Summer Time...

I don't think I mentioned much about this earlier, but for the last week-and-a-half or so we've been experiencing  most excellent summer weather! Temps in the 80's during the day (that is around 27C!) and in the upper 50's during the night: "Perfic!"

This weather will only last through Sunday and Monday will be our first day back at school so we will enjoy it as much as we can.

Happy Friday Everyone!  {smile}

This is what a  summer sky looks like for those of you stuck in the rain...

Sparkling Rose...

Proost!

New Fabric Order...

In the heat of the day I have just ordered the following fabrics from an online fabric store:

3 yards

2 yards

1 yard

1 yard

Fun and vintage looking I think!

I always find it extremely difficult to buy fabrics on-line since I really would like to touch them first (a lot!),  but the local fabric store (i.e. "Joann's") just doesn't have a great selection to choose from.

I haven't quite decided yet what I am going to make out of them but at least some creative juices are flowing again. I'm thinking possibly a wrap- dress (or two) out of the first two...

More Goodies...

When in Holland, I did do so shopping of course. But, in hindsight, I did way too little shopping!  [wink]

Anyway, here are some of the small goodies I found, mainly at the Hema I think...

Colorful flags and parasols and what not for a fun filled evening or two...

(did anyone mention cocktails?!)

Cute hooks...

Lots of little tape dispensers! I love them so much, I'm afraid to start using them...

And then on my birthday I received the first three Mollie Makes magazines from Tif: Yahoo! Can't wait to start all the little projects that are featured. Next week, when school has started again...

And oh yes, I bought this little battery powered light the other day for my 'photography sessions' (that sounds so posh) at Home Depot and I think I'll by a few more! Easy to maneuvre around my objects, a tip for you maybe?  {smile}

Pearls...

Look at all the 'pearls' I found this morning!

We had a fair amount of rain yesterday which was quite a shocker after the tropical temperatures we had over the week-end. (87F on Sunday plus humidity, I even had to sit in the shade for a while: oh no!  [wink] )

All the High School Sports started yesterday which of course was not so much fun in all that rain. Master C. came home with mud on his back! (he does Cross-Country Running)
Miss M. has decided that she will not play soccer in High School but that she will play Basketball during the winter and Ultimate frisbee again in the spring.

She will have her High School introduction day this Friday: two kids in High School!!!

So, eventhough yesterday really felt like fall, summer is still here, right?

Right!  {smile}

PS How do you guys like my new header??? I started thinking about it in my sleep (when all the good ideas start sprouting) and fiddled around with it all yesterday morning. I am well pleased!

Just Some Pretty Things...

Yellow Tomato from our veggie patch...

Lillies from our own back yard!
(and they smell sooooo good...)

Pretty shadows...

As you can see I've left the mirror white for now.

We'll give it another chance...  [wink]

Cute flags from the Hema...
(a Dutch shop, a bit like Target and Ahlens)

So so hot today! And humid too, it looks like a tiny bit of rain might be in the forecast for tomorrow. I'm not complaining either way!   {smile}

Gorgeous Day On The Beach...

What a day! Only 1 hour and 15 minutes away from our house we found this beach. G. wanted to do some fly- fishing, the kids wanted to float and I just wanted to soak up as much sun as possible and read my book: it was amazing!  {smile}

Click to enlarge!

And here some views from the car on our way home...

Roller Coaster Roads!

(Looking East towards the Cascade Mountains.)

North towards Mount Baker...

And Mount Rainier, right as we're coming into our home town...

On a local website I saw this: "SEATTLE – The temperature at Sea-Tac reached 85 degrees Saturday - the warmest day of the year so far."

Summer at last!

Now Miss M. and I are going into the hot-tub and enjoy the stars above...

ABBA!

Having been busy painting the mirror (here it is, it is too white, too shabby chic, I don't like it, it is going to change into a teal-y blue)

I completely forgot to write a little post about our ABBA concert the other day. It was at an outdoor venue and we managed to find a spot on the lawn fairly close to the stage.  Miss M. came with me and so did our neighbor and her daughter. We brought lawn chairs (those tiny ones) and food from Whole Foods and some warm clothes since it is cooling down quickly at night.

The band is actually Swedish and the first song (Fernando) was also sung in Swedish which made everybody very confused but not I, Aha!  [wink, I speak Swedish almost fluently, for those of you not in the know]

So anyway that was a fun start. I must say that at the beginning of the show their energy was lacking quite a bit but they definitely made up for it later on. In total they sang (and so did we!) for almost 2 1/2 hours! (including two short breaks) All the big hits of course (they finished with Dancing Queen) and their singing was very impressive! Totally a fun night out!

They even looked the part!

Now I'm off to see the periodontist, or the gum doctor as we call him here. (and I mean gums in the mouth not the chewing gum...) They want to do some deep cleaning and check out the situation after the gum surgery I had back in March. Now I've been a good girl and have done lots of flossing etc. but it is still not something to look forward too, is it?

PS The ABBA/ Arrival pictures I found at their website ...

A Bike Ride...

Summer!

Birthday Goodies...

All bath products from LUSH

Yum!  {smile}