wine on the keyboard

June 2012

This’s and Thats

by Kay~Kacey on 6/18/2012

Hope you all had a wonderful Father’s Day. We sure did. Had a BBQ here…had to put up the pop up canopy to get some shade in the nasty heat! Do you have one of those? About $99 from Walmart, but we use it all the time. Easy to put up and take down. Use it for shade, rain protection, and when we go to the beach. Facetimed with my youngest, and I’m still not sure my parents knew what was going on with that.  Anyway the party started at 1pm…the stragglers left about 6:30pm. Fabulous. Thanks to my oldest for staying and helping us take everything down and put things away. You are my favorite.

And, weirdly…I took not one photo. Not. One. So not like me.

A few updates on construction on our new place. Not much happened the last few weeks. We did get yet more cement poured. Here is our stamped concrete front porch. Isn’t it pretty? I love how it looks like old weathered boards. Will fit in with my farm house/seaside cottage feel that I’m going for.

stamped concreteThen, the other night I talked SuperGuy into going out to the land just at sunset. I saw the clouds forming and said “run, run, we HAVE to go out to the land and grab sunset photos.” To SuperGuy’s credit, he didn’t even roll his eyes. He just got up and grabbed the truck keys…

So worth it. I got this:

sunset on osage ridgeand this nice silhouette of SuperGuy

silhouette at sunsetLove him. :heart:

Anyway, if you want to follow along on some of the inspiration I’m getting for our Columbia house, feel free to follow my COMO House board on Pinterest. We have lots of decisions left to make. I’m sure I”ll be asking for opinions, because, you know, I’m like that.

I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles

by Kay~Kacey on 6/13/2012

man blowing bubbles

I’m forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air,
They fly so high,
Nearly reach the sky,
Then like my dreams,
They fade and die.
Fortune’s always hiding,
I’ve searched everywhere,
I’m forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.

So, now, if you know the song…you can have it stuck in your mind too, like it’s been stuck in mine since I saw this photo of my oldest blowing bubbles…

I’m not sure why, but we often, still—even though the boys are grown–have bubbles at our get togethers. Almost everyone will grab a bottle of them at some time and start playing.

I love bubbles. There, I said it. I love how they float on the air. I love how they get a rainbow pattern on them. I love how when I photograph them, I can see reflections in them.  I confess to even looking for a bubble machine on Amazon…

So there you have it…my confession of the day… I love bubbles. Now I think I’ll go find a bottle of bubbles and go play for awhile. Anyone care to join me?

Just Sharing

by Kay~Kacey on 6/11/2012

I know I posted a ton of photos of our new, adorable Cavalier puppy, Murphy…but I still love and adore Maggie. Our first born 😉

black and tan cavalierShe is really beautiful, isn’t she? And compared to Murphy? She is a breeze to take care of!

puppy in sunny spotOver at The Love Nest she follows the sun all around the house and flops down to soak up the rays.

cavalier king charles

She likes to perch on the arm of the recliner in my office while I work on the computer. She has a good view out the window there.

And, just because I can’t leave him out…one of Murphy the Wonder Dog. As in, I wonder when he’ll ever sleep past 5:30 in the morning…

cavalier king charles puppyThey really do bring such joy to our lives. And even though Murphy is a little stinker getting up early and he gets into EVERYTHING….we adore both of these puppies.