Weekending

I took my own advice this weekend and I took a bunch of photos of things I love. I think they are pretty representative of how I spent my weekend, too.

We started on Thursday with dinner on the deck with Jo-Ann and Sean, along with Sean’s dogs, Bentley (pictured above) and Dasher. We were eventually joined by Michael and Dale and we had a good old time laughing and hanging out, eating sushi and drinking wine.

On Friday I did a little more art journaling. I’m learning and it’s not perfect but it’s so much fun.

And then, since it was a rainy day, I persuaded Dale to take me to Art Experience. What a great spot – I wanted to buy all.the.things but I restrained myself and came away with just a few more brushes, some markers and some watercolor paper.

Friday evening found us on the deck and our snacks were of the homegrown variety. Tomato and basil from my garden, above, with locally sourced mozzarella.

And jalapeno poppers made from our homegrown jalapenos. So delicious!

Saturday was spent reading – a lot – and then in the evening we went to the 60th birthday party of a good friend. He’s a peach of a guy and we were so happy to celebrate with him.

On Sunday morning I had the privilege of taking family photos for my friend Beth. It was a big bunch – 17 adults!! – but it was fun posing everyone, even if it was a bit like herding cats.

We spent Sunday afternoon at Horseneck Beach with our friends Tom and Anne, who are camping there. While the reports all around us were of rain we had sunshine and blue skies and warm ocean water.

It was the perfect way to end the weekend!