Celebrate Summer

Hi Everyone, I hope you are enjoying your summer !  

Even though I think it is too hot for 

outdoor weddings in July and August, 

we are quite busy around here.

We have two family birthdays in July
so I have still been  running and trying to get flowers and order cakes.

I have to admit,  I am not much of a summer girl 

at all, when it is this hot in the south. But it is a great time 

to get caught up on planning for the fall weddings. 

 Making appointments for   

meetings and portrait photo shoots ...

it is a good time to get a bit of wedding work done.

Buddy can be pretty tough when it comes to this heat, 

and he is out with our helpers cleaning up from a tree we lost to lighting.  

(Don't worry, the tree is still going to be put to good use, 

for he took it to the sawmill, and I will have a new 

wooden farm table after the wood seasons for a bit.)

I enjoyed sitting on the Arkansas River bank 

with a friend taking picts of a fireworks show that

Buddy (Mr. Pyrotech) was doing over the river and bridges

 of downtown Little Rock. 

Water, water,  water, even with a sprinkler system,

 there is much watering to do. 

Blue has to get new shoes quite often

 and especially in the summer time.

Somehow he manages to loose them quite often. 

  Blue is getting his hoofs trimmed....he  and Delilah both get a pedicure !

I did slip off for a few days with a bit of antiquing in mind. 

 The Vintage theme has never been bigger and this certainly serves up inspiration .

The floral bicycle display as you see from the moment you walk

 into Magnolia Market in Waco just made me drool. 

Buddy and I took a trip to Nashville ...the shop of the TV show,  

American Pickers with Mike Wolfe.  

A visit to his shop was a learning experience

 as it was in an old car factory.  

The shelves were filled with stuff & the oddities that catch our eye. 

Although filled with t-shirts and coffee cups,

 we walked away empty handed. 

It was nice to see he had a love for our Packard automobile too !

And I loved the vintage microphones.

You know how it feels when you have been gone for a few days, 

and it is just feels good to get back home....

I think this is a sign we have the hottest day of the year today...

There are always a few critters around here...Two large Loggerhead Turtles 

 enjoying the cool mud this morning

This time of summer, we are rather in a season

 where there is not much blooming my the garden, 

but there is at Whole Foods flower market !

Toward the end of summer, we are beginning 

to schedule a few photoshoots

 late in the summer evenings for our fall weddings. 

 The air seems to cool after the sun goes down behind the lake.

This week a load of gravel was delivered to smooth

 and top off our carriage road.  

Buddy and the John Deere tractor

 had their work cut out for them. 

I have heard a big frog 

this summer around the lake.

 The little fellow here is

 not scared one bit to hold him.

These yellow sunflowers are from Whole Foods,

 and I only can wish these beauties were from my garden.  

I added some leaves from a Gold Dust 

plant to fill in and a few of my hydrangeas.  

On the porch, A windowpane glass

 Mason Jar holds a few flowers freshly picked. 

 The jar was one of my mothers canning jars.

 Sentimental, her handkerchief is tied around the neck 

and her pearl clip earring  holds it in place. 

Summer for me brings a sense of renewal and excitement 

for the coming fall wedding season. 

Inspiration and energy is smiling 

as I plan and ready for exciting days ahead.

Keep flowers in your vases, 

and a glass of iced tea in your hand...Hope you are having a great summer !