huge walk-in closet. And backdrops aplenty will provide opportunities to once more produce content for dapperkink. Until then, here are some snapshots of ensembles I’ve been tucking away. A […]

happy anniversary

Life is full, and hectic. and full of projects to make the new home photogenic, including Dressing Room 2.0… December 29 was the first anniversary for me and my Boo. I wanted to get him a small something for the wardrobe he has been gracious enough to allow me to expand for him. I knew […]

hatter and hare 2014!

Best Tea Party candidates. Ever! This was the first time in my life I have ever repeated a Halloween costume two years in a row, but adding the hatter and changing to a more formal outfit makes a difference. First a private party, with a portable tea party, and then the big gay bar for […]

runway homo

October 3rd opened up Kansas City Fashion Week. For the second time this fall, I walked for the stunning and talented Andrea Minnette Bledsoe, designer and proprietress of Recrudescence Studio. Andrea has broken new ground, electroplating organic material and adding it to her language of found vintage material. She has also started her journey into […]

daily occasions lost in the shuffle

Catching up with forgotten captures: Enjoy. And journey on, my lovelies!

fashion on the fringe

Welcome to my runway model debut: Kansas City Fringe Fest‘s Fashion on the Fringe. A good friend asked my to model for her jewelry line, Recrudescence Studio, as her breaks out more men’s accessories. Of course, I signed on… Photography by Paul Andrews. And… the cufflinks are now mine! Large scale working locket cufflinks. Total […]