happy august!

 it is hard to believe that our mild july is over.
it certainly was a good month for my endless summer hydrangeas...

hydrangeas in an old mop bucket...why not.

can you tell that
blue is my all time favorite color?
and these gorgeous hydrangeas
just make my
  heart a flutter.

i sure hope your summer is going well,
and you surround yourself with the things you love
 in your favorite color.


erin

p.s.  after a bit of sticker shock, i have finally bought a new mac computer.
i have been so impressed with everything from the sleek design of all of the equipment (even the packaging) , to my time in the store and the whole mac experience.

problem is though...
all of my 38,000+ photos (gulp, who takes that many photos?) from my old computer, have been uploaded to my new computer in ONE FILE!
so, i can not find anything and i am slightly freaked out by that.  but, i have a "reservation" at the mac store for some "personal training"...and i am sure we will figure it all out....
ah, learning something new keeps one alive.

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....