A Hot Day

What better way to spend a hot day than out on the lake paddling around with family. Ahhhh.....summer days. They are going by way too fast!

Butter Mints

Aren't these the cutest? So yummy, too! They are made locally.

Love Scrabble tiles for decorating. How about you?

Barn House Flea

A couple of sweet finds from the Barn House Flea Market my daughter and I went to yesterday. If you ever find yourself in the Pacific NW when the Barn House has one of their shows, it's a MUST for you to see! You will never be disappointed. Each vendor's space just oozes talent, charm, and beautiful, beautiful finds! Show pics to come soon. . .

The Puffin Cafe

My two youngest and I went down to the waterfront in Camas, WA on the 4th of July. It's along the beautiful Columbia River. I couldn't help but notice this cute little cafe on the water.

It looks like it should be in the tropics somewhere with it's bright, beautiful turquoise color with yellow trim. Love the name of it!

Too bad it wasn't open or we would've eaten there! It looked a little coastal and a little retro inside. So fun! We'll definitely have to make a trip back.

Cleat

I like this graphic picture I took of a cleat. Isn't that what it's called? I wanted to see what it looked like in black and white, but I don't have a fancy photo editing program to do it in. Hmmmm...what to do...

I'd like a series of black and whites of different nautical/coastal images I've taken. Now wouldn't that be fun! Not just art, but personal art.

Shelfscape Saturday

Okay, so this isn't Saturday. . . .but, you know how there's a Tablescape Tuesday in Blogland? I think doing a Shelfscape Saturday would be fun, don't you? Don't hold me to it. It was just something that came to mind when I thought of posting pictures of this vignette I just did.

I think the little blue glass floats are so pretty. They were a recent find. I had been on the lookout for some, and a guy along the beach wanted $50 a piece for his. It burst my bubble thinking that was the general going rate for these babies. How happy I was to find them in a local antique store for $6 each! That I can handle. I did pick up the little 5x7 beach painting at that garage sale so all wasn't lost! See the pretty blue and brown shell at the bottom of the picture? I just picked that up Saturday when our two youngest and I were visiting Camas, WA. A great little reminder of our 4th of July!
I'm still in love with these pretty Ball jars. The starfish and seashell were picked up in Camas as well.

The framed black and white photo I took last summer on the Washington coast. So what do you think of my little shelf so far? It still needs a bit of tweaking, but I'm liking it! We really don't have a lot of display space in our home so this is the one place that I like to layer on what I can. Do you think it's too much?

Where I Wanna Be

Right here...

(photo: A Lovely Morning Blog)

I love these paths to the beach, and they make for great photo ops.