a picnic

the weather lately has been perfectly perfect! kind of warm, kind of cool, sunny and bright! we went for a picnic the other day in york, maine. gorgeous and relaxing. i brought a pistachio chocolate chip biscotti from the beach pea. sooooo delicious! we are lucky to live so close to the ocean.

happy saturday!

(those feet look like they've been underground for a decade! white!!!)

sewing marathon

the other day i came across this, and have been more than slightly obsessed with this quilt (and this blog!) ever since. i've been lying awake at night thinking about making a "low volume" quilt. that's special quilt language for a quilt made up of all pale and neutral colors. so wednesday i came up with this:

and started doing this:

we went to see steve earle last night, and i knew we would be getting home late, so i took today off and had a sewing marathon! my goal was to finish sewing up half of the top, and i did it!

great music on the turntable as i sewed!

great music last night!

deal of the century!

i found this quilt at the flea market on sunday! it is more of a coverlet, i guess you would say, than a quilt, as it is not quilted or tied, just sewed across a few times with a sewing machine. nevertheless, it is quite pretty and in nearly perfect shape!

the fabric is kind of curious. as you can see in the third photo, strips of, i guess, trim have been sewed onto solid fabric. OR, is there fabric like this?? i can't really imagine doing all of that work sewing on trim when you could just use a patterned fabric. anyway!

SO! it was priced at $17. yes, that's right. $17. as i was looking at it, the guy said "how about $15"? i couldn't not get it! wow!

deal of the century!!!

a great day at the flea market!!

kitten playing cards!!!

i hope you're not sick of bird pictures, because i found two more beautiful bird books! maybe this is my summer of bird books!

next up, kitchen ware! i love this great casserole dish, and i collect these stripey glasses!

and best for last! for some reason i HAD to have this little cement frog-it is soooooo charming, in a kind of sad, sweet way. (insert rolling of brian's eyes here). here he is!

there is one more thing, but i'm saving it for a post of it's own.

happy monday!!

pink moon

tonight's full moon is called the "pink moon", named for the herb moss pink or wild ground phlox, an early spring flower.

it has also been referred to as the "sprouting grass moon" and the "egg moon". 

hear that chickens?? get layin'!

happy full moon thursday!

pretty pastel style

i got  a new book!

i don't know if you've seen selina lake's last book. but it is so, so, so, good. one of my absolute favorite decorating books! i was interested in this new book, but wasn't sure how i would like it, being pastels and all. i do like pastels, but i was afraid it would be too frilly. BUT, it's not! i really like this book!

check out this sweet kitchen! and the smeg! the SMEG! if i had a million dollars, the first thing i would buy is a smeg. they are so cute!!

do these look familiar?? not mine, but i wish they were! it's funny how they have put them upside down in this photo, at least what i consider to be upside down. i wonder if that was intentional??

i do love this cupboard. in my little dream studio i will have one just like this for all of my yarn. dream on.......

so, i give this book a big thumbs up! happy wednesday!

what i like

this is what i like to read (but don't read that first book. it's depressing!)

this is what i like to listen to!!!