the beach...my love

welcome to my living room...

i'd love to share some of my paintings with you

and

give you a hint of where hubby and i are going!!

can you guess?

i have just discovered a blog that hosts "waterside wednesday" and i would love to join in.

ever since i first vacationed at the gulf of mexico while a tweenager,

i have been in love!

in love with the water,

the open space,

the sand,

the sky,

the freckles.

the beach...my love!!!!!!!!!!

and i will be there in a couple of days.........my heart is a fluttering.

i have'nt figured out the "mr. linky" thingy...

but please go to barbara jacksier's blog for more waterside wednesday...

http://barbarajacksier.blogspot.com/2009/09/waterside-wednesday-bring-home-beach.html

i promise i'll learn about "mr. linky" for next time :O) that is if i don't suffer from

beach brain and if i come back? he he

bienvenue ya'll !

let the fun begin!!

this is the weekend for katie and dan to tie the knot!!

"get hitched" is a better description considering the carriage house reception.

i had fun making these signs for the wedding...

a french and southern theme.

directional signs to help guide the party goers.




i also had a blast putting these beauties together...



katie has chosen hydrangeas and lavender as her flowers.



this gal has great taste. those are high on my list of faves!!



when she asked me to contribute, i was giddy to help out, but the 'annabelle' hydrangeas which i usually harvest and dry were still in the garden not looking too good!




nor did the russian sage...yes, they are pretty now.



but these are the after shots!!



o.k.........brace yourself.............







here's the before shot!



uuggg.......not pretty for a wedding, i know. but beautiful in their own right.



not too worry. nothing a few cans of spray paint can't fix!!



doesn't everyone keep an old fridge box around for just such an occasion?
a spray painting occasion.


in fact I've been using this same spray painting box since we bought our fridge 8 years ago!







so you'd think with all that experience...........



spray painting experience.......

prepare yourself. this isn't pretty!



that i could have avoided getting blue feet!!

and arms,

and face.......



excuse me.

i have a long date with a loofah sponge.

brenda's pots

recently i stopped at one of my clients homes to do a little "tweaking" as i like to call it...

a little trimming back, a little fertilizing, if needed...

and some picture taking ...

i'm very happy with the urns and pots i planted here this spring.

at the front of the house, are two urns which flank the front door to this large entrance.

scale and color very important here as this is the only "punch" out front.

i'm really pleased with the color combos achieved with just using foliage.

formula for a great planted pot=

something standy-uppy,

something round and fluffy,

and something hangy-downy

the potted plants on the back porch have done very well indeed.........



the owner requested a color combo of purple, peach (hard to find) and white...

i threw in chartreuse to punch it up.

o.k..........

you can see my trimmings laying there.

yes, i really do work, even though the view can not be ignored!

love them tennessee ridges! i do, i do.

i think one reason these pots have been so successful is the "drip line" of water from the irrigation system we had installed (you can see the little tube in the first picture...note to self...hide that thing!).

plants need water.

plants need water.

plants need water.

there...i said it.

remember...

something standy-uppy,

something round and fluffy,

and something hang-downy.

good ol fashion walking

it's a beautiful, coolish morning here in the south, so i headed out for a good ol fashion walk...

no 'bose' headphones attached to a fancy i-pod. nope.

no cell phone.

nope.

not even sporting a watch!

just walkin "old style"!

and boy did i feel naked!!

not so much naked really, more vulnerable, i guess.

good thing is...

3 out of the 4 other walkers i encountered were on the phone , so if i needed to make some kind of emergency like "what's for dinner" call (cause my hubby does all the cookin)... i could have borrowed one. phew!

these chics weren't just sporting phones, but they were ON the phone.

who are they talking to at 8 in the morning?

they must be really important people?

the fourth walker, she was very friendly and we chatted about her tiny puppy doing his morning "poop dance".

apparently, this little breed of dog circles in a counter-clock-wise circular fashion...before she drops her poopies.

"they all do this...everyone in this breed."

interesting..............

and cute, as far as poop dances go.

yes..

a good ol fashion walk.

try it.

and here is some really exciting news..........

see how unfocused my photo is?

that's because my Lumix digital camera does NOT have manual focus.........

and although this baby has taken some fantastic shots (everyone that you've seen here on my blog...)

it's time to UPGRADE!!!!!

yippie-skippie!!

tomorrow the u.p.s. dude will be delivering my new 35mm SLR camera!!!!!!!!!

i am so excited and of course a little nervous about all the new-fangledness of the new camera, but hey, i have been figuring out this blogging stuff (kinda) and the sky is the limit!!

so here's to staying "in focus"...

cause "happiness" should always be crystal clear.