Before I get started on Fashion over 50, I wanted to introduce something new to my blog! I’m going to start adding some videos to my sidebar, so I’ll have my own video channels going here and the first one I want to share is my dad in his garden. I did as many of you suggested and talked to him about his garden and got it on video to share with all of you. Hope you enjoy listening! Just as an FYI, we lived next door to the house they are in now for 10 years and that’s the house that we picked up rocks from the garden. He purchased an acre lot, gardened on that lot and then built the house they are in now which is right next door. So, this garden goes back to the 70’s and the first house, to the 60’s. Lauren is filming the video for us. Enjoy! You can watch here and it will stay on my sidebar too for future viewing.
Hey and welcome to another Fashion over 50! The heat in Atlanta has cranked up to a sweltering 95 degrees this week and we are just trying to stay cool these days. We complain every year about the heat, but somehow survive it until September gets here and things start cooling off again. So, during these hot summer months, I’m all about cool and casual. Glamour Farms sent me this cute cold shouldered top to style and it’s a nod to the upcoming 4th of July holiday. Not exactly red, white and blue, but close!
I styled it two ways, one with white jeans and one with white shorts.
It’s a really cute 3 color top with faded out shades of coral, white and blue. It does give a red, white and blue appearance.
The cold shoulder effect is so cute. I paired it with my white jeans and tan leather wedge shoes.
Feeling Blue top from Glamour Farms (affiliate link)
For $10 off at Glamour Farms on all except sale items, use code Rhoda4, valid from 6/15 through 7/15/16.
White jeans are Rockstar jeans from Old Navy. (affiliate link)
During summer, I wear my hair curly quite a bit. It just gets big and messy with all this humidity, but sometimes that is easier than straightening it all the time.
This is a very summery outfit and I love it! I added some coral jewelry I had with a little bit of gold accents.
My shoes are from TJ Maxx and the brand is from Brazil.
Vince Camuto Torian are similar (affiliate link).
The 2nd way I styled the top was with my long white jeans shorts and my Chucks Shoreline shoes. I’m really loving these shoes for summer. They are sporty and casual and great for so many summery outfits.
Jeans Shorts are by Liverpool, style Bae Bermuda, but they are from late last year and I can’t find a link to it now.
Chuck Shoreline sneakers (affiliate link) – I love these cute sneakers!
Cool and casual and perfect for a 4th of July celebration.
Minimal jewelry and took off the necklace.
This look is very cool for those hot summer evenings w’ve been having.
Hope you enjoyed this feature today for Fashion over 50! Thanks as always for stopping by!
Love the video & hearing your Dad talk about his garden. I think the necklace that you wore with that top really brought the color out. Really fun post today!
Loved this video. what a great idea! Can’t tell you what I’d give to have one of my Dad showing his garden. He always had a beautiful garden and loved it so. I enjoy your blog very much , Rhoda! All the best to your sweet handsome Dad. : )
LOVE the garden video with your Dad and that sweet baby!! I like your hair this way, my daughter calls it her “Beach Hair”, an easy summertime look that’s very flattering on you! The outfit looks nice on you as well!
I love your blog! I just started blogging and I’m over 50! So this post was darling…
Hi, Brenda, thanks for stopping by! Have fun with your blog too!
Your hair looks great! I like it better this way! Your Dad is delightful. It is obvious he is a gardner by looking at his hat! I wish the world had more people like him!
Such a delightful l man your Dad is! Your family is so blessed to have him and your mom – healthy and active! I’ll bet he was a “strapping young man” back in the day because he is quite a hit today! Blessings to you and your whole family! THIS is what we need more of in this country! THESE are the things that matter!
Hi Joanne, I agree with you, my dad’s generation are such hard workers and salt of the earth. I’m blessed to still have them!
Your blog is coming up in column form and the pictures are so small it is difficult to see them. I LOVE your hair curly. It is really cute!
Hi, Patty, I’ve been talking about this issue for a week and still don’t have a solution for everyone. Someone told me they were running ad blocker software and when they turned it off, everything was normal again. Do you happen to be running that?
Love the video, so nice to hear your really cute accent, not used to hearing that in New Zealand. I love to see your dads garden, I have said it before and will say it again, he is such an inspiration to people ageing, proving that exercise and home grown food is so beneficial.
Is that your gorgeous great niece? That heat sounds like how it is when I was living in the UAE, I wonder if it is a humid or dry heat in your location.
Loved your outfit, you are so elegant and such an inspiration to women over 50.
Lee
HI, Lee, thanks for stopping by! Yes, that is my great niece, Parker. She has a new little sister now too. We do speak Southern here in GA! And that heat is a real thing for sure. It’s really getting sweltering hot right now and it will last through August, so we’ve got a few more weeks of it. And it’s VERY humid heat!
I really loved the video and the “realness” of it with the niece saying it’s too hot and your dad just showing everything in his garden, compost and all. Just loved it. I get so tired of seeing perfection in everything and then being left with the feeling that I don’t measure up. Thanks so much for the peek at genuine life, and, what a good life it is. Love the red white and blue top also. Thanks again.
Thank you, Melissa, for saying that! I too have that feeling often in blogland and it’s something that disturbs me greatly, how things have evolved. I like real too and that’s all I want to ever be, so I’ll keep sharing my family in real ways so that you all can enjoy them too. I feel blessed to have the family I do and we really do love each other dearly. It’s not all perfect and pretty all the time, but it’s real.
Oh my word…Your Dad puts a smile on my face! So reminds me of my F-I-L. His garden is amazing. Little Parker is adorable. You are so lucky to have all those generations together enjoying each other.
Loved the video and seeing your family and your dad’s amazing garden! Looking forward to more videos and always love the Wednesday fashions!
Hi Rhoda,
The video sharing your Dad is truly inspirational. My parents were married 77 years and I recently lost my dad. My Dad loved his garden and home. And your video brought back so many great memories for me in my life. Thanks for sharing .
HI, Billie, I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
I enjoyed the video. I wish I had your parents for neighbors. They would make great ones. Your Daddy needs a new hat but I am guessing he thinks he has plenty more wear out of the one he has ☺ Great folks!
Thanks, Lynne, that is his favorite hat and we all just chuckle at it. He doesn’t care at all what he looks like in clothes or hats. He just likes what he likes.