The Most Beautiful Flowers

This bouquet is the most lavish, most lovely that I have ever received.

They are from our niece and her family who arrive later today for a short visit.  Thanks Linda!  To see some more beautiful blooms visit Today"s Flowers # 156.

From My Sister's Garden

My sister brought me these hydrangeas from a plant she bought about four years ago in Safeway.  It  is flourishing in her garden.

Visit Today's Flowers #155 to see more fine flowers.

Chairs for Mom

No camps, diving is over.  We needed a project.  Pop-pop had gotten us chairs to make for Mom's birthday, but June was too busy a month.  Today we had time.

The pocket knife came in handy.

Lotsa bubble wrap

Assembly (Didn't find the directions til we were done due to the unpacking frenzy.  No matter, super easy even for nine year olds.)

Minor help balancing.

Final turn of the screw

 

Test sit

 

Comfy

Painting will be another day.  Some want metallic gold, others classic white. TBD.  Check out the stain For love of a house (one of my favorite blogs...what a house!) used on the same $20 HD chairs.  Such a bargain!

Sunday Dinner

Last meal of the week-end two weeks ago was a summery Sunday dinner for eight.

 

Vintage table cloth for the round table from Mom's house.

One from a set of cloths Mom made on the long table.

 Menu:  fresh corn on the cob, asparagus

Heirloom tomatoes ready to slice and serve on this iron stone platter along with mozzarella and basil.

Delish soft shell crabs dredged in corn meal, a bit of flour and pepper.  Sauteed in olive oil and butter,  finished with a garlic/lemon/wine sauce.

I forgot to take after cooking pictures last week, but we had soft shells this Sunday too.  It was waaay too hot to eat outside this week.  This is this week-end's batch.

 

 

Last week potato salad from a guest's kitchen, this week pasta salad.  Iced tea, beer and wine.  For dessert a mix of peaches and blueberries over cubes of pound cake and whipped cream.

 

 

Totally fab cuisine de New Jersey on a summer night.  And the mosquitoes stayed away.

Poolside Flowers

We had diving championships last week.  These colorful pots were on the pool deck.

 

I took these in the early morning, before we all wilted in the 100+ degree Washington heat wave.

For lovely blooms visit Today's Flowers # 153.

July 23

July 23, 1966

45 years

Sunday Breakfast

It is sweltering hot today but the week-end was fine.  We ate every meal on the deck.

 

 

Super juicy white and yellow peaches from North Carolina, Jersey blues and first of the second raspberry crop with Greek yogurt.

Scrambled eggs with potatoes, salmon and mushrooms,

Heirloom tomato, bacon and croissants.

 Post and the Times.

"Yummers said Emily."  (Anyone else know this kid's book?  Too cute.)