broad stripes...bright stars...that's the spirit!

good morning, long holiday weekend!

via

it's the perfect day to wrap onerself in bright stars after a morning sugar scrub!

via

are you setting the table for a family picnic in the sun?

via

you might be "dolling up"  for a late springtime performance
of Coppelia! (love the nude shoes)

via

lately, i'm digging Sperry! have you visited their site lately?

    today, i will be wearing my blue jeans, and pinning the stars and stripes to
 my SWEET market bag. Mr D and i will be hitting the local farmers market(s)
and picking up the easel for the flat screen.  we're also going to this kookie
furniture store called The Cannery. they feature some v e r y   i n t e r e s t i n g  items.

most times, i cannot find anything that appeals to me, but last year i was quite taken this
piece! perfect rustic French bread.(something totally unexpected for The Cannery.)
we did not buy it, but it was fun to photograph.
they have free hot dogs and soda today! i will go expecting the unexpected! 


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Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May. It was formally known as Decoration Day and commemorates all men and women, who have died in military service for the United States. Many people visit cemeteries and memorials on Memorial Day and it is traditionally seen as the start of the summer season.


i wear this holiday's colors with spirit, with pride, 
with gratitude, and...
withLove.

May's pink story...

once a month...

 it's my pretty way to remind you 

to take 5 and check on the girls.

Mr D and i will be visiting the farmers markets this weekend. 

we will be shopping for the garden and the farm table!

our easel is ready to pick up at Seldens.

{ to my American friends,
i wish you sweet memories and safe travels 
on the holiday weekend .}

withLove.

~image from my pink ribbon board here~

no dessert recipe today...but there is some sugar to share!

                                               ~ i had mentioned in yesterday's post, that i was

going to share an easy dessert  today. i ended up not 

making it!  (we still have chocolate chip cookies in the cookie

jar that need to be consumed.) i'll make the crazy, 

experimental dessert this weekend, and share soon. 


blog           sugar
meeting       gracious,
giving hearts, every
time you sign on. 
pretty sweet! it
 makes my

day!


some of you have sent me some pretty
creative keepsakes. i have mixed them with
my family keepsakes...

... in the kitchen,

in my powder room,

and on the chandie. i have little treasures tucked
here and there around our home.

this month, i was so pleased to meet Liz!

she featured our Spring chandie at The Brambleberry Cottage today!

thank you, Liz, and thank you to all the gracious hearts that
take a moment to visit me here on 34th street!


withLove.

visions of berries and cream dancing in my head...our girlies are coming to dinner tonight !!

with every one's busy schedule we don't often get together for week night

dinners. H.G's daddy has a meeting tonight, so our girlies are coming to visit!

this means... that berries and cream will be on the menu!

~visit Samantha Lamb here~

at the present H.G. is CRAZY for strawberries!

since it's a work day, i won't have time to make strawberry and cream 

French macarons. (Holland is not quite ready to eat  them yet.)

 i pinned  this image with recipe so i can make them for her

 first birthday party.  aren't they pretty?





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for tonight... the list:

i am also planning an easy dessert for Mr D.

i'll share it tomorrow!

withLove
~all images (except the girls) are from pinterest~

the new Molly Malone...

... took a clam basket,

added moss, some pillar candles, and clothesline.

i would like to make a clam basket chandie for our cherry tree.

if i cannot find a vintage piece around town, i can always go here.


alive, alive, oh so pretty! just singing saying.

withLove.


~the image was found on pinterest...it's origin could not be traced.~

sweet son of mine!

he's a perfect example of  turning cant's into cans, and dreams into plans.

his twitter profile states that "ordinary people can do extraordinary things".

Jay, interviewing one of his mentors, ESPN's  Kirk Herbstreit, while covering the Boise State Broncos

at the Maaco Bowl  in Las Vegas.

 last summer, he moved from Lewiston, to report for the number one station in 

Boise, Idaho. Mr D and i are planning a trip to visit him in June. you may read his profile on 

the KTVB website, if you wish to...here.

this photo was taken while visiting Jay in Lewiston, last summer.

Jay arrived on this day, 28 years ago!

happy birthday, sweet son of mine!

withLove.