this morning

Lilacs. Inspired by Stardust's photos last week, I bought some at the grocery store yesterday.
Old journal from a trip to Provence. I was inspired to revisit it after looking here.
New poster from Emma Adbage. I love it Emma, and now it finally has a frame!

morning

I'm pretty sure morning is my favorite time of day. This was my morning. How about yours?

little house outside

necessary evilthe marshsquishing in the marsh mud
crocs are everywherefavorite beach, about 20 minutes away

Now that you've fallen for the little house, I have a confession to make. It is the most buggy place I've ever been. Man-eating mosquitoes live here, as do green head flies and deer ticks. So, when you visit, please bring bug spray. If you forget, we have plenty on hand! If anyone knows of an organic bug spray that really works, please do let me know. However, it is so pretty here, I can almost forgive the bugs. Happy weekend, all!

p.s. way, way back in the beginning of my blog I posted some other interior pics of the little house. you can see them here.

the life of objects

Granny's dresser
bunk beds with polka dots
old horse
on the porch
evening

I got a nice comment yesterday from Bohemian Girl (go check out her blog here, I promise you will like it!) about the life of objects and how they live on after their original owners, to be passed on to new owners and take on a new life. I really like to think about where objects have been, and who they have lived with. The dresser in the top photo belonged to my mother-in-law's family. It's hard to open and close the drawers, but it has so much character we can't part with it. And the horse doorstop has been living in the little house forever...not sure who owned it originally, but it's one of my favorite things.

There are the most beautiful photos here. You probably read Hannna's blog anyway, but just in case, you don't want to miss these!

And give Ester a visit too. She's in Italy. I think you will like her blog. I do.

Happy Thursday, and thanks as always for your lovely comments. I sure do appreciate them!

cool, calm, and collected

Cool: because it's always cool at night.
Calm: because that's how I feel when I'm here.
Collected: because other than a few things from Ikea, almost everything here has been collected from the flea market up the road or family cast-off's.
Enjoy! I'll have more photos tomorrow and hopefully some links...school is out soon here and I'm racing to get some things done before my free mornings no longer exist.

the little house

My husband's parent's live an hour north of us, on the back of a salt marsh, near the ocean. They have a little cottage on their property which was built by my husband's great grandfather, but for many years it sat unused and in sorry shape, and the place became a haven for insects and field mice and squirrels.
A few years ago my husband and I asked if we could clean the place out, and paint it in return for being able to stay there when we come to visit. My in-laws said yes, and a great project was born. So, this week I will be sharing pictures of this little house. It took a lot of work, a lot of white paint and a few trips to Ikea, but now it is just a simple, relaxing place for us.

Into the Garden

Inspired by all the city gardening in Amsterdam, I planted up the pots on my front steps. It rained last night and is warm and sunny today, so I'm off to tackle the weeds that are growing in my yard. We have a long weekend here, with Monday off. I think we may go visit my husband's parents, in which case I should have fun suprises to show you next week. Have a really nice weekend!