Summer Sitting, In Colour. . . .

 We added two more colours to our collection of beach chairs — I trusted to Paul’s choosing, knowing I’d love a random effect (he asked for the pink one, was corrected by the floor staff…

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Summer Garden, Oceanside . . .

 My botanist-horticulturist (artist-writer-naturalist) friendAlisononce called my front garden a Darwinian garden, alluding to my tendency to throw plants into the soil here and see what survived.  While the rest of the garden is shielded by…

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In the Early Morning Light . . .

Saturday morning, I woke early as usual and enjoyed the luminous tranquility of the day’s beginning. . . I peeked outside at the tent my visiting son had set up on the deck (can you…

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Simple Summer Pleasures: Favourite T, Foodie Stuff, and Beach Happenings. . .

Summer Pleasure #1 Favourite but sadly ancient summer T. Gap 2007, the absolutely perfect-weight cotton knit. I think it’s its beach-faded vibe of pink and white is the best possible coloured riff on the ubiquitous…

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My Man on the Beach . . .

It’s not everyday one’s husband shoulders the chainsaw & announces he’s off to make a coffee table (from beach logs) #manlyman #swoon & #lol — Materfamilias (@Materfam) August 5, 2012 I tweeted this the other…

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