In August, my mind always takes me back to childhood (when will that stop, I wonder). I loved and hated August. As a family, we always went to the beach at the beginning of the month, before school and sports started back up. This meant I could never look too forward to vacation because I […]

I’m back with another summer tablescape inspiration post, this time featuring some of my favorite summer hues. When I was in Target a few weeks ago, I spotted a french blue tablecloth on sale, and couldn’t resist! It is one of my favorite colors, in keeping with my love of blue & white anything. Safe […]

You don’t see many good, sturdy front porches anymore. There just doesn’t seem to be great use for them like there was, what with our world going and getting in a big hurry. A front porch won’t stand for that, it’s not what it was made to do, so it’s probably best not to have […]

Let me start out by reminding everyone that I am not a landscape or a nature photographer. While on this trip, I actually did meet one, and he put these images to shame! As soon as you pull off to an overlook, there they are, with their expensive tripods and $25,000 lenses longer than the […]