Adventures! Plants! Books!

We were off to get flowers to fill all of our pots yesterday...our Monday field trip! We were about halfway there when we turned at a red light and heard a jarring noise! Den pulled into a parking lot, got out and discovered we had a wiry foot long spike in our back tire...with at least three inches actually in the tire. Oh my! Our car shows the air pressure in the tires on a little screen while you drive...so we watched while we drove...trying to decide what to do...what we discovered is that the air in that tire was going up...not down. So...being the scaredy cats that we are...we drove to the dealership where the great guys there took off the tire and checked it out...washed the car...and happily sent us on our way. We stayed in the inside lounge and munched popcorn while everything was done. Then...we went to get flowers for pots! And we actually potted them!

Today we are "assessing bare places"...and probably potting a few more pots...I am a whimsical potter...I love the way a plant trails all over the pot and onto the ground...I only love blues and pinks and purples and whites...with splashes of yellow...Den is a more precise planter...he likes things edged and straight up in the pots...ick...that's why I plant and he places. My only concession to him is that other than big plants...all flowers are in pots...with pretty spiky things in them...so we don't "mess up the mulch." Sigh! Plus...Den likes taking pictures of what we did last year so we can replicate...I like wandering through gardening stores and choosing what looks like it would have fun in the pots! I do want one of these for the deck...a desert pot! This one is from "Margaret at A Way to Garden." I want to do this NOW!







Reading this...quite yummy! Lots of ballerinas and dysfunctional characters...I loved her first book, too.



And...just to re-emphasize...I freaking loved this book! Loved it! I loved the cover when I got it and I loved the insides even more.



That's it for me! Have a happy day!

I'm Baaaack!

It was lovely having the week end off! Den worked at his office for the past two weeks so we were on our usual schedule! We spent the weekend relaxing. The weather was georgeous. We sat on the deck. Kitties in their tents...us on our big comfy chairs...impatiently waiting for our deck sectional to come...reading, grilling, plotting...we are plotting brief summer getaways, concerts...we are going to see Keith Urban...and Den is worrying about my reluctance to leave Lucy and Roxie alone with a trusted sitter who will visit twice a day. Yikes! I seriously think I have a problem...I have travelled so much and I love it and Roxie Blue was supposed to make leaving them at home easier but it's harder and I seriously have a problem...sigh! I need a kitty nanny! Yikes!

Read these...the first one...ok but lacked excitement.



This one! OMG...freaking amazing! Three wives...one dead husband...one amazing little girl named Picasso...North Carolina...sweet minty tea! This is movie material!
The wives are all long haired blondes...Gwyneth, Reese, and the cigarette smoking wife on Mad Men? Yum! Reviewed from Amazon Vine and it's not out yet but it will be on June 17th! I loved this book!


New yummy books...reading about tons of great books that were at BEA...I really need to attend at least once...next year!

NetGalley Buzz Books are awesome...love NetGalley...love Edelweiss...thank you for these and more!































What to read next? Every one of these!

Happy Monday!

It's A Sloppy Sort Of Friday!

Den and I love Sloppy Joe's! We particularly love them on a Friday with baked French Fries or Onion Rings! This has been our meatless week so we want to dive into these...with a chilled drink...I am using Brown Eyed Baker's recipe...you can find the recipe here...I am still figuring out linking from my ipad so if this is blank...I am so sorry!










Den and I are having "salad in a jar" for lunch today...I packed 6 different veggies inside so we don't have to eat any more serious vegetables today...we can have fun ones for dinner! These are from The Yummy Life.





This is from The Kitchn...but mine look just like this. Den takes a plate with him...dumps it out...adds dressing...and voila! Yummy salad! I usually make four at a time...they look so pretty in the refrigerator!





Finished this...I did not love this book.





Reading this...not sure yet how I feel!





Lovely new books from NetGalley and Penguin!











And NetGalley and Atria...




That is all I have! Have a happy lovely Friday and weekend! I am taking the weekend off!

Back on Monday with more new books!

OMG! Free Dresses...Almost!

I freaking love store credits! There is this little shop in Camden, Maine called Cotton Garden...that I love...and Jane...the manager..is awesome. I love wearing these dresses in the summer...they are comfy, cool, inexpensive and fun! Jane takes photos and sends them to me. The sizing is easy so they are always perfect.

This is the first batch...I got the two on the bottom but I am thinking more and more about some of the top ones! Their size is ONE SIZE...so they usually always work! Again...comfy and easy...my summer style! Oh...and I had a store credit! So exciting!



Loved these and they are mine! All mine!


Finished this...Menamon, Maine, lobsters, blueberries, a small town protest that turns bad...very bad! But I loved Leah and Hank...and Quinn...main characters! Plus there were recipes in the back of the book! Yes!



Reading this now...loving it...quirky characters and I love quirky!


That's all I have! Happy Thursday! Deck furniture is coming today! So excited!

They Tumble And Fall!

We had a nightmarish thunder/wind/rainstorm yesterday...my most beautiful deck plant was blown overboard. For the past few days it's been such a delight to just look at its pink and green loveliness...but even though Den raced outside to pick it up...it's kind of a mess...so sad! I even matched it's green spiky things to my new deck sectional...I am really sad! I love rain...love it! But I have to admit to being afraid of summer storms...we lost power for a few minutes...the wind was...way too windy! My grandmother always lit a few little votive candles during a storm...I usually do that, too.


What was funny was that last night I made my grandmother's chicken for dinner! It's all made in one pan...chicken pieces and little baby potatoes and carrots and onion slices...maybe a few garlic cloves...that just get sautéed in a big pan...although I microwave the baby potatoes first...and I only use skinless organic chicken thighs...but it gets brown and crispy...Den loves it...and when the pan is empty...my mom or my grandmother would take a slice of bread and wipe out the pan...and deliver that to my dad...I do the same thing but I deliver it to Den! He loves this chicken!

Hopefully I can save my plant today!

Finished this...utterly fascinating but I am beginning to devour historical/quest/fiction!



Reading this...Maine, lobstahs, relationships...yum!



I have already separated these two...Lucy is in a time out...lol! They look angelic now but they were popping each other minutes ago...in my lap! Sisters! Den thinks Roxie is the instigator but that is not always the case.





That's all I have! Happy Wednesday!