Gone To The Beach

Monday, July 11, 2016

Garden Peeping ~ Daylily, Hydrangea

Hi~ I snapped a few neighborhood garden pictures this past week. Not the same as Mo and my long rambles but it was nice to go out and see that July is bursting with color and happiness.
Aren't hydrangeas just the best! Look at the blues...

and pinks...

July is daylily season.

My friends who have the tropical garden...before the tropical bulbs kick in, they have giant sunflowers and gorgeous lilies.

Mo often visits.

MY seeds are growing...slowly but my basil is still only 1/2" tall!?

The Weather Bug keeps talking about the ''heat wave here in the Northeast" but the weather here at the beach has been almost uniformly sunny, dry, breezy , and low to mid 70s.

Perfect for my afternoons on the deck.

[update, since you all were nice enough to ask is: Doctors have no clue what is wrong w/ me. "Possibly autoimmune arthritis?" More Rx, painkillers, etc; more tests this week.]

love

lizzy

gone to the beach...................

Friday, July 8, 2016

Tiny Seashells

Hi guys! I had a friend come to visit for a few days, to help me drive to medical appointments. I couldn't walk on the beach with him, but he took these photos of the many tiny butterfly or coquina shells that wash up on my beach each summer. [you may want to click on any photo to enjoy the full page slideshow version today]

We used to think these tiny shells, smaller than your pinky fingernail , were baby large white eating clams. [but no]They cover the sand att the tideline, and as each wave ebbs, the little guys burrow madly into the sand.

here

Even large washes of the shells are still alive and will wash away at the next high tide. Woe to anyone who fills their sandbucket with these cuties, as the animal is still inside and doesn't smell great if allowed to die and decay! [Though one can immerse n Clorox water if making, say, sailors' Valentine's.]

COQUINA clams

Sailors' Valentines

Here is Mo looking very fine! He sends puggy smooches to you all.

love

lizzy

gone to the beach...

and...a rainbow. Sign of hope for poor lizzy-me?

Sunday, July 3, 2016

Happy Fourth of July!

Happy Birthday, America! I love to celebrate this holiday. I have a big collection of little Stars and Stripes, many of which I have found on the beach over the years.

Patriotic quilts.

This weekend's project.

A little Flag quilt, a free pattern from Temecula Quilt Company.

This is a beautiful but damaged blue and white rescue quilt. It is supposed to be one of this summer's projects, if I find a good blue solid and can do the work.