Our summer is winding down and the flowers are, too. But I have some photos I took while on vacation that I haven’t shared with you yet and this is one of them. The people we rented the house from left this beautiful vase of hydrangeas for us and around here hydrangeas just scream Cape Cod Summer – especially if those hydrangeas happen to be blue like these.

No blues about the weekend, though, it’s all sunshine and rainbows for Friday, Saturday and Sunday!

Sunflowers are so perfect for September, aren’t they? I bought this vase of them from a roadside stand when I was on Cape Cod last weekend. They are a harbinger of cool fall days but I love them anyway!

You know what I’m going to say next, I bet.

I also love the weekend! Let’s make it a good one!

Our vegetable garden was a bust this year (we really need to test our soil, I think) so I’m especially thankful for the cutting garden we planted. The zinnias are in full force right now and I’m picking a bouquet each week and loving it. And one of the best things about zinnias is the more you cut them, the more they grow!

Too bad weekends don’t work that way, huh? At least this one is a loooooong one! I’ll see you back in this space on Tuesday. Take good care, friends.

I cut this bunch of flowers early in the morning last week and then brought them in the house and made a few small bouquets to tuck here and there – one on the wood stove, one on the bathroom sink, and one on the windowsill over my kitchen sink. They make me smile, not just because I grew them myself but also because it’s such a simple thing that really brings me a lot of joy.

Guess what else brings me a lot of joy? Vacation with my family and it starts NOW! A whole week with Jackie, be still my heart.

I’ll catch you back in this space after next week. Behave yourselves, mmmkay?

Butterfly on the butterfly bush makes me happy.

So does the weekend! We’ve got big plans this weekend with our friends and this guy Jimmy Buffett! Woot!