the long weekend

I don't have a smartphone, so I don't do Instagram, but if I did, the long Memorial Day weekend would have looked something like this.

This shot is kind of typical of our summer weekends--Andy and me headed south into downtown Grand Rapids, laughing smugly at the cottage-bound traffic jam headed in the opposite direction (in this case, they were lake-bound).  Since we live on a lake already, there's no mad rush north or west for us.  (Do you like the crack in my windshield?  Keeping it real!)

Michigan beers and pinball at the Pyramid scheme.

Quality couch time with Lucy the dog.

We visited an out-of-town friend's chickens to feed them and collect eggs.

This little lady is also named Lucy, and I'm nearly as obsessed with her as I am with the canine Lucy.

Look!  She just hatched a baby chick...who did not want her photo taken, and tried to hide herself up in Lucy's wing.

Lucy the dog had, surprisingly, zero interest in the chickens.

We decided to give gardening--on a small, manageable scale--a go again.  Tomatoes, basil, rosemary, cilantro, petunias, marigolds, and a tiny lavender, pink, and white ground cover-y flower whose name I can't remember.  The lady behind the cash register was all, why are you taking a photo.  I thought the cart was cute.

Cobb salad season!  Well, salad season, period--but Cobb is the best!

xo

K

pink gin, pride fest, pinball, pups, and prints

I am trying to get back into the work groove after an enormously fun weekend spent with my best buddies--Stephani, who was visiting us for the weekend, and Andy.

And Lucy, of course.  We took her to Grand Rapids' Pride Fest, where she roundly ignored all the cute little dogs who wanted to get to know her.

It was a weekend of badminton, gin & tonics with bitters, floating on the lake in our new inner tubes (which are silly huge and awesome), duck nachos at Brewery Vivant, and pinball at the Pyramid Scheme.  And I wore my new 1950s Egyptian print cotton dress, which I love, but which I think I might be letting go shortly, as it's just a bit too big in the bodice for me.

It makes me a little sad because I love the print, the piping, and the funky neckline, but I can't keep everything.  Much as I'd like to.

I hope your weekends were fun and relaxing!

xo

K

scenes from the weekend

Just a few scenes from the weekend, which was a good mixture of relaxation and getting things done...things like Lucy's summer haircut. That's her Before picture. It took a little finagling to get her to stand by the poppies, which finally appeared last week! Soon after she disappeared inside the greenery--she seems to enjoy climbing around in there.

As you can see from the After picture, there's not much difference. But we like to think she feels cooler.

Not only did the dog get a haircut--so did the lawn. I love this--Andy's Schlitz hat, and the fact that he is riding around our little front yard on our neighbor's big mower. It's not quite as ridiculous as it looks--we also have a big side yard that he mows with this.

It wasn't all work! Here's a little teaser pic for another post I'll be making soon about my new favorite place in the universe!

And here's another tease: a sneak peek at some of the swimwear I'll be photographing for the shop this week. There's another whole box of it, still to be washed! I'll be posting a preview here this week.

Playtex pink petals swim cap.

And a little peek at a dress perfect for Independence Day--a firecracker print!

Hope your weekend was perfect!

xo

K