So Long Sweet Summer

What a wonderful summer!  We got so much accomplished on the house!  (I'll save that for another post, though.)  As fall sneaks in I wanted to post a few pictures from the summer that never made it to the blog.

Blueberries in our back yard.  I froze some to make Spiced Blueberry Muffins this fall.

Holly Springs, Mississippi 

 San Antonio, Texas

September First

 

I have always loved this living room in the Cottage Living New Orleans Idea House.  The colors  remind me of the beginning of fall.  There is a crispness in the air on September first (even here in the south!)  

I love the Bevolo lanterns in the room.

Fireplace and Bookshelves

I just snapped this picture tonight. Not quite "staged," but pretty close to complete none the less.

It's Wednesday Night.....

... and I'm still thinking about last weekend.

Friday afternoon after my first 40 hour work week in over a year, Britton and I took Angie to join Mary Kathryn and Lewis at the waterfalls in Abbieville.  Angie chased Lewis's puppy Minnie Lou and the other two puppies all over the place.  It was a very relaxing end to a long week. Mary-Katheryn took the photo above and several others she posted on her blog, Almost Famous.

Summer

Summer is in full swing!  It is HOT and HUMID in the South.  I pulled these prints out of an Anthropology Catalog over six years ago and they still make me smile when I see them!  The titles on the prints remind me why I love summer!

Happy Summer!

Floor Progress

Last weekend we started installing the wood floors at our house.  See the progress for yourselves....

 

MVP

A week ago Britton was the MVP (Most Valuable Player) when he hit the game winning in the park grand slam at his softball game.  This week we are dealing with a completely different MVP - Bostik MVP (Moisture Vapor Protector). We first had to move all the "stuff" out of our house.  This is what the rooms looked like with everything cleaned out. 

Then we swept, vacummed, and mopped the entire house thoroughly.

Then on went the MVP.

And lots of it...

People often ask us when we are going to have kids.  I always answer, "Can you imagine living with a baby in our house the way it is now?"  This label on the MVP reinforced my thought ...

 It was hard enough trying to keep our curious dog away from the compound as we troweled it on the floor. 

This weekend we hope to put our wood floors down.

via My Home Ideas

Happy Fourth of July!