Where the heck have I been?

As much as I would love to 

say I have been spending the last month 

sitting around the yard in a nice wicker chair....I really spent my days....

loving big old work tables ( I know, really hard work!)
I'll take three please

 pinned Nancy Fischelson's houses again...for the ga-zillion'th time 

on Pinterest
and a few of Briggs Edward Solomon's too

 pulled weeds and planted stuff 

 ran this bad boy around the garden a couple hundred times...finally ran out of gas...
me and the tiller

 made some dirt out of this lovely mess

 got sunburned ankles and wished
 I still owned a Kayak

 shopped for pots

 and pretty fountains

went home empty handed

but very inspired

 made some bread

and more bread

tried:

sourdough

whole grain

cheddar with green olives

rosted garlic

all with the same recipe!

here

 made some charrred citrus tomatillo salsa

 decided I really love lisianthus flowers

 had a really cool photo shoot for
Cooking Light magazine

made some new friends

(wonderful photographers and stylists 

and a little girly girl dog named Charlie)

 wore this outfit...It was a bit toasty with the sweater
but it's a November issue

gussied up the kitchen for the photographer

 played frisbee with Millie

 made lots of salads with nasturtiums

and peas

bought a juicer 

 so now I can drink my veggies

BTW if you want to change your eating habits 

watch this movie

 sold lots of cool stuff on Second Shout Out
and started getting ready for my very first
antique show and vintage market in November:
Remnants of the Past

 played some more frisbee
and a little of this

lost...of course

 had a great photo shoot for Cottage Style magazine
with
 my pal Sunday
yep her name is Sunday!

 watched this amazing stylist work
and had lots of giggles too

is she adorable?!!!!!

 made many big huge messes in the kitchen...

this is why I love big sinks

 found some beautiful flowers at the Farmers Market 

worked on a wonderful lake cottage 

project in the Northwoods of Wisconsin

a great e-design kitchen in San Diego

 a big gorgeous family home in Ojai

 planted 6 big pots with 

dwarf meyer lemons

 tried to figure out how to use chalk paint

 what a mess but lots of fun...more on that later

fell in love with these

remembered how much I really like lime green 

and black and white ticking

now after all of that 

it's no wonder I haven't had time to blog

Hope you had a wonderful summer!

xxoo

kelley