National Park Photography

Last year. our dear friends traveled to California. I loved looking at all of their pictures....but it was the National Park pictures that highlighted some of the true beauty Mother Nature does so well. It doesn't hurt that Steve is an awesome photographer, too.

All of the images were taken at Sequoia National Park. Have you ever spent any time at a National Park? It has been way too long for me.

I'm Turning Hot Pink

No, I'm not blushing....I am officially hooked on the hot pink craze. I don't know how it happened. I usually think of pink for a young girl's room. I know... that color is everywhere right now, so maybe that had something to do with it? I recently purchased this bag from Anthropologie

It is a much brighter pink in person...and the band on the bottom is pink, not yellow.  I think I am going to use it as an accessory in my home....like this

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If I do this, I will need to find a few other hot pink items to add to the room....I think the rule is 3 of a color? Anybody know? Here are some items that caught my eye

This rug

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This pillow

One Kings Lane

This print

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What color are you feeling at the moment?

 

 

Friday's in the Garden...Garden Tours

Hi Everyone...yeah, I'm leaving my hood and going on some garden tours (virtually of course).

I was in full garden stalker mode this week, and I stumbled across some lovely home gardens. Here are just a few that more than caught my eye....

This Knot garden over at Garden, Home & Party




Great tips for Herb gardening at The Morning Latte

How to make a Miniature Garden (aka Fairy Garden) over at Less-Than-Perfect-Life

If you have a garden, I would love to tour it...send me an e-mail. Happy Mother's Day weekend!

How Do You Dock Your Apple?

I am in need of a docking device for my iPhone. I actually want to put it in my kitchen...so I care how it looks...more than I should....but that's who I am. It also needs to have speakers, not just charging. So, I am thinking of this one

Available Here

The reviews are not fantastic...but it looks great to me. Maybe I will ask for a "rain check" Mother's Day gift? Do you have a docking device with speakers that you love? I really want to know.

Dresser Dilemma

My bedroom nightstands need updating. I was too lazy to upload a picture, but I have a pair of Country/Colonial chest of drawers flanking my bed. They are super boring, a bit dated and I don't like them.

They look something like this

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Just like the picture above, the bottom of mine are not flush to the floor. I just don't feel like buying new ones. Do you ever get tired of spending money on "stuff"? Besides, I am trying to save for a pool. Not that long ago,  Elizabeth was rambling on about her night tables (E ~ I can't find your post)...she and I exchanged a few ideas, and here is what I am thinking

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This is a $3,300. dresser....minus the mirror....can it be DIY-ed? What do you think?

That Book.....

About a month ago, I asked you if you had read....that book.  It appears, from the comments, that we were all curious about it....so, I downloaded it to my Kindle.....and completely forgot about it! It's a bad habit of mine, I am easily distracted. Well, somewhere around Thursday or Friday, I heard, yet another, talk show mention it. Remembering that I had it, I decided to start reading it...and finally dismiss it once and for all.

Well, by Saturday, I had downloaded the second book onto my Kindle

...and on Sunday, I downloaded the third one

I guess you can say that I am one of the Millions who got completely hooked on the series.

Here is what I thought.....when I started the first book, it wasn't long before I thought "this isn't for me"....but I read on. By the middle of the book, I was thinking " it's 9 1/2 weeks" (remember the movie?). Still, I read on. Closer to the end of the first one, I thought...."I know how this will end".....and it did exactly that. Only, I felt for this young girl and was frustrated with her state of mind.

In the second book, EVERYTHING  changed. I was shocked!  I had to know more. I could not decide what or how to feel about the situation, and by the way these books are extremely graphic with explicit details of adult behavior....if you know what I mean. Definitely rated "X".

And now, the third and final book....I haven't finished it yet, because I want it to last. I know I will wish there was a fourth. Needless to say, I have a ton of laundry to get to because I could not put this series down.