WONDERFUL WEEKEND WANDERINGS...

It was a beautiful weekend.

  The lilacs and the Lady Banks roses

 are brightly

 gracing the garden and...

...we drove down to Santa Cruz

 and the kids took us out

 to a delicious dinner 

and treated us to a basketball game,

 all in honor of

 the Captain's birthday.

Santa Cruz is home 

to the D league of 

the San Francisco Warriors. 

 They have erected a structure which,

 from the outside, 

looks like a huge tent,

 but on the inside

 has the appearance of a big league stadium

 with all the amenities

 that you would expect 

associated with the NBA.

  Most people are season ticket holders

 so it is like a community of friends

 that come together with each game. 

 Even the dog 

pictured above

 is a big fan.

Our new sofa was delivered

 and it is everything 

I had hoped it would be. 

 The color is perfect

 and it is very comfortable...

...are you old enough to remember

 that comfortable object 

that you and your family sat on

 in the living room

 when you were young? 

 It wasn't a couch...

it wasn't a sofa...

sometimes it was a divan...

but usually it was known as

 a chesterfield. 

 This new sofa of ours

 brings back those memories.

I borrowed the Captain's lamp 

from his library 

(or as he would say, "Like I had a choice?")

 and we both like it in here,

 so now I have to come up with

 a replacement for him.

I have had these two lamps

 on the master bath vanity

 and really never turn them on anymore so,

 I brought one into

 the new space...

...and fancied up a shade for it. 

 I really like the feel

 of it here.

I was so happily surprised yesterday

 to receive this beautiful package

 in the mail 

from my good and dear friend,

 Kerin, of Mill Hill Meadows.

  She had wrapped up this bag

 of the best smelling chunks

 of Blueberry Pound Cake

 for use in a tea-light warmer

 and two of the

 sweetest little birdies...

...to add to my collection. 

 They seem to feel right at home

 as they parade across

 the mantle piece...

...all of these thoughtful gifts

 were accompanied by a beautiful

 "dream" card 

that I appropriately tucked 

into a corner of the guest room

 along with other

 special momentoes.

Thank you so much, Kerin. 

 I so appreciate 

your kindness and

 your friendship.

We found this chest

 in a shop in Lodi. 

 We loved the lines of it 

and its usage

 and knew that it would be perfect 

in a special spot. 

 The colors are not in tune

 with what is planned for the room 

so there will be a drastic change coming

 and then the whole room 

will be revealed.

Hope you all had 

some wonderful weekend wanderings

 as well.

...Judy...

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