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Hello.  Sorry for being such a stranger.  Just been working and mothering.

I saw this today and thought it was lovely:

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Found it on the Waterworks Blog, here.

A few months back Coastal Living called and asked if I’d do a little Q&A for their February issue, which is on newsstands now.

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Marla took the picture and thankfully I don’t look as cold as I actually was.  Many thanks to the folks at Coastal Living for including me.

A couple of weekends back Darby and her family came for the weekend.  A mutual friend offered us a house in Rosemary Beach for the weekend, which is something you don’t turn down.  It was a wonderful little staycation.  Of course, Sloane didn’t quite know how to handle herself in bunk beds with three older cousins and sleep the first night wasn’t exactly peaceful, but we managed and had a blast.

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People often email and ask where they should stay when they visit my little beach community, but it’s not something I can answer easily because it’s rare (aside from McBeach) that I take a staycation.  We loved our weekend here (here’s a link to the house).   The house was just one house off the gulf and right on the green, it really was perfect.

Last week I bought this…
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a Pop Phone and I love it.

 

News from the home front, Sloane is potty trained.  We went pantless for a couple of days… no accidents and done.  Easy, peasy.  My girl is getting so big it sorta hurts my heart.  I want to freeze time.  Last Friday evening she accidentally dropped a box of crayons, when they crashed to the floor she exclaimed, “Oh my little goodness!”

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Happy Friday, friends!

‘Tis the season to be merry

As most of you know by now, we love Tastes Orangey.  Her artwork blends nature with human emotions in a very beautiful and dramatic way.  And because it’s the season of giving,  Clare was so gracious to offer 5 incredibly lucky winners their choice of one 13 x 19 print.  Any of her wonderful prints can be made into the larger size. Here is a sampling if some of her new pieces that all of us around here love.

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LostandFound

Undertow

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Just tell us your favorite Christmas song. We will pick our favorite 5. Deadline for this giveaway is Thursday December 15th.  Mine is “Bluegrass White Snow” by Patty Loveless.

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hoarders buried alive

Is anyone concerned about our whereabouts?  If not, perhaps you should be.  We are working in this jungle, slowly, but surely, burying ourselves alive.  It is as oppressive as it looks.  We will be back once we get this disaster zone de-disasterfied.  We are actively working on it, so don’t go calling A&E just yet.