the lovely veil of mosquito netting...

welcome to our favorite room in the house.
we spend lots of time out here..
it's not really a room, but outside on the back deck, tucked under the roof, sitting in our adirondack chairs, sipping on a mojito, made with fresh mint from the garden
  and now...
protected from those pesky mosquitoes that can drive one nuts.

i am lovin the addition of this mosquito netting over the chairs!
it looks so darn pretty
and
actually does a good job at keeping the bugs at bay.

and the view, from the inside looking out through the veil,
 is quite
magical.

what is your favorite room
 at your house?
would love to hear about it.

♥
erin

p.s.  will be picking up my new computer in the next couple of days...makes me kinda nervous and excited to think about learning something new!
we have had such a mild and rainfilled july here in tennessee.....the gardens and the gardener sure appreciate it!
so do the mosquitoes.

beach brain 2013

yeppers...got the post vacation blues...
here are some shots of some of the things i miss...

i love, love, LOVE
the beach
so very much.

but i love coming home too.

i love coming back to mr. dan
and big kit-ten and lil miss daisy
and you too!

thanks so very much for stopping by today.

♥
erin

my computer has had issues for 7 months now...
every time i take it to the shop, it acts fine, of course!
and so i am hurrying through this post, hoping it will post, crossing my fingers and toes it will post...
looks like it is time for a new one.
oy.

garden folly

recently, my best junkin buddy and i , traveled up to kentucky, to Pelly's Farm...
i blogged about their farm here...
i always find cool junk up there and this time i came across this little green house made from old windows.
cute , right?
i just set her on an old table and filled her up with fun stuff and lots of greenery.

since i live on a golf course, where golf balls often fly into my yard, i thought i'd better keep the little green house on my deck...protected by the big arbor.
the big arbor that i have been dying to paint the same light color as my deck.
which i did...paint her that is.

here is the arbor with the old charcoal stain.
too dark!

much better now!  light and bright!
with my new garden folly underneath.
a garden folly is a piece of architecture built purely for decoration...

i filled my folly with funky things that i already had...
some white plaster garden art, galvanized pieces, wire topiary and lots of fresh greenery....

love, love, LOVE how it turned out.
hope you do too!

♥
erin

p.s.  i am off to the beach next week and will be happily disconnected...think long days sitting under a beach umbrella, with two of my best friends in the whole world, feet in the sand, cocktail in hand, watching the waves, until the sun goes down....

my booth

i thought i would share with you,
 some pictures taken of my spring booth this past April,
 at Shimai Spring Festival, behind the Loveless Cafe.

i showed some of my spring inspired paintings
and my new encaustic pieces (hanging on the green shutters).
i think the white curtains and aqua crochet piece, hanging on the line made for a cute back drop.

see the big painting there, of a field of queen annes lace? at one point, a huge gust of wind came through and knocked that painting off the easel and put 2 holes in it....
ouch.

and yes,
i even dressed the part!
too bad my tongue is sticking out in this photo (the only photo of me taken).
i am much more comfy behind the camera!

there were not many sales OR customers that day,
but it was another good learning experience for me.

i really want to start selling on line (on etsy)....
i am sure you are getting tired of hearing me say that...i am too.
but
until i get all of my gardens completely in order,
i am discovering, i can not do both...
or do them both well....
i have been receiving more and more messages from the universe...

that indeed, i am an artist

the transition
is the true challenge right now.

♥
erin

p.s.  since my show, i have sold quite a few encaustic pieces and even a small painting at Shimai Gallery!  yay!  affirmation is sweet.