{a Tuesday morning question for you}

zoom zoom zoooooom...........

{Our Port Townsend Day}

home we are

{just a wee peek of one of our days away}

hope to visit you all soon

xox

{camp food}

{still camping and eating lots of yummy s'more treats}

which ones do you find irresistible?

ours look like the ones on the top left

{all images Martha Stewart}

xox

hope you are having a great week

{hi ho...Hi HO...it's off to camp we go}

{our camping dishes are packed}

{our ocean beach front is waiting for us}


{our favourite place in the world to camp is calling our name}
yes we tent...my husband would not have it any other way
now if it was up to me I would be in at least a five star trailer
oh well I'm a good sport about it all...seeing he does all the camp cooking




off to DeceptionPass on Whidbey Island for a few days
....see you soon
xox

{floating away......}

staying cool requires eating

lots of these

and spending time here

There's a time in each year

That we always hold dear,

Good old summertime......

Red Shields, lyrics.."In the Good Old Summertime {1902}

The only way to cool off this weekend

is a float in the lake

{image....my daughter and her friends}

Hope you are enjoying your weekend...

It's a hot one here...

so I will be floating

and eating Popsicles

all weekend long...

please come join me!

{i have a pink floaty with your name on it}

What's your favourite Popsicle?

mine....raspberry {and root beer}

xoxoxo

{my dishes are in bloom}

I have been filling my home

with all things rosie

{fabrics and accessories}

velvety hues

that I can not get enough of...
perfect for

Friday Pretties

{visit Joyce at I love pretty little things for more pretties}

Happy Friday

{hugs to you all}

{peach pie for dinner tonight!}

have a peachy keen day

{any thoughts on who should win
So You Think You Can Dance
tonight?
my pick...Robert!}

{milling around and mucking about}

free to wander

roam

meander

stray

drift

dawdle

stroll

those have been my feet this Summer

but

Summer is not over until it is over

so off I go

gallivant

cruise

saunter

toddle

sashay

just a wee bit more
{xox}

hope you can do the same

{follow the sunflower...}

{sunflowers are mid-summer gifts}


{take note...try to keep your face to the sun today}

always thinking positive..removing the negative
xox

{a recipe for a blissful belly and dancing taste buds}

start with

a blue basket filled with red jubilant berries

add sugar...lemon...and tons of love

...making sure you have enough to share



keeping some for yourself...
this is where

my belly becomes blissful
and
my taste buds start to dance
fresh raspberry jam...on toasted sour dough

Heaven!
{really nothing in this world can compare}

come on over....a jar is waiting for you!
xox

{Gone Fishing..just for today }

PLEASE

No calls today.....no time to chat

I am taking the whole day off

Putting up my feet....reading from dawn to dusk

stuffing my brain with loveliness

Just received a package in the mail

from my sweet friend

Saskia

A few special magazines from the

Netherlands

{we did a magazine exchange....so so fun...

Saskia may be preoccupied for awhile too}

Don't you just love

summer

good friends

and

days when you can hang that

Gone Fishing

Sign

on your front door

and pretend that no ones home

xoxox

{my Summer list of ..."do its"}

play more
get my hands dirty

touch the earth

sow the right seeds

believe in myself

think

worry less
create impact
turn over rocks along the seashore
risk
become
dare

power nap
dive in
read every day
harvest my thoughts

believe the impossible
do what I love
dream big


{i have 2 months and 2 weeks to "do it"..starting right now}

xxx

{razzle dazzle}

{delightful}

{dazzle}

{delicious}

This is our Summer drink of choice

a little bit of Rose's Cordial in a glass

top off with some Club Soda

add some fresh Raspberries for

the 

razzle dazzle

xxx

Happy first day of Summer

  

~ Its all started with an oh so pretty plum ~

What can you do with a single oh so pretty plum?

....add a few more oh so pretty plums into the mix


.... add a sprinkle of this and that!

Surprise!

{better with a dollop of whipping cream on top}

I made something else today as well

{something you can not eat}

stay tuned

DIY

next post!

~ refreshed...restored...and ready to go ~

please

come for tea

and

sit with me

I have

a

"secret place"

to share

with you

today

a place

that restores my

soul

and

gives me back

my

peace

and

harmony

my favourite resting place in the whole world

Deception Pass

on Whidbey Island

where time is spent

watching the sunsets each and every night

sitting for hours upon hours on the beach

listening to the ocean waves

feeding the squirrels

collecting rocks and sea glass

counting the fishing boat

spotting the seals ....

restoring

me

where silliness is welcomed

and

laughter is required

where
mother

daughter

time

is

so

preciously

savoured

and

enjoyed

I am once again

refreshed and ready to go

thanks

to my

"secret place"

{stay tuned for part 2...my secret shopping place...."where bunnies live and give glad dreams"}

~ full of peaches ~

bluebird notes

is

home

and ready to get back at it

had a great visit with my mom and dad

where we celebrated

their
amazing peach crop

{i must of ate at least 100 peaches}

now i am off to get caught up with all your lovely blogs

~ everything goes with ice cream ~

Cute fashion finds + luscious ice cream treats =

Old Fashion Summertime Fun

Which sweet combinations will you pick today?

*fiesta flavoured ice cream + cool flirty frills*

{ice cream google image...dresses once wed}

*berries and cream + irresistible pompom clutches*
{ice cream cannelle et vanille

clutches anthropologie}

*turquoise sprinkles on pretty pink cream + adorable girlie pumps*

{ice cream my image....shoes once wed }

*vanilla bean + powder blue polka dots *

{ice cream google images....bag cath kidston }

*luscious raspberry sorbet + dreamy summery frocks*

{sorbert cannelle et vanille....frocks cabbages and roses}

remember
everything goes with ice cream

~~~

Special thanks

to

the lovely

Danielle

from

Brown Eyed Gal

for presenting me with

not one

BUT

two

awards!

{spread the love award & i heart this blog award}

Please check out amazing her blog


~~~

I am off on a road trip for a few days again!

see you early next week

HAPPY BC DAY

to all of you that live in British Columbia

HAPPY WEEKEND

to the rest of you

xoxoxo

~ a bit of this and that today ~

bonjour

i am back

refreshed and ready to blog

thank you for all the lovely comments left on my blog while i was gone

they made my heart sing

i will try to visit you all in the next few days

{if you leave a comment i always try to visit you back and say hi }

~~~

somethings i want to share with you today

these are some of the fun items sitting

on my coffee table at this moment

{above image}

i am always changing my table depending on what i find

what do you have on your coffee table today?

{bluebird/blackbird plate from my friend colleen....robin egg shell found on my patio [to my up most delight]...beautiful tags from faded plains...ceramic # balls found at stella bleu}

images from my time away

spending a few days on Vancouver Island will relax anyone


beautiful Victoria, British Columbia
we always stop at Chinatown
and the Beaconhill drive-in for the best ice cream ever



Now i may have a gift for you

Let's Pay It Forward...are you game?

Karyn of FRENCH CHARMING is making me a treasure!

I get to do the same for five new friends.
She found this wonderful way to pay it forward through Angelpea at keeping the faith.
I will send the first five people who respond to this post a little treasure.
It will be made with love, that I can promise.
It will be just for you from me.
I am willing to send my package overseas (I am in Canada), but remember, you must commit on your blog to do the same for 5 others.
I make no guarantees that you will like what I send you, but you may be pleasantly surprised.
It will definitely be hand crafted.
What I send will be just for you, with love, by my own hands.
I will complete all 5 gifts this year - 2009
I will not give you any clue what it is going to be, it will be something made in this world, something that you can touch and feel, and not something cyber.
In return all you need to do is post this text on your blog and make 5 things for the first 5 people that respond to your blog post.
Please leave me your email so I can contact you and get your mailing address.
Everyone is welcome and it doesn't matter what you hand craft.
I guarantee that you will receive something from me providing you do the same for 5 other people in your blog post.
If you would like to join in and 5 people have already agreed to participate on my blog, go stalk the blogs of the first 5 who responded until they post their Pay It Forward and get on their list.
I am thinking how much fun this will be!
I have never done anything like this before so I thought.. Why Not?
Remember you have tell the end of this year to make the treasure!
I have some great ideas of what I want to make
and it will be all packaged up beautifully
i promise

Are you willing to Pay IT Forward?
come on
please...please!

~ camping ugly turned camping cute? ~

off camping for a few days

my cute camping dishes are packed

they are the only cute camping gear we own worthy to be shown on my blog

we have an

ugly tent

ugly sleeping bags

ugly camp cots

ugly camping stove and cooler

ugly everything else

you get the idea...sometimes camping is just ugly

especially if it rains which it seems to do quiet often when we camp

i am slowly trying to push out the uglies and add the cuties

by introducing all things "camping cute" to my husband

{ha ha....will never work...can't see him in a floral sleeping bag and tent}

like this gypsy caravan
do you think my sweetie will go for it?
sheep included?

{country living british edition sept. 2005}
{check these sweeties out here}




my sweet tooth even comes camping with us
it is a must to have smores around our campfire
how cute are all of these
{ours are never this perfect... but ours do taste yummy and look pretty cute on my red and white polka dotted plates}

{all from martha stewart}



this is my idea of a good time
piled high smores
{google image}





now these little fellows are adorable as well
{found here}
we only get the real ugly ones around our smores
ugly ugly ugly

all kidding aside
i am kinda looking forward to a few days away
my husband does everything
cooks
cleans
puts up tent
takes tent down
all i have to do is look cute drinking tea from my polka dotted mug
See you went i get back!