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I have followed Fifi O'Neill for years</div>
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reading all her different magazines</div>
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and numerous books.</div>
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I was definitely interested last summer when my friend Deborah, of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sakurablossomsinmay/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Sakura Blossoms in May</span></a>, </div>
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told me Fifi was looking for beach houses for an upcoming book and said I should submit my beach house.</div>
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I sent off pics, Fifi and I exchanged emails and in November Lulu was quite happy to have Fifi visit.</div>
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I cannot believe our little shed is on the cover of the book and I am honored to see our little cottage on the pages of this book.</div>
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"Flip Flop escape" is an appropriate tag for our house - there are always flip flops on our front porch.</div>
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The best part was watching Fifi take things from all over the garden to style this pic.</div>
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I enjoyed the banter between Fifi and her photographer Mark Lohman.<br />
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I know the flag blanket wasn't on the love seat when the morning began, but it looks great there.<br />
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Fifi moved things around in the guest room </div>
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to create just the look she had in mind for the book.</div>
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She stole the green bottle full of sea glass and shells from our bedroom and in doing so created my favorite pic of the house.</div>
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There are 12 beach houses featured in the book<br />
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and each one has a unique style.<br />
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This is one of the bedrooms, in my favorite house on Instagram, belonging to Sandra of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/oldsilvershed/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Old Silver Shed</span> </a>and every picture of her home is fabulous.<br />
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This is the home of my friend Molly of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mollyinmaine/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Molly in Maine</span></a> - another of my favorite houses.<br />
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If you want to see more, you can find the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Surfside-Style-Relaxed-living-coast/dp/178249880X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2LBS4JXUH24GF&dchild=1&keywords=surfside+style&qid=1596596307&s=books&sprefix=surfside+style%2Caps%2C220&sr=1-1"><span style="color: #cc0000;">here</span></a>.<br />
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It is definitely a fun book featuring "relaxed living by the coast".<br />
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How is it already the end of July?</div>
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Thank goodness I joined in the July Pinterest Challenge hosted by Cindy of <a href="https://www.countyroad407.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">County Road 407</span></a></div>
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or I would not have written a post the entire month.</div>
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The theme for July is "Summer Floral Arrangement" and the inspiration photo is from<br />
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I struggled with an idea for my arrangement and finally found inspiration from my shopping cart full of wooden balls and flowers.</div>
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I chose a basket, added a glass for water, dropped in lemons and started adding flowers.<br />
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This was a really fun arrangement to make and I like how it turned out.<br />
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I set the arrangement on the coffee table and swapped out the pillows with a blue and yellow print.<br />
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I really liked the arrangement there, but it was in the way when I was watching TV.<br />
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I moved it to the dining room and set the table with my favorite vintage ironstone plates.<br />
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I love creating floral arrangements and this might be one of my favorites.<br />
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Remember all those lemons?<br />
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I gathered lavender from the garden, squeezed all the unused lemons and made <a href="https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/lavender_lemonade/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">lavender infused lemonade</span></a>.<br />
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I added snips of lavender to make the bottles festive because I gave one to my neighbor.<br />
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Last week we had a big messy tree cut down.</div>
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We had no idea that cutting down the tree would lead to such a big project and a fun change.</div>
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June 16 our tree man took down the big tree, but we asked him to leave the schefflera tree.</div>
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The schefflera tree (I planted a little 3" plant 20 years ago) didn't look so good without the big tree so on January 17 Steve borrowed a chain saw and took it down himself.</div>
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Once I saw that space with just soil, I remembered photos I had saved, but never really dreamed of doing anything like them at our house.</div>
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June 18 I laid out a border and planted a few flowers.</div>
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The next few days we were busy digging up rocks and tossing them into the fire pit, weeding the area and laying down weed fabric before we spread 9 bags of pea gravel.</div>
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On June 22, 7 days after the tree came down, we were finished laying 12 more bags of pea gravel and I set out chairs, but there was just too much blue.</div>
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I have always liked vintage chairs like this one I found on the side of the road (it finally fell apart), but a favorite shop downtown, <a href="https://www.bonmain.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">B on Main</span></a>, sells reproduction versions.</div>
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I called the shop and they brought the chairs out the back door to me - surprisingly, I passed on a red chair and chose yellow and aqua.</div>
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While we were working, we kept saying, "we're too old to be doing this", but we are proud of ourselves for tackling the project on our own.</div>
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After the messy tree, we can't get over how clean the area stays.<br />
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and it's that time of the month when Cindy of <a href="https://www.countyroad407.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">County Road 407</span></a><br />
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Last year our patriotic <a href="https://artandsand.blogspot.com/2019/05/hooray-for-red-white-and-blue.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Pinterest Challenge</span></a> was for a porch so it was fun to decorate the living room this year.<br />
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Cindy chose a pic from one of my favorite designers, the fabulous<a href="https://www.lizmarieblog.com/2015/06/4th-july-decor/"> </a><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://www.lizmarieblog.com/2015/06/4th-july-decor/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Liz Marie Galvan</span></a>. </span><br />
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The focus of the challenge is the tray on the coffee table, but my coffee table is narrow so you won't see a tray on it.<br />
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I like using what I have in new ways and nothing was purchased for this challenge.<br />
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The sailboat is from <a href="https://www.caronsbeachhouse.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Caron's Beach House</span></a> and the flag blanket was a gift from my daughter - she knows what I like!<br />
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The blue and white pillows are made from kitchen towels I bought years ago -<br />
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The coffee table got a patriotic look with a wooden soldier I have had since the 80's, a little red wagon from <a href="https://www.save-on-crafts.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Save On Crafts</span></a> and a tiny patriotic puzzle.<br />
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Asparagus fern from the garden, red, white & blue books and old patriotic paraphernalia create a fun look on the coffee table.<br />
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The old shopping cart, filled with colorful balls, is always in the corner, but I added a faux arrangement of red, white and blue flowers.<br />
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I have lots of clock faces and mice so I decided to use them together.<br />
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Rather than a quote, I printed out some images of vintage post cards for the typewriter and added dried flowers.<br />
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The mouse door stop was a gift from my daughter, the pocket watch was found at a Paris flea market and sadly the clock face sits in back because I broke a favorite clock while gathering items for the vignette.<br />
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I do like decorating with quotes so I wrote one on a little clipboard.<br />
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I googled quotes about time and saw one where a clock face made the O and knew that had to be my choice.<br />
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I know all the clocks and mice are a bit silly, but I like silly.<br />
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With a goose and a horse thrown in for good measure, I really should call this the animal room.<br />
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The guest room is all decorated, but we will be having guests in a few weeks<br />
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On March 25, I posted the pic on the left in my Instagram stories feeling like the world had turned upside down.</div>
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I'm maintaining my sanity by being creative.</div>
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Yesterday I made a tote bag from a remnant of fabric- while I quietly worked, I got my thoughts in order.</div>
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Walking on the beach soothes my soul</div>
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I spotted these flowers sticking out of the school yard fence and snapped off a few.</div>
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and feeling positive that we will see change, for the better, in our country.</div>
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I am happy to once again be joining a fun group of bloggers for a Pinterest Challenge.</div>
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Thanks Cindy of <a href="https://www.countyroad407.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">County Road 407</span></a> for hosting each Pinterest Challenge.</div>
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If you are visiting in order, then you were just at the home of my friend<a href="https://myweeabode.com/summer-apartment-porch-ideas/"> <span style="color: #cc0000;">Julie</span></a> who is full of inspiration.</div>
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Th inspiration photo for the month of May is from <a href="https://briahammelinteriors.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Brie Hammel Interiors</span></a>.</div>
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but we do have a strip of flat concrete where our old garden bench sits.</div>
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I decided to focus on 3 elements in the photo - the tree, the bench and the table.</div>
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The only thing I bought for the challenge was a plant because a tree would become too heavy to lift - the bucket is sitting on top of the can I use to hide our hose.</div>
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We made a coffee table out of an orange crate (from my childhood when I lived on an orange grove property), but it was too low so it's been sitting in the shed.</div>
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We have had the bench for years - free from a neighbor.</div>
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The other thing I wanted to use was my <a href="https://www.thegrommet.com/products/mad-cave-bird-games-colorku?pmodal=3&gclid=CjwKCAjwk6P2BRAIEiwAfVJ0rFZYnhbpRRN5UA8aakWHZ_QZetzB0jNEEri4vZcMHnkgQBkrQz4LRBoCNDEQAvD_BwE"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Colorku</span> </a>game board - I love color and balls so of course I love the look, but it's also relaxing and will be nice to play outside.</div>
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I wasn't sure what Steve's reaction would be to the change, but we both are enjoying having a table.</div>
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I really love all the blue and yellow in the garden right now,</div>
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It was a quiet day here on Memorial Day.</div>
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I started purging in 2016 and I thought I was done in 2019, but most of the purging came from the attic and I still have too much stuff.<br />
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I need "wiggle room" in my cupboards so in February, I got serious and asked myself if I was really going to use each item.<br />
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I started the process with our dining room plate racks.<br />
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Everything came off the racks and I either put items back on the rack, into a cupboard or in a donation pile.<br />
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Once the racks were decorated, I moved onto my grandma's step back cupboard in our entry.<br />
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I emptied everything out of the cupboard - remember that arrow because it led to yesterday's project.<br />
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I posted a pic of the cupboard on Instagram on February 20, when I began writing this "Wiggle Room" post, but life got in the way of finishing up the cupboard.<br />
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When I first painted the inside of the cupboard blue, I only had the top part of the cupboard and when I painted it, I didn't even notice that I had left the ceiling unpainted.<br />
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I literally didn't see the problem until this feature came out in <a href="https://artandsand.blogspot.com/2017/07/an-unexpected-pleasure.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Cottages and Bungalows</span></a> magazine in 2017 - yes, it's taken me that long to fix the problem.<br />
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Health and the lockdown (couldn't get the paint) kept me from finishing the project, but yesterday things came out of the cupboard once again.<br />
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After I finished painting the ceiling, I decided that to make the cupboard more functional and give myself a little wiggle room in the hall cupboard I would add runners and tablecloths to that top shelf.</div>
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If you are wondering what those red sticks are on the second shelf,<br />
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they are the sweetest vintage utensils sent to me from Rita of <a href="https://wvpanoply.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Panoply</span></a>.<br />
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I put everything back and planned to wait on the bottom cupboard until today, but there were wind warnings so I stayed inside and tackled the rest of the job.<br />
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When I painted the top part of the cupboard, the bottom half lived with my daughter in San Francisco and she painted it yellow- notice the remnants on the open cupboard door.<br />
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It's been organized since February, but finally the interior is painted white and that is checked off my To Do list.<br />
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Now that I am finishing the post, I must show one change I made in the plate racks.<br />
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I had Steve hang cup hooks -<br />
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removing the cups from the cupboard gave me a little more wiggle room.<br />
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I didn't want the before photos of the dining room and entry to look exactly like they did to start with so I made my first visit to Trader Joe's in 11 weeks.<br />
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It was wonderful to pick out flowers in a nearly empty store<br />
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and to come home and create arrangements for both the living room and the entry.<br />
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What I mean by wiggle room is that I have space in the cupboards and on the plate racks for that perfect piece of ironstone I can't pass up<br />
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Due to my age and severe asthma, I'm "Sheltering In Place" for the long haul, but I'm making the most of my time at home.</div>
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I feel badly for all the small shop owners I have gotten to know, so I've been trying to buy from those who do curbside pickup. </div>
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I was excited to find out that Karen of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/whimsyantiques/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">@whimsyantiques</span></a> still had the blue buffet available and we picked it curbside- boy would I have liked to stroll through the shop.</div>
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Another friend with a shop, Donna of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lilyfieldsvintage/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Lily Fields Vintage</span></a>, posted an old newel post in her stories and I have wanted a chunky column for a long time.</div>
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I spotted the large urn at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/abeautifulday.ventura/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">@abeautifulday.ventura</span> </a>a week before the SIP order and was so happy to see on Instagram that Jocelyn was doing curbside pickup - I didn't know she had 2 sizes.</div>
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I just love the big urn - this is the view I see from my window seat perch when the door is open.</div>
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The smaller urn is perfect for flowers from the garden.</div>
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I miss going to Trader Joe's for fresh flowers, but this greenery I purchased from <a href="https://purplerosehome.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Purple Rose Home </span></a>paired with dried roses is keeping me happy for now.</div>
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I also bought this Lamb's Ear garland from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/purplerosehome/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Purple Rose Home</span></a> to dress up the headboard in the guest room.</div>
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Within days of staying home, I decided it was time to replace our Rugs USA jute rug - the Boss agreed.</div>
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We went with navy jute this time and of course furniture got moved around.</div>
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As you can see, the Boss likes the new arrangement.</div>
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My set of bistro chairs got bumped to the hallway when I was rearranging furniture in the living room.</div>
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The newel post from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lilyfieldsvintage/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Lily Fields Vintage</span></a> is standing by the chairs for now.</div>
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Yes, I'm aware that birds don't have 4 legs, but in my attempt to do 3 things at once I broke one of the rockers off the bird - I guess even a rocking bird is strange.</div>
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I have spent most of my time the last 9 weeks working in the garden and we were excited to buy a dwarf Meyer Lemon tree.</div>
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We moved the tree around the garden to find the right spot and yesterday we finally got it into a pot where it gets sun about 10 hours a day.</div>
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Today I plan to play with these seed packets and our old wheelbarrow.</div>
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With lots of time on my hands, I'm working on projects - the challenge is working with what I have on hand.</div>
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This past week I tackled my To Do List with gusto.<br />
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From the title of my post, you can guess that the projects involved, among other things, a bicycle, a box and a bedspread.<br />
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Someone left an old black bicycle in our driveway years ago and I have wanted to paint it forever.<br />
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I have no idea what took me so long - it was easy, but I will use spray paint next time.<br />
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The box was easy with a quick coat of paint.</div>
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There are many fond memories of family gatherings attached to my mother's tattered and torn table cloths.<br />
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I have wanted to make them into pillows for a long time.<br />
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Last fall I made a patchwork bedspread out of my childhood chenille spread and plain white fabric.</div>
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Steve said it was just too heavy with the long ruffled sides so we replaced it with a duvet cover and bedskirt.<br />
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Last week, Lulu came in from the beach with tar on her paws and proceeded to walk on the crisp white covers of both our chaises - there was so much tar that I had to throw the covers away.<br />
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The bedspread was cut in half as was the ruffle and with some quick sewing, we have new chaise covers.<br />
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There were quite a few items on the list dealing with a back corner of the garden - all were complete, but I wish I could have found flowers like those in this old pic.<br />
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Sadly, the pickings at the nursery were limited - I know that eventually the ladder will have lots of fun flowers on each rung.<br />
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I will be adding plants beneath the studio window to my list and I can see that I need to redo the Welcome Friends sign.<br />
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The garden is looking good with new chaise covers, new pillows, and the yuccas thinned out (by our tree guy) and decorated with buoys.<br />
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I just have a few things left on the list, but I am taking the week off.<br />
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Except I see that the Mandevilla plant is creeping across one chaise so I will be working in the garden.<br />
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It has been over a month since I posted so I am happy to be joining a fun group of bloggers for the April Pinterest Challenge.</div>
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Thanks Cindy of <a href="https://www.countyroad407.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">County Road 407</span></a> for hosting the Pinterest Challenge.</div>
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I've got a bench and lots of buckets and I knew this would be a really fun challenge.</div>
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As I gathered buckets, I was a bit surprised to see how many I have - this isn't all of them.</div>
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I cleaned off the garden bench we paid $1 for years ago - definitely not for sitting.</div>
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I usually go for reds and yellows, but this visit to the nursery was "take what you can get".</div>
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I made the mistake of taking a break and reading on the chaise - nothing else got done that day.</div>
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My focus is more on buckets than topsy turvy, but this definition is fitting.</div>
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I was given the idea for doing something and created something my own.</div>
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I kept the bucket theme going on the porch.</div>
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I have a lovely view from the window seat, </div>
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but this view of my garden from the living room windows is my favorite.</div>
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Spring is here and participating in a Spring Home Tour was the perfect motivation to get me decorating - I chose the Entryway and Porches category.</div>
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I have 3 doors and thus 3 porches to decorate, but the main challenge was that it began raining the minute I brought home plants to decorate the porches.</div>
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I started with the back porch because I could work in the rain.</div>
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Trader Joe's had jasmine which is perfect hanging above the table made from my grandmother's sewing machine base.</div>
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I tied little bottles onto an old metal screen and snipped flowers from the garden.</div>
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I love using words in decor so wooden letters with magnets on the back are perfect on the screen.</div>
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Mini rose bushes fill a favorite metal basket.</div>
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Even in the rain we keep the door open and I love this happy view.</div>
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I am focused on using what I have this year so when I started spiffing up the garden shed, I simply borrowed this little ladder from another part of the garden.</div>
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Our old Adirondack chair is falling apart and I almost tossed it, but I decided a basket of flowers would keep anyone from sitting on the chair.</div>
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I know it's early for Easter decorating, </div>
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Sadly we all agreed that it wasn't the best move for Andy and his mama to be flying right now.</div>
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So it's just Steve and me enjoying the Easter eggs and bunny rabbits.</div>
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The paper mache bunny is from last Easter and I wish I could leave him out all year long.</div>
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Mr. Goose is standing guard over the guest room.</div>
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The formally dressed rabbit was purchased last year and I was happy to see him once again.</div>
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There have been a lot of "little" things in my life lately.</div>
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A walk on the beach is always nice, </div>
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but it's even better when I find treasures.</div>
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Yesterday there were loads of rock along the shore and look what I found -</div>
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a heart shaped shell and a rare blue piece of sea glass - actually Steve found that piece.</div>
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Recently an Instagram friend, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/annedease/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">@annedease</span></a>, and her husband stopped by on a road trip and brought me a lovely quilt she made.</div>
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Happy Mail always makes me smile - Melanie of <a href="https://comfyhouse.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Comfy House</span> </a>sent me a sweet card and if things work out, we'll be meeting for the first time next week.</div>
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I ordered a little rabbit from <span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://www.mailegusa.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Maileg USA</span></a> </span>and it arrived in the sweetest packaging.</div>
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Francis of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/francinaadriana/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">@francinaadriana</span></a> on Instagram sent me a Valentine card and the envelope is a work of art.</div>
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Along with the card and lovely message inside, there was a heart balloon.</div>
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Last week I received this exciting email from<a href="https://www.fifioneill.com/"> <span style="color: #cc0000;">Fifi O'neill</span></a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span>and I must admit that this is a BIG thing.</div>
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The photo shoot was in November and the book will come out in July - I can't wait to see it.</div>
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In the last few weeks, while I have been absent from social media, other bloggers were so sweet to feature my accounts.</div>
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Last week, Kristi of <a href="http://chcreekfarmhouse.com/2020/02/art-and-sand.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">French Creek Farmhouse</span> </a>did a shout out to Steve and me on both her blog and her Instagram account <a href="https://www.instagram.com/frenchcreekfarmhouse/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">@frenchcreekfarmhouse</span></a> .</div>
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Brenda of <a href="http://chcreekfarmhouse.com/2020/02/art-and-sand.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Cozy Little House</span></a> wrote a post titled, Living Large in Little Houses: Carol's House, where she talked about our colorful home and how much we use our outdoor spaces.</div>
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Kristi had us both in tears as we read her sweet post, but I laughed when I read this paragraph in her post.</div>
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I laughed because I think of our house as mostly white these days.<br />
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Then I looked at the photos Kristi chose to use in her post and I saw that while there is white, our house is definitely full of color.<br />
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and even put it on a pillow.</div>
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Until December 13th, I was living the life I imagined and then . . . </div>
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we were in a horrific car accident.</div>
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I will spare you photos, but suffice it to say that I will always think of Friday the 13th as a lucky day because it's a miracle that we are alive.</div>
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For the last 2 months, I have been living a life I didn't imagine, but it gets better every single day.</div>
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The first three weeks were BAD and I imagined what I would do once I could move around and use my hand.</div>
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It felt wonderful the first time I actually decorated the house - the Christmas decor is still in the garage.</div>
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The basket of flowers was arranged with one hand (broke my left hand), the center was with one and a half hands (velcro brace) and the pink roses were arranged on Sunday with both hands.</div>
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As you can see, I have started to decorate for Valentine's Day.</div>
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The challenge is using whatever I can find in the garage or shed because neither of us can pull down the attic ladder yet.</div>
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I'm slowly decorating each room in the house</div>
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I go to occupational therapy twice a week and on Monday, I would never have imagined that my baby finger would work voluntarily today - even yesterday was a struggle.</div>
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But as I said at the beginning of my post, each day is easier and we just booked a flight to visit our little grandsons.</div>
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If you are following in order, then you arrived here from <a href="https://www.bellebleuinteriors.com/blog/christmas-front-porch/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Belle Bleu Interiors</span></a>.</div>
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I usually focus on decorating this door, but it's not the original front door.</div>
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In 1928, the door (not a Dutch door at the time, we added that) opened onto the utility room from the alley.</div>
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The front entrance to the house faced a sidewalk that ran down to the beach - all the sidewalks were closed off in the '60's and the alleys became the only street entrance.</div>
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So I thought I would show you the real front door of the house today.</div>
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I love this door, from both the inside and the outside,</div>
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Most of my Christmas decor is old - I have had the wooden candy cane for about 25 years.</div>
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The chalkboard sign was in the attic and I chose the easiest words I could write.</div>
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Once the porch and window were finished, it was time to style the bench.</div>
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I need to get back in the house and finish decorating, so I'm sending you off to <a href="https://www.calypsointhecountry.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Calypso in the Country</span></a>.</div>
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Steve thoroughly enjoyed our June vacation in France.<br />
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He came home with lots of inspiration for paintings<br />
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and a willingness to feed my travel bug.<br />
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We weren't up for another 12 hour flight so in September we settled on a 5 hour flight to Montreal.</div>
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This was a quick getaway, 4 nights/5 days, with no plans</div>
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other than walking the streets of Old Montreal and Old Quebec City.<br />
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We definitely wanted to see the Leonard Cohen mural on Crescent Street - that day we walked over 9 miles.<br />
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We simply wanted to wander, but thanks to Instagram,<br />
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I was searching for this cute spot<br />
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of things that caught my eye<br />
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like the fun stairs in Thursday's Bistro on Crescent Street.<br />
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I love clock faces and the city of Montreal is full of them.<br />
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We wanted to stay in the old part of the city<br />
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and chose the Vieux Du Port in Old Montreal.<br />
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It is the only hotel settled along the Saint Lawrence River - the buildings (originally warehouses) date back to the 1800's which explains the thick stone walls.<br />
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The drive to Old Quebec City was filled with fall colors despite everyone telling us there was nothing to see on the drive.<br />
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I felt right at home when we arrived at our hotel, Auberge Saint Antoine<br />
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Just as in Montreal,<br />
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we wandered the streets of Old Quebec City.<br />
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I loved the greenery<br />
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and window boxes full of colorful blooms.<br />
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Many of the shops had lovely fall displays.<br />
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This fun pumpkin display caught my eye - we popped in for a lunch of French Onion Soup.<br />
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We spent less than 24 hours in Old Quebec City<br />
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and we loved every minute of it.<br />
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Now we're in the planning stages of an April getaway to celebrate 50 years since we met.<br />
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We're looking for great architecture,<br />
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vibrant street life<br />
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and wonderful restaurants -<br />
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On our visit to France in June, we decided to only schedule two tours and leave the rest of our days to explore at will.<br />
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A bicycle tour of Versailles was an unanimous choice and I was pleased when we all settled on Giverny as our second tour.<br />
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This was my second visit to Giverny, but my first taking a van tour.<br />
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Our guide began shared interesting facts and details from the minute our tour began - I did not know that Claude Monet's first name was actually Oscar.<br />
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My favorite tidbit was that Monet designed his garden so that if he looked out any of the windows he would see something to paint.<br />
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Because we were with a tour, we entered through a side gate and were then set free to explore on our own for several hours.<br />
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We arrived at 1 p.m under gray skies and slight rain, which turned to mist and by 2 p.m. the sky was blue.<br />
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The variety of flowers amazed me<br />
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and made me a bit envious.<br />
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I have many of the same blooms in my garden, but mine do not grow so tall<br />
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and look at the size of those leaves.<br />
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We spent most of our time in the garden<br />
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and finally made our way to the house.<br />
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I could easily live in the beautiful house,<br />
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relaxing after a morning of gardening in this beautiful room and enjoying the views that inspired Monet.<br />
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I'd happily sit in the kitchen while Steve cooked,<br />
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but I would need help keeping the copper shining.<br />
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I mentioned envy earlier in my post,<br />
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but truly I only felt motivated to come home and cultivate my garden.<br />
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If you are following the hop in order, then you were just visiting my friend Judith of <a href="https://www.botanicbleu.com/2019/09/summer-fades-into-fall.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Botanic Blue</span> </a>and her decor never disappoints.</div>
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I was reluctant to join in this time because, as you can see, my days are still quite full of summer.</div>
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But just after I said no to the hop, I noticed the changing sun in this picture I snapped after a day of kayaking last week.</div>
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And then I noticed this odd bloom on my schefflera tree and I realized that even if I am not ready for fall, it is definitely coming.</div>
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My transition began in the guest room with the schefflera blooms - both orange and purple and any other orange flowers I could find in the garden.<br />
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All of a sudden I was on board with making fall changes, simply by adding yellow to my existing decor.<br />
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Silk sunflowers in a bag on the door welcome guests.<br />
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The table setting mimics the colors of the butterfly and coreopsis painting on the wall.<br />
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I kept the orange and yellow theme going in the hallway and like the front door, I used faux blooms.<br />
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These realistic faux blooms make me smile and I don't have to replace them weekly.<br />
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Breakfast al fresco<br />
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is made special with a favorite set of vintage plates<br />
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The best part of adding these little touches of fall is that other than a few plants, I simply used what I had on hand.<br />
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Now it's time to send you on to one of the sweetest bloggers, Katie of <a href="https://www.letsaddsprinkles.com/2019/09/transitioning-from-summer-to-fall-blog.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Let's Add Sprinkles</span></a>.<br />
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Last Saturday, with my list on my phone, I drove to Santa Barbara for the latest pop up - 3 different stores in La Cumbre Plaza Mall.</div>
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I came home with 4 items, but only 2 were on the list - 1 isn't pictured here.</div>
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The red chair is from the fall pop up last year and a friend found the green chairs at the winter pop up.</div>
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I had an old ice cream bucket on my list, but the colors and the worn patina on this wooden bucket won my heart.</div>
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I love the bucket and I have a feeling it will spend a lot of time on the table this fall.</div>
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The well worn copper tea kettle has a hole in the bottom,</div>
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It wasn't on my list, but I love numbers and I fell in love with this piece.</div>
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It is metal and has a hole on the bottom where it might have screwed onto a pole - a bird bath, a sundial?</div>
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I'm happy with it sitting on our coffee table - made from an OLD crate from our family orange groves. </div>
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hosted by Amber of <a href="https://followtheyellowbrickhome.com/"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Follow the Yellow Brick Home</span></a>.</div>
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I made a vow at the beginning of summer to spend less time decorating and more time playing.</div>
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I wanted to say "yes" when our daughter-in-law's dad called to say, "let's go sailing!"</div>
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I made my life simpler by using dried flowers and paper blooms in the entry - there is one little arrangement of fresh blooms that gets replaced weekly.</div>
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A bucket of dried flowers has been sitting on the dining room table for weeks - less time arranging flowers allows for longer beach walks.</div>
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I actually did take time to make a few changes in the living room - the first was to slap a fresh coat of white paint on the fireplace.</div>
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Steve painted the sign hiding the TV at the beginning of summer - favorite beaches where we have lived or visited.</div>
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The milk can was recent gift from a friend and I bought faux blooms at a favorite shop - as the owner assisted me, I told her I wanted the flowers to look like they had come from my garden.<br />
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Croquet balls from my childhood set, an oversized die, pool balls gathered over many years and tiny bowling pins found at a flea market<br />
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Yes, another Paris post - more than a month later I have finally edited and organized all of our photos.</div>
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Bear with me because the blog posts must serve as my journal -despite beginning a journal on the first day and saving memorabilia, I only wrote one entry in the journal.<br />
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It was a wonderful vacation and hard to leave, but this happened after we got home.<br />
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I love traveling - the months of planning, the actual vacation and then reliving each adventure through photos.</div>
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Once we settled on Paris as our destination, I contacted a high school friend who has lived in the south of France since 1970. </div>
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Our core group of high school friends gets together once a year (this is from a 2014 gathering at our house), but I am the last of the friends to visit Linda (in the black shirt) in France.</div>
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We arrived in Paris on Thursday and Saturday morning we flew to Pau - we could see the Pyrenees off in the distance from Linda and Gerard's deck.</div>
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The grounds of their chateau are lovely, </div>
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Linda and Gerard live in the little village of Serres Castet and after lunch Linda drove us into Pau to walk around while Gerard set up for a guitar performance and casual dinner party that evening.</div>
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Chateau de Pau sits in the middle of the town - it was the birthplace of Henry IV of France and Napoleon once used it as a holiday home.</div>
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I didn't write down the names of any of the buildings so I have no idea the history behind them.</div>
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Saturday night's party was so much fun (no pics allowed) - 5 different friends played the guitar, we ate amazing food and looked out at the gorgeous scenery until late in the evening because the sun sets about 10 p.m. at this time of year.</div>
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Sunday morning we rose early and drove to Saint Jean de Luz on the Atlantic coast.</div>
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It is the the French Basque region </div>
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While Steve was enjoying his beer, I was admiring the Basque linens, but sadly we didn't have time to shop.</div>
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W<span style="text-align: center;">hen we saw people crowding around the square in town, we realized it was Pentecost Sunday </span>and many people were dressed in beautiful Basque costumes for a variety of events.<br />
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I spotted lovely gardens here and there<br />
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she speaks both languages and I was able to chat with her in Spanish.<br />
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This was one of the first houses I saw in the Basque region of Spain.<br />
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We merely drove around the towns of Irun<br />
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I bought this book decades ago and never imagined that one day we would rent our own Paris apartment.</div>
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Too bad the dress form in the master bedroom wasn't wearing a period costume.</div>
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When we began traveling with our adult children, we opted to rent houses rather than hotel rooms - it is more economical than multiple hotel rooms and we love the convenience of having the space to spread out.</div>
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Once we booked our flight to Paris, our daughter-in-law took on the task of finding a place for us to stay for 10 days. </div>
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Aylin sent us a list of 6 apartments on VRBO to choose from in various areas around the city and we unanimously agreed on one choice due to the location, appearance and amenities.</div>
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and I spotted the doors - a good omen for someone who lives in a house with a red door.</div>
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After a 12 hour plane ride, a 1 hour taxi ride and a 50 pound suitcase, the stairs to the third floor were a challenge.</div>
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By day 10, the stairs were a breeze and I never tired of the view out the windows on the landing- I'll admit that I did not carry my now 55 pound suitcase down the stairs.</div>
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Surprisingly, we walked right into the dining room, but I imagine that it was not the dining room in the 1600's when the building was new.</div>
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We knew, from the pics on the VRBO website, that our apartment was filled with art and cultural items.</div>
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and a fabulous chandelier.</div>
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What I loved most were the floors and the detailed moldings around the ceilings of each room.</div>
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We did not cook any meals in the kitchen,</div>
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but every morning Steve rose earlier than the rest of us, headed out to different pastry shops and always brought back an array of treats.</div>
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Heading out of the living room, there was a hallway and on the left there were two small alcoves (one with a day bed another with a spiral staircase) that had been made from one larger room - none of the pics of those rooms turned out. I never climbed the steep spiral staircase to the room Joshua and Aylin used.</div>
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At the end of the hallway there were 3 doors with royal blue glass- the door on the right was the shower, the door ahead held a sink and toilet</div>
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and the door on the left held a tub.</div>
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This lovely pattern was found on everything (including the toilet) in each room - how I would love to have that sweet pattern in our bathroom.</div>
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The master bedroom was filled with curiosities</div>
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and I never tired of looking at the little treasures.</div>
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The mirrors and the chandeliers throughout the house were spectacular.</div>
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As lovely as our apartment was, we spent little time there </div>
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because in addition to our various excursions, we walked over 50 miles exploring Paris.</div>
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Be forewarned, the next few posts you read will be a visual journal of Paris, Versailles and Giverny.</div>
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I'll take you to the Saint Jean de Luz in the Basque region of southern France and a quick pop into Hondarribia, Spain.</div>
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Thanks for indulging me - I tried journaling, but my penmanship is abysmal these days due to arthritis so my blog posts will be my French journal.</div>
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