I wiped away the weeds & foam. / I fetched my sea-born treasures home... Ralph Waldo Emerson







Sunday, May 27, 2012

Summer



It's official! Summer is here. Memorial Day to Labor Day is the beach summer...who cares what the calendar may say!



I am always disconcerted by the arrival of ALL these People! This is as crowded as it gets...hmmm.



My birds and I were ever so slightly annoyed. Well the terns were very annoyed, dive-bombing and squalling.

They're here.....

black skimmers...they are a bit calmer than the terns.
But very large!


The noise of the jets sets them off, lol...



No flea market, but I picked up a few thrift shop goodies:
A nicely cracked and crazed marmalade crock.





 My mother collected these sparingly, preferably with marmalade inside, from Stop n Shop!
Then she'd fill them with pansies or zinnias.




A big mill spool, for my antique laces.



Except my kids have been muttering about mom's clutter so maybe the laces will go back in their bin!




And a couple thrifted shirts, for the fabric. For the Porch quilt? The pink can be tea dyed and/ or bleached, and I loved the big stars...



Not very cost effective way to add to my meagre stash of plaids and stars though. There's maybe a half yard of usable fabric here and at 6.95 per shirt, that just doesn't pay. That's almost $14.00 a yard. So no more of that!

Have a wonderful holiday. Happy summer...

love

            lizzy    

.......gone to the beach