Eye Candy...

I have made it out and about

to a few garage sales lately...

I seem to randomly, unexpectedly

come upon a theme...

an impromptu collection...

I must be craving sparkle,

and sweetness...

because,

 I have been picking up crystal candy dishes...

filling them with

eye candy...

garden fresh,

with lets call it dew...

(because I really am tired of calling it rain)

Eden...

Harlow Carr...

delicate and soooo sweet....

Winchester Cathedral...

deliciously white,

with a tiny tinge of pink at the edge...

the Queen of Sweden...

regal,

amazing...

my nose is doing

 a happy dance....

Today I am joining...

Tabletop Tuesday

Bloomin' Tuesday

Tuesday Garden Party

and

Saturday Show Off

Thanks for visiting me today...

Sunday Drive...

Do you love a lazy Sunday Drive?

feet up on the dash,

not a care in the world...

last Wednesday we went for a long drive

(it doesn't really have to be Sunday :-) ) 

East on HWY 12

I thought you might like to come along...

these cute little lake houses

sit along Ohop Lake...

they make me wanna pack up

 and spend a long summer sitting on the dock...

we stopped for lunch

on a meadows edge...

the wild grasses already knee high...

common Vetch flowers

twinning up the blades...

wild Lupines were popping up on hillsides...

Blackberries in production...

Christmas Tree farms

dot the rolling hills...

when we got into the small town of Mossyrock,

the real surprise of the trip...

fields of Iris...

PURPLE!

it was a beautiful day,

a day to replenish...

Today I am joining...

Seasonal Sundays

Thanks for coming along...

Rainy Days and Roses...

Rainy Days and Roses

 are both abundant lately...

so I snapped a few photos

around the patio

 between showers...

I have a pair of big pots in a sunny location

on the patio...

no plant was ever happy there...

last year,

on a whim I bought a pair of roses

on clearance to try...

the pretty ruffled

Aloha Roses have thrived...

Neptune Rose in her lavender glory...

and her pinker bud beginning...

over the winter we removed several trees...

the Cecile Brunner Roses,

are so happy to have sunnier skies....

the first flush is withering,

too soon...

but the abundant new growth

 is peppered with fresh buds...

the Eden Roses are just beginning

 to put on the first show...

Pretty as they are,

the first flush here in the rainy Northwest

tends to be brown along the edges...

new buds waiting on the sun...

the first Scepter'd Isle bloom

stands alone...

perfect...

today I am joining...

Fresh Cut Friday

Saturday Show Off

Pink Saturday

Happy Saturday!