Everything's Just Beachy

Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day.  We had family over for a mid-afternoon lunch, sat on the deck and look at our gardens.  I know, sounds like a yawn of a good time, but that is how we enjoy the summer holidays.

A couple of weeks ago, I heard summer calling and rolled out the summer tub of decorations.  Here's a couple of the results of a long afternoon of cleaning and rearranging.  No comments about how slow I am, please!

First up is a tabletop display...

 That cute little glass float is from Pottery Barn--they came is a set of six!  Love them.

 Those are antique porcelain orbs that were used for water purification--at least that's the story from the antique's dealer.  Don't worry, I would have bought them anyway, just in case you're thinking," yeah right...sure those are antique water balls"

This is my coffee table display this year...

 

Just a note about coral, I never buy the real deal...it isn't good for the oceans to harvest real coral, PLEASE don't buy it when there are so many great reproductions.  Yes, that is my preachy voice, I admit it!

The turtle is new and bought in the middle of winter at Hobby Lobby when he was half off.  I just wanted a turtle so much after seeing sea turtles at each beach I visit.  The last one was in South Carolina and he (assuming) was huge and had died, but I loved him anyway.  I just wanted to go pat him into eternity...strange?  Yeah, for sure, but I love sea turtles.

The shells surrounding the turtle are a special gift from a special friend.  They are snail shells and not from the sea, but so sea-like!  I love that my friend thought of me when she saw the snail shells!  I am easily flattered, really!

Thanks for reading (I'm assuming you didn't just look at the pictures).  Till next time...

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The Summer Mantle

It's that time of year when the reservations are made for our annual Florida trip and the countdown begins for one of our favorite weeks of the year.   It only seems right that our house starts to resemble the beach--just a little bit.  Each year I try something different on the living room mantle and this year, I had a little help from my friends, by way of gifts and garage sale sleuthing--thanks Stacey.

Meanwhile, other spots throughout the house get doses of the sea too.  I have noted that this seems to be the year Pottery Barn jumped on this beach trend, but we've been doing this for 10 years already.  Maybe Pottery Barn should hire me, ha, ha, ha.

Because my last post was sooooo long, I'll just leave you with the pictures this time.  As, always, thanks for reading, especially with the problems blogger has been having.  Have a great loooong weekend!  Robin


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