and just like that...

And just like that, it's the middle of July.
The middle of summer.
Spending a bit if time this morning, porch sitting,
thinking how quickly this season is passing. 
Do you remember, when you were a child,
summer days seemed so long?
My mother once told me the older you are,
the quicker time seems to pass. How true is that? 
Wishing you all a lazy, long, summer Saturday.

Doing the things...

First I Drink the Coffee Then I Do The Things

A busy day for me...
Lots of "things" to do in the Workshop today.
Hoping the coffee helps!

Pumpkin Spice and Traveling Brooms...

Just popping in to say hello ...
Pumpkin Spice creamer gives a bit more
yum to coffee don't you think?.

And some early Halloween fun...
Sisterhood of the Traveling Brooms.
Grab your brooms and fly!

3 Cup Morning?

 It could be a 3 cup morning.
Snowin' like crazy and I do need to pull on my boots
and get up to the Workshop this morning
to work on orders and also some new pieces
that need finishing.

It is very pretty...

but these sweet yellow crocus that were blooming
in the front yard this weekend
are totally covered with the white stuff.

Deep Freeze...

 Warming up on the inside before
walking to the Workshop on this

beautifully clear
but frigid Maryland morning.

 We've had such a mild winter so far
but over the past two days frigid air
dropped right on top of us.
Snowstorm prediction for Friday-Saturday.
Time to pull out the boots!

 The Country Workshop

 

Rise and Grind...

 Time to kick start your day...

 

New Coffee Design on the Website

Unfortunately, I am using my little ruby red coffee maker
from the Workshop this morning, as I have buried another Cuisinart
...that was not even a year old.
Does anyone a a recommendation for a coffee maker?

Life is What Happens...

 Life is what happens

 between Coffee and Wine

New on the website.
The Country Workshop

Sunday...

It's a cold morning here... and off and on snow flurries. Thinkin' I'll just sit here, finishing my coffee and try to decide what to do with the rest of the day.  I need to come up with an idea for dinner with what I have on hand...may just make meat sauce in the crockpot and cook some pasta.  

We had a family dinner last night to celebrate my birthday, which was earlier in the week.  It was a big birthday this year...one of those milestones...older than dirt kinda birthdays.  I told the daughters and Lou that I didn't want a surprise party (my 50th birthday they surprised me with a party.  Went to see a movie with the tricky husband and came home to 40+ people in my house).  So the girls made dinner and it was just Lou and I, the daughters and their husbands, my Mom and the grandbabies.  Nice and cozy and exactly what I wanted.

 My best gifts...

 Have a wonderful Sunday...

 

Take Time To Smell The Coffee...

I've been working on merchandise for the fall shows we are participating in. Of course Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas are on the list, but beverages are also popular. So today I will be working on Coffee.

Seems that everyone knows a coffee addict...that someone who always has mug in hand and will only drink a certain kind of a special blend.
Coffee items are always a great gift idea for those who live on caffeine.

When daughter Meagan worked at Starbucks (she was in high school) our freezer was filled with
various coffees from that well known company.

But now I much prefer Baltimore Blend from Baltimore Coffee and Tea , a local company that will shipped their wonderful blends right to your door.

Other Coffee Signs

On a different subject...Just want to let you that there are still honest people in this world. I posted about going to the Samos Restaurant last week. Holly and Chad couldn't find their camera (a very, very nice camera) this weekend...pulled the house apart, searched the cars, no camera. The last place they could remember having it was at the restaurant. The camera case must have been pushed under the table, and with gathering together
Dylan, diaper bag and take home leftovers, it wasn't picked up.
When Holly called the restaurant, they had it and were waiting for someone to call.