Lark Rise to Candleford - Have you seen it yet?

I absolutely love it! 

Our Royal Wedding Celebration

 I just had to link up to The Tablescaper's Seasonal Sundays and share the Royal Wedding celebration we held at work.   Several of us arrived at 4:45 to turn on tvs, make the tea, prepare the petit fours and get in position to watch and celebrate together.  One friend brought her Irish tea set, another her wedding china, and another brought the petit fours.   One-by-one, others arrived and joined the fun!  It was such a beautiful wedding and it was especially nice to be able celebrate the event with a crowd!   Here's a picture of the organizers.  We took a quick photo as we were packing up all of the niceties.

Garden Bloggers' Muse Day ~ May 2011

'May Night'
'The spring is fresh and fearless 
And every leaf is new, 
The world is brimmed with moonlight, 
The lilac brimmed with dew.

Here in the moving shadows 
I catch my breath and sing-- 
My heart is fresh and fearless 
And over-brimmed with spring.' 
~ Sarah Teasedale, 1884 - 1933


Mull over more May muses over at 'Sweet Home and Garden Chicago'

Save the Whales…

So as summer and sun and heat ramble in , It’s time to turn to the cool blues

of water...

I don’t have much blue in this casa…

but am thinking of painting a wall in the den one of these colors of cool water

but I can play around with a few pillows…

and Henry.

He is a whale of rather large proportions of the lightest most diaphanous linen

I love him. you can find one here

But...

I’m just not sure what to do with him

any suggestions?

Then... when you figure that out,

meet my new found friend…

Penelope

Fresh from New Zealand Artist Melina Martin

her lot in life will most likely be a tea towel…

But Henry is far to big and fancy for that.

thoughts?