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Coming Up Roses

Posted in Captain Cavedweller, Flowers, Home and Garden, Musings, tagged , , , , on July 31, 2012| Leave a Comment »

A couple weeks ago, Captain Cavedweller and I took a week of escape and ventured to a bigger city where there are all kinds of fabulous wonders like shopping malls, IMAX theaters, unlimited dining options, zoos, botanical gardens and did I mention shopping malls?

One day, we wandered through a lovely rose garden and, making CC pack my camera for me wherever we went, I snapped a few shots.

The garden welcomes visitors with this wonderful statue of the woman the rose garden is named after.

 

I don’t know why, but the fountain with the bright blue water fascinated me more than it probably should have.

 

It really is a lovely and well-kept rose garden with fun walkways and interesting landscape elements.

 

And the roses…

were absolutely…

gorgeous!

She Who Could Spend Hours Smelling Roses

 

 

 

 

 

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Cosmos

Posted in Flowers, Musings, tagged , , , on July 30, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Cosmos…

So bright…

So cheery…

So perfectly summery against a brilliant blue sky.

She Who Loves Summer Flowers

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Chip It!

Posted in Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, Home Decor, tagged , , on July 18, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Thanks to my obsession with Pinterest, the other day I discovered a wondrous and fantastical thing from Sherwin-Williams. You know the paint company.

They have this super-fun new application called Chip-It! that allows you to upload photos and then it gives you paint swatches from the colors in the photos.

Just select a favorite photo, upload it or link to the photos website and BAM! You’ve got a wonderful selection of colors.

Here are a few photos I uploaded just for fun:

Instead of a sunset being orange and gold, it could be ablaze with ardent coral, lavish lavender and delicious melon.

Such fun color selections.

Check out Chip It! and see how much fun you can have with it!

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Summer Entertaining Ideas I Love

Posted in Entertaining at Home, Entertaining Ideas, Holidays, Home and Garden, Party Theme, tagged , , , on July 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Here are some fun summer entertaining ideas I’ve gleaned from one of my favorite  addictions – Pinterest!

From The Culinary Tribune

From Taste of Home

Rootbeer Float Popsicles from Butter Me Up Brooklyn

Glow in the Dark Bubbles from blog.kriegsman.org

Garden Party Lights made from Cupcake Papers by Itsy Belle. So wickedly clever!

Glow jars From Panka With Love. I adore this idea!

Happy Summer Entertaining!

She Who Needs to Host a Party!

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