Garden & Gun

I’ve added a new magazine to my monthly reading, Garden & Gun, the hot new southern read. It’s all about southern art, food, activities, people and places. My favorites this month…

Tree Spirit

Nashville painter Emily Leonard’s arboreal zeal

The Memphis Mafia
"represent the best of what this fusion of Italian and Southern produces"

Showing Off Your Dogs—Round 4

I can’t wait for Round 5 to share some pictures of Mr. Hendrix.



The Pretty Orange

Orange is not my favorite but I'm coming around thanks to a few new found shades of the pretty orange.

Monday Challenge

This week I’m challenging myself to complete my ‘want to do list’. Most weeks I finish my ‘need to do list’ but often don’t get around to accomplishing what I ‘want to do’. This week I’m vowing to do so! 5 days 5 things…surely I can do this…right?!?

- post 5 days and comment on 5 blogs. I love blogging but am not very good at consistently commenting. I have comments and this week I promise to offer them.

- Call an old friend. She probably doesn’t read this little blog but she will know about it this week because I am going to call her and I can wait to catch up!

- Have a long walk with Hendrix every afternoon. This is partly on the ‘need’ list because he is 20 lbs over but we always walk but it’s not always a good long, need a water bottle, kind of walk. I am going wear him out this week!

- Order some prints online. I’ve been wanting to do this for some time…I can’t wait to have some new pics around the house.

- Take my lunch to work everyday this week.  Monday - check!

Friday Finds

I always seem to find great gift ideas when I don't need them.  Well I don’t currently need any gifts but this week I’ve found some really great things.

Perfect gift for yourself and any southern woman, Easy Arranger

Great for bridal shower gift – Hip Girls Guide to Homemaking

(I just ordered one for myself on Amazon, I’ll give you the scoop when it arrives)

Great summer gift for a coffee lover, an iced coffee press.

Stick It

It seems that the new food trend is sticks…everything seems to have a stick in it.

Love this concept but I think food on sticks should stick to dessert items.

{images: triple decker citrus popsicles; mojito melon; sandwich on a stick; hotdogs; pancakes; smores; chocolate covered berries}

Summertime



Even though it’s been over 90 degrees the first 16 days of June it is just now “officially” the ‘First Day of Summer’!!!  I love summertime…watermelon, flip flops, bikinis (regardless of whether I look good in them or not), baseball, the beach, sun dresses, salt water, family vacays, 4^th of July, fire flies, sunsets, the smell of sunscreen, fireworks, grilling, and I could go on for days.  Other than mosquitoes I can’t think of a single thing I dislike about summer.  This is a very special summer, we have so much planned.  In 12 days my best friend is getting married on the beach.  This is the summer before my little brother goes to college and he’s moving away in August, sad and excited at the same time.  We will be cruising in August with the family.  And lots of nights and weekends spent with friends and family enjoying the summer sun. 

{image: here}

Last Chance for Paris

If you dream of Paris, you have to check out Oh Happy Day’s 5 year blogging anniversary give-a-way.  It’s a dream come true.  Find out how to enter...here.