Hello everyone! Are you having a lazy-around-the-house kind of Sunday or a run-errands-til-you're-crazy kind of Sunday? We are having the lazy variety... Some laundry is in the dryer and I'm in the craft room mostly cleaning, but hopefully creating soon. I've had a nice weekend so far and thought I would just share some pictures with you today.
Yesterday one of my gal pals hosted us at her house for a girl day. It was fabulous! Relaxing and silly and just a plain old good time! We started out by having a make your own pizza bar. Isn't that the most fab idea ever? We started with Boboli pizza breads and then piled on the goodies. You know I love to take pictures of food - so I couldn't resist. And, trust me, it was just as good as it looks! :-)
Here's mine before it went into the oven....LOTS of veggies!
And when it came out...
Are you hungry yet? I could eat this every single day I think...
After pizza we did a little bit of easy stamping and chatting...made some cheery Spring cards with this nice color palette and some favorite Amuse stamps.
After stamping we had desserts and played Scrabble (otherwise known as the game I lose every time) and had some champagne! Perfection if you ask me! I really must get better at Scrabble. I think I am improving from playing Words with Friends on my iphone. I have some friends who are killers! (You know who you are)!
The next set of pictures are from today in my front yard. This morning we had a full on thunder storm...which is extremeley rare here in Northern California. In fact, I'm not sure I've ever heard thunder that loud around our house. The lights flickered a bit and then it blew through in about an hour. As soon as it stopped raining I grabbed my camera to capture the just-after-the-storm light. It did not disappoint.
The hydrangeas are growing like crazy. I think there are probably about 200 blooms on two plants! The blooms are all in various stages. Some are completely green, some are all blue...and most of them are in between.
See what I mean about that glorious light!? I did not photoshop the color on these at all! When the sky is cloudy there are no shadows and no glare...just soft even light...mmmmm.
This is our front flower bed with all the pretty impatiens the DH planted last weekend. By then end of the Summer they will fill the entire bed and be about a foot tall!
I think maybe the thunder scared Mr. Buddy! He is in his cat camo tent with those giant eyes looking at me...am I okay??
Thanks for popping by today! Have a blessed day.
You are right Shannon, this is very Cape Cod-ish. I am looking at getting Cape Cod rentals in the future. I love the scenery! And these pictures are truly amazing. I can almost taste each dish! Thanks for posting these!
Posted by: benjamin | 12/16/2011 at 11:04 AM
Could you please tell my hydrangea it's ok to start blooming? Maybe mine needs to talk to yours!!! Oh.. and you can bring that pizza over anytime.. i'm HUNGRY! :)
love ya!
Patty
Posted by: Patty Bennett | 05/17/2011 at 05:37 PM
I can tell you had a great weekend. What can be better than food, friends and photos?
Thanks for sharing...
Posted by: Fonda Jo | 05/16/2011 at 08:54 AM
Sounds like you had a truly wonderful weekend, Wanda! Your girls' day sounds fabulous. Love the pizza bar idea and love the scrabble. And how fun you guys even stamped! :)
And wowzers on your after-storm photots. The light was just perfect and your pictures are stunning. And poor little Buddy made me smile in his cat commando tent!
Posted by: Audrey Pettit | 05/16/2011 at 03:52 AM
Glad you had so much fun Saturday Wanda!
The photo's oh my.. they are so good again!
The hydrangeas are so gorgeous..love the blue ones..mine mostly get pink..with some blue touches ..they were blue at the beginning.Also have white ones the Annabella variety they have different flowers.
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 05/16/2011 at 02:09 AM
Your Saturday sounds wonderful and your pictures are beautiful! If you want another Words With Friends pal, just let me know. I am addicted to it. :)
Posted by: Jami | 05/15/2011 at 07:46 PM
What a wonderful post! I almost felt like I was a fly on your wall... Your hydrangeas are gorgeous -- very Cape Cod-ish. I'm learning to enjoy Scrabble more by playing Words on my iPhone, too. Isn't this a small world? If you want to start a game I'm papermade. Have a stellar new week!
Posted by: Shannon Fralish | 05/15/2011 at 05:26 PM
Your photos are gorgeous! I sure would like to give Buddy a pat and a squeeze. He is a beautiful cat. So glad you had a fun time with your friends. Your pizza looked yummy.
I hope you have a good week. LC
Posted by: Linda C | 05/15/2011 at 05:19 PM