TGIF Oasis!

How would you like to have a pool like this beauty in your backyard!! Very tranquil and beautiful! TGIF everyone!

Watermelon is awesome!!

The other day I went to Harris Teeter on my way home from work. What was at the door, well my old friend watermelon!! Now I have always loved watermelon, but I have to say this is some of the best watermelon I have ever tasted!! I think I'll stop back there tonight and get some more. I also picked up my other favorite fruit, cherries! I wanted the Ranier Cherries from Washington state but they wanted $5.59/lb!!! Cherries are not light so that would have been one hefty price tag at the checkout. I also bought some red seedless grapes. They are always so good when you come inside from being out in the heat-they are so nice and cool and snappy! I have been trying to eat better lately and these wonderful fruits really hit the spot!

Rain, Rain Everywhere and Peach Pie

Today started out cloudy and then as the day went on it got darker and darker. I had to go to an Architect's Office for work to pick up some Closeout Binders. While I was there a few big drops of rain splattered my windshield and I thought I could get back to the office before it started raining really hard. The Architect carried the big box of binders out to my car for me-that was very nice! Then I started the drive back to the office. Well all heck let loose and the rain pelted down on my car, then the thunder and lightning started. The wind was blowing the rain on my car so hard I could hardly see. I had to stop for a red light and the thunder was so loud it rocked my car. I turned on the radio and what were they telling me, "Mecklenburg County (that is the county I live and work in) was under a tornado watch!!" Yikes, I drove back to the office very carefully looking around as I drove for a funnel cloud-luckily I never saw any. When I got back to the office one of the guys held the door of the office while I struggled with the huge box and my purse. I was soaked through by the time I went the 20 steps from the car to the office. Chivalry is dead I guess, but atleast he held the door open for me. My shoes were soaked and my over shirt was too. I took my sandals off and put the over shirt over a chair to dry. I made myself a cup of hot tea and proceeded to work until 5. By that time the rain had stopped and my clothes had dried. What an ordeal!! I told John since I had such a horrible afternoon I need this:



LIFE IS GOOD- YUMMY!

Just as promised-here is a picture of the pie!

Well here is the finished peach pie! Tonight John and I will have a piece with french vanilla ice cream with a touch of cinnamon on top! I love fresh pies. I'll take a picture when it is cut so you can see it.

Saturday's Adventures

Today was a lazy day for John and I. We started out by getting up late, which there is nothing wrong with that when you don't have any plans for Saturday. We decided to have lunch at Showmars just over the border in South Carolina. We got gas for my car while we were in SC (it is usually 10 cents a gallon cheaper than buying it in Charlotte). Then we made our way to the peach orchard. We bought some wonderful peaches so I can make a peach pie and we'll have some left over just to munch on! They were beautiful! Here are a few pictures of them and the orchard:


Here is a closeup view of the peach orchard. This orchard is behind the stand that sold the peaches we bought. Can't get much fresher than that!


Peaches growing on the trees.


This is the whole box of peaches we bought. There definitely should be enough for a pie or two and peaches for snacking on.


This picture really makes my mouth water for peach pie. The peaches were still a little hard so I'm waiting until tomorrow to make my pie. I'll just have to be patient until then! John and I both love peach pie!

We then left there and headed on home. While we were driving we decided to drive home through Pineville, NC. John Wieland is a builder in our area and he started a new neighborhood that has single family homes and townhomes called McCullough. Well John and I fell in love with both the single family homes and the townhomes. All the homes and townhomes were so light and airy inside-just lovely! Here are some pictures of those:

This model is The Chesapeake and it was just gorgeous! Too big for John and I but still gorgeous and beautifully staged!


This is The Donnelly model.


The Foster Model


The Dawson Model


This Townhome was called The Crofton.

All the porches on these homes/townhomes were very deep and there was a cool breeze flowing through all of them. Some of the homes even had ceiling fans and porch swings on them-just really wonderful. Some of the ones we looked at overlooked a beautiful park that had a bandstand style gazebo. Just gorgeous!

When I came home I noticed one of the hostas I have named Avocado had started blooming. I saw the perfect picture of the blossom with the fountain right behind it. I love this picture!



The pink phlox are also still blooming away in the summer sunshine. Here is a picture I snapped of them.


Last week I went shopping (Sunday to be exact). I love roses and Harris Teeter (our grocery store) had roses that were pink in the center and white on the outside. They are still really gorgeous as you can see in the pictures.


Here is the bouquet after almost a week on my kitchen table. I put them in my green depression glass vase and I have my green depression glass candlesticks there too.





I finished the special order of the twisted sterling silver wire bird nest necklace. I really like how the twisted wire looks like real twigs. The client can't wait to receive it. I will take it to her on Tuesday to my Knitting Group.







I guess John was tired from our adventure because he is now napping and snoring away in my one and half chair! Teddy our dog is curled up on the ottoman near him (not an easy fete for a Golden Retriever). Everyone have a great weekend! Enjoy!

Friday Wish!

Don't you just want to crawl in this picture and be there right now!! This is Taino Beach in the Bahamas. I have never been there but I was looking for a picture to post on my blog for today and when I saw this I knew it was the place I'd love to be right now!!

Where would you like to be today?

Books, Books Everywhere!!

Over this past 4th of July holiday weekend I decided I was going to make a list of the books on my bookshelves (3 huge bookshelves that is). All of the books on there are books I haven't read yet. I have another bookshelf that has the books I've read already. I completed the list and I couldn't believe there were 427 books on there!! Alot of these books I get from Paperbackswap.com so I have not purchased them. Some were given to me after the reader was done with them. A few I have bought at the library. But of course, some of those books I have purchased! I am going to make a point to read some of these books by the end of the year! Hopefully I'll have read atleast 20 or more. Alot of them are quick cozy mysteries, but about half are novels that will take a little more time. I was shocked that John said, "I thought you had more than that!" Wasn't that a pleasant surprise! I did find one book that I had a duplicate of, so off to the paperbackswap list it went. I could have a really bad vice other than books (and my other love is plants!). The main reason for doing this project wasn't because I'm OCD or anything like that but the truth is sometimes I forget what I have on the shelves and I don't want to duplicate. I was really glad I was able to get this project done because it will be really helpful in the future!

Everyone have a lovely day!