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Hello to All!  Happy May!  I'm finally back from my trip and have just enough time and energy to write a little post.  The trip to Sedona was really lovely, but more on that later.  While I was gone one of my peony bushes bloomed.  We only just planted three bushes last year, and didn't expect any blooms for years.  To my great surprise, we ended up with two blooms on one of them this year.  Of course they chose my weekend away to bloom, but they stuck around long enough for me to pick them and take some pictures.  I decided to put them in this mint julep style vase that's available in my Etsy shop.

Lovely, aren't they?  Here they are on my mantel.

I hope to have more blooms next year, and really probably should plant more bushes.  My wedding bouquet was made of the most gorgeous pink peonies, so they are particularly special to me.  I love that they bloom around the time of my anniversary.

Wishing you all a happy and productive week!

Just The Girls

Each Spring a group of my girlfriends and I pick a place to have a girls weekend.  It's really been a great way to keep in touch now that we're a bit spread out over the country.  I was afraid we might stop doing it once we all started having kids, but I think we need it now more than ever! Here are a couple pics of us from previous years.

Sonoma 2008 (I'm the tall one)

Denver 2009

I don't seem to have a group shot from last year - Asheville, NC.  This year we are going to Sedona.  I'm super excited since I've never been there.  Actually, I've never been to Arizona!  If it looks anything like this, I'm sure I'll love it!

So, what am I packing for this trip?

This issue (May 2011) includes a feature of the home designed by Tracery Interiors that I blogged about here.

Ha!!  You can't fly on a plane without celebrity gossip, right?

Can you tell I'm excited about my magazine time?!  I do NOT get enough magazine time at home.  I went a little nuts at the grocery store at the thought of it.  I may have to take an extra bag!

I'll be back next week.  Hopefully with some fun stories and pictures!

xo,

Becky

Images via: visitsedona.com, housebeautiful.com, countryliving.com, ElleDecor.com, atlantahomesmag.com, people.com

How does your garden grow?

Let me start this post by explaining that I do not have a green thumb.  I always have big plans for a large producing garden, or pots and pots of gorgeous colorful flowers.  I plant them, and then....generally ignore them!!  So, I'm always thrilled and amazed when something actually GROWS!  Here's a little of what is going on in my yard.

My blackberry bushes are blooming!  I don't get tons of them, but I'm always looking out for good recipes.  Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Magazine had some interesting ones here.

The strawberries are blooming too.  There is seriously nothing better than fresh strawberries - just picked!  These rarely get made into anything - they just don't last that long.  They need to be mulched and weeded, but they just keep growing!

Guess what else is growing!  WEEDS!  This is where my veggies are supposed to go.  We've had a wet Spring, and the weeds have completely taken over.  There is some asparagus over there on the left, but the rest of it is unwanted.  I have TONS of work to do here!  My farmer's market has great transplants ready so I better get busy.  I'm hoping to at least plant tomatoes, peppers and green beans.  Oh, and basil, always basil.  I can't get enough pesto!!

Peaches!!  Can't live in Georgia without these, right?  Last year they were amazing!!  

Here's the compost bin the hubs built - pretty handy, eh?

These were a nice little surprise.  I planted them last summer and they came back.

I would love to hear about your gardens!!

Summer Love

I'm loving these Espadrille Ballet Flats on JCrew.com!  I'm ordering them in this pumice stone color.

I really hope they come in time for my girls' weekend in Sedona.  SO EXCITED!!

Happy Easter!

A Happy Easter to you all!