This is a short fun post. Hope you are having a wonderful and enjoyable weekend. Ours is going well…..my son ended up not going to his tournament ?which secretly was kind of amazing to me so it allowed me a little extra free downtime, always a huge treat! We enjoyed having friends over, a beautiful dinner out, a trip to a favorite garden center,? a visit to a local farmstand that just opened and today we are going to a few more garden centers and then a graduation party later in the day.
?Since my poor camera (heavily abused) is now officially “in retirement”? I have to rely on my iphone. Just got the new iPhone 5 a few days ago and will concede that the camera is much better than the 4. I did not like the quality of the pictures from my old phone so this one is a step up. Anywho….as I love to take pictures of just about anything and can rival any Japanese tourist I took various pictures that kind of tell a story of my happenings in the last few days. Thought it would make a fun and “quickie” post (quick by my standards). Ready? Here we go…..
A wonderful event at Safavieh…a table too pretty to not take a picture of, love the crudite “trunk”…
?My local farm stand finally opened….what a treat!
Fresh bread getting sliced up for crostinis I am making for appetizers……….
?Basil, parsley and fresh tomatoes….doesn’t get better!
?Fresh strawberries..yum!
?Baby carrots….
Cut up bellpepper in half to serve as “bowls” for my dip
Add a little lighting for some ambiance…..
Light the candles outside on the loggia……
Loving my pillows!! A post on this to come in the next week or two…..
Adding my finishing touches, love the look of baby carrots and a yummy healthy spinach dip made with Greek yogurt…..
?Aren’t these glasses beautiful? Bought them at an antique shop in CT. a while back……
I bought a large lot of them….it was like a crystal glass jackpot, love them!
And of course every get together in my home must include some kind of crostini (we were having friends over)….could easily make a meal of these plus they are so pretty!
?And I got the best fresh figs with the fresh strawberries…they were soooo good.
Bought five of these very large white “Annabelle” ?hydrangea flower bushes….going to have them planted today
Spent a little time by the pool……
This was the original pool house which we have done nothing to other than clean it up, it still has a lot of charm but eventually hope to give it a “facelift”
This extra large lattice planter, (think playhouse size) over 4′ x 4′ x 4′ is getting planted on Sunday
?So excited! These gardenia topiaries that were dying I was able to bring back to life and they just sprouted their very first blooms in months!! This was a thrill:)
?And hydrangeas are bloomimg in my yard, not to say this is my favorite color but they are pretty
?Visited a local nursery………..
?This darling scultpure is of a girl and boy swinging to be hung from a tree….so cute!
?Aren’t these pretty? The beautiful flowers our friends brought us over when they came over last night
?Raised my window treatment in my bathroom to make it a little fuller and I like it!
Finally finished the floor of the small powder room off the library….now waiting for the wallpaper…..
This paper I have had in that little bathroom for nearly a year! I am finally taking the plunge…still love it as much as the day I found it!
? So that’s a wrap of my weekend as seen through my trusty iPhone. Today we have a graduation party and hoping it doesn’t rain! Hope you are enjoying a wonderful and relaxing weekend…hard to believe next week is July 4th! Summer is flying…….
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This is a short fun post. Hope you are having a wonderful and enjoyable weekend. Ours is going well…..my son ended up not going to his tournament ?
which secretly was kind of amazing to meso it allowed me a little extra free downtime, always a huge treat! We enjoyed having friends over, a beautiful dinner out, a trip to a favorite garden center,? a visit to a local farmstand that just opened and today we are going to a few more garden centers and then a graduation party later in the day.?Since my poor camera (heavily abused) is now officially “in retirement”? I have to rely on my iphone. Just got the new iPhone 5 a few days ago and will concede that the camera is much better than the 4. I did not like the quality of the pictures from my old phone so this one is a step up. Anywho….as I love to take pictures of just about anything and can rival any Japanese tourist I took various pictures that kind of tell a story of my happenings in the last few days. Thought it would make a fun and “quickie” post (quick by my standards). Ready? Here we go…..
A wonderful event at Safavieh…a table too pretty to not take a picture of, love the crudite “trunk”…
Adding my finishing touches, love the look of baby carrots and a yummy healthy spinach dip made with Greek yogurt…..
?Aren’t these glasses beautiful? Bought them at an antique shop in CT. a while back……
And of course every get together in my home must include some kind of crostini (we were having friends over)….could easily make a meal of these plus they are so pretty!
?And I got the best fresh figs with the fresh strawberries…they were soooo good.
Bought five of these very large white “Annabelle” ?hydrangea flower bushes….going to have them planted today
This was the original pool house which we have done nothing to other than clean it up, it still has a lot of charm but eventually hope to give it a “facelift”
This extra large lattice planter, (think playhouse size) over 4′ x 4′ x 4′ is getting planted on Sunday
?So excited! These gardenia topiaries that were dying I was able to bring back to life and they just sprouted their very first blooms in months!! This was a thrill:)
?And hydrangeas are bloomimg in my yard, not to say this is my favorite color but they are pretty
?Visited a local nursery………..
?This darling scultpure is of a girl and boy swinging to be hung from a tree….so cute!
?Aren’t these pretty? The beautiful flowers our friends brought us over when they came over last night
Finally finished the floor of the small powder room off the library….now waiting for the wallpaper…..