I am happily back on the porch at the beach house this week,
enjoying sunshine, sea breezes and perfect weather
The pool is back to it’s beautiful blue,
and things are finally getting back to normal
after Hurricane Sally last September
DD and her family are here,
the kids are enjoying the pool and a huge new mat
The mat is really for use out in the water by the pier,
or when they’ve beached the boat on an island to swim,
but the kids just had to try it out in the pool
HHjr and one of his bachelor friends,
who is really like my adopted son,
were here last weekend
My landscape service called me earlier this month
to say they could no longer do our monthly maintenance
because they just couldn’t find enough people to work
One of the challenges of having 2 houses is keeping up with constant maintenance
but HHjr is his father’s son,
boundless energy, and constantly doing projects
He jumped right in and got his buddy to bring
a tree climbing stand that he uses for hunting
He hooked it up
and was shimming up and down the palm trees like a monkey,
removing dead palms and trimming the bark…
I couldn’t watch when he did the palms in the front yard,
they’re 25 feet tall!
Last night we enjoyed our favorite beach meal,
Today DD and I are planning the holiday weekend meals,
HHjr will be back with his boys so we want to get stocked up with groceries…
What are you’re favorite recipes to kick off Summer?
I am using a Pinterest board to collect recipe ideas for quick reference
I will be doing a lot of “back and forthing” this summer,
between the city and the coast
Before I left the city I said goodbye to my newest guilty pleasure
a MacKenzie-Childs tulipierre
{I gave it to myself for Mother’s Day 😬}
I filled it with faux blooms* so it would look pretty all summer
with no maintenance
*50% off at Hobby Lobby
Be sure to stop back by tomorrow
for the May edition of the Monthly Creative Craft Blog Hop
Lots of crafty creations to kick off Summer!
Oh and if you can’t get away to the beach,
you can always bring the beach to you!
Memorial Day sale going on this week at Society 6
20-40% off most items!
See the Take Me to the Sea Collection here
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Sundays on Silverado Love Your Creativity Over the Moon
Between Naps on the Porch, Celebrate Your Story,
All About Home/ Common Ground Follow the Yellow Brick Home
Tasty Tuesday Oh My Heartsie Girl Turn About Tuesday
Full Plate Thursday Centerpiece Wednesday Creatively Crafty