Sounds like a wonderful week-end. The two of you needed a long week-end to relax. We still hold hands too. I just saw a frame like this on Friday. What a good idea. Esp. for your Lake house. we took our two granddaughter to an ice cream festival but the rest of the week-end we have been working in the house. Our daughter and her kids are coming.....the first time she has been here in 5 years. I feel like we are getting ready for a big event, hah. Have a good week.
Could you send some of that rain my way, please? :) That's a sweet story about your neighbor. Time flies, for sure. I really like your new frame for holding pics. It's a good way to display them because you can easily swap them out. We grilled out this weekend too. It sure was hot though. :) Enjoy your week!
Afternoon Jane, sounds like a lovely weekend even though it is raining....how sweet you two still hold hands, cute and endearing.......I have a little piece of wall in the trailer at the lake with family, pets pictures, love looking at all the wonderful memories.....Enjoy the day, Francine.
Happy Memorial Day Jane!! So nice to pop over here and catch up! Love that memory holder...very unique! And space-saving too! Sounds like you had a great time and lots more where that came from The weather is beautiful here today and summer is in the air! Have a great week!
Jane I really like your picture thing ... what a great way to display pics and change them out when you want to. Someday the grands will have fun looking at all of that. Glad you are getting some down time at the lake in spite of the rain (at least it's not snow LOL) ...
Oh, how I'd love to visit Chicago, my bff and sil have and they loved it! Sounds like the Lakehouse is so superb, isn't it wonderful that you and your long time friend had lunch together.
Sounds like a wonderful weekend in spite of the weather, Jane. Boat is looking good. I'd love to visit Chicago one day, it is on my "wishful travel" list. xo
Yep, time truly does go by quickly Jane! Sounds like you had a nice weekend up at the lake. Lovin' your new picture gallery, I'm sure you'll have fun with it:@)
I love the sweetness in your description of your friend Babs. Time passes and we change, but friendships can keep us in that same place, remembering how life was when we met.
Please send me some of your rain. I have been watering flowers like mad here Jane. Time does move on. Some people seem to stay the same forever or they age better. Love your photo holder. xo, Olive
So glad you made it to the lake to relax. My parents had a lakehouse too. I enjoyed it when I was younger. Sitting on the deck looking out over the water, skiing and boating, and enjoying the friendships made with the neighbors...great lifestyle!
Yes, you can never count on Memorial Day weather in Michigan - more cold and rainy weekends than I can remember. My daughter was over at Lake Michigan and didn't get much beach time in either :-(
So sorry about your less than pleasant weather today! We enjoyed beautiful weather here in TN today. LOVE your new frame! I love to look at a wall of pictures. Oh, the stories they can tell! Life to the full! Melissa
what a lovely post Blondie. I enjoyed hearing about your neighbors and following you guys about town. :) I'm so glad you had such a nice time and I like your photo display. What a good solution. Leslie (aka gwen moss)
We had the same weather yesterday Jane. And your right, Memorial Day weekends are usually rained on. I love that picture thingy you found...very fun! Dan and I mostly worked outside this past weekend, until yesterday anyway. Big Hugs friend, Cindy
Oh it sounds like a wonderful day spent with your sweet friend and wonderful food:) Love the photo thingy... perfect! Have a blessed week dear Jane, HUGS!
Glad to hear you had another nice weekend at the lake! Love your frame. I was trying to click on the picture to enlarge it so I could see it better, but this photo wouldn't enlarge for some reason. Maybe it's my computer. Anyway...is this on the wall at the lake house or your Chicago house? Talk to you soon! xoxo
What a darling neighbor you have Janie... and age is a state of mind... you and she will be forever young... love friendships that last over the years... also love your new photo hanger... I need something like that, I take sooo many pics!... it is rainy here today, but a soft, gentle rain and I am loving it... I also love that you and your hubby still hold hands... Jack and I do too!... xoxo... Julie Marie
My parents had a place on the lake outside the town I grew up in. In the summers we would move out there and dad would drive back and forth to work. It was always fun catching up with the people from other places that we only saw in the summers.
It was just about as ugly as possible here all weekend. Rain, storms...yucky. We got things ready for our Saturday garage sale (it is supposed to rain on Sat.) and then had to move things around to get at least one car in when the storm blew in last night. We were worried about hail. My son showed up Saturday night and didn't leave until this morning! He slept and watched TV in the basement, I watched movies and put price tags on things. Not exciting, but a relaxing weekend.
Hi Jane...oh I love that photo holder, looks great in your home!! Time does fly faster when you get older, but having fun in life makes it go by quickly too!
Hi Jane-It sounds like you had a wonderful weekend with you and hubby.Love the frame/photos. I am so sick of this rain I could fly and it has been cold here, too. I am finally back blogging with a computer that works! Will catch up more later- xo Diana
Oh you will never believe this...my son lives in Old Town and I've been to Bistrot Margot! It's such a fun place to stroll around. You asked about my daughter's shoes and she said she got them at TJMaxx. Not sure that's much help though! Thank you for your sweet comment on my blog. I so appreciate it. <3
Jane, Monday was the only decent day we have had, topping at 70, but the next two sound like yours. We did bridals Monday and we were so glad - odd day to do it being Memorial Day, but that was when the photographer was available. Time for summer - please!
May 30, 2013 at 2:05 AM
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Hi Janie! Oh, you must have had a wonderful weekend! How sweet to know hand holding still goes on. It does with me and my hubby too! So precious! Yes! I'm gonna be a grandma again! We're thrilled. Thanks for popping in to see me. be a sweetie, Shelia :)
What a great get-away weekend. Love that frame for your photos...I love family photos so much. I need to look for something like this for my photos, too. :) hugs, bj and....we SURE could use some of that rain.
You surely must have spent some lovely times at the lake over the years. I imagine for your friend to say out loud that she is 70 is a bit of a shocker. I swear, time does fly the older we get. I often wonder how I got to the age I am at now. It just doesn't seem possible that so much time has passed. Staying active and taking care of ourselves is so important.
I love visiting quaint little towns. Hope you've had a great week. Tammy
My husband and I still hold hands, too! Isn't that nice?
I remember many Memorial Days in my home state of Michigan that were very cold, indeed. Whenever you write of your cottage, I remember our family cottage and get very nostalgic.
Your photo wall reminds me of the cabin in the movie On Golden Pond. I always loved the interiors and especially how they had just tacked tons of photos right on the wall. It's a great look besides being so nice to have your fav photos on display like that! Sounds like a wonderful relaxing weekend.
Hello girlie !!! I just opened my romantic homes mag and saw YOU - how awesome is that!!! So impressed with you!! xo
July 4, 2013 at 3:26 PM
[Image]Hello and Happy Memorial Day! It's about 56 degrees here in Michigan and pouring rain, but let's not let the weather dampen our spirit and pride for what today is all about. Many thanks to all of the men and women serving our country. Our flags are raised to you today!
Here in the Midwest, the weather around this time is very iffy...I can remember more rained out BBQ's on this day than any other. We came to the lake to relax and that's what we're doing. Yesterday my neighbor, Barb stopped over. She filled me in on how her winter had been, what was new with her family. Then she shyly said, "I turned 70 in February." I think my jaw hit the floor. All of our days here at the lake, the seasons, the years...they all seem like pages and chapters in a big book. As the narrator, my voice never changes. But yes, 23 years have gone by and when I met Babs she was just in her late 40's with a teenage son. And she's just the same, wearing her old shorts and blue denim jacket to hide the dirt on her clothes from spending hours in her garden. Her ash blonde hair now a pretty shiny gray. The same big smile and twinkling blue eyes. The Husband made hamburgers on the grill (under the roof of the patio as it was pouring), and she stayed for dinner with us. Our friends at the lake are wonderful, rain or shine!
[Image]I wanted to share something with you that came by UPS last week. I think all of you know how much I wanted to do a gallery wall. Well, I just didn't have the room so I did those floating shelves that I posted about recently. It still bothered me that I had so little space to display pictures and there aren't enough frames in the world for all the pictures I'd love to put out. So I found this big iron grid thingy in my Napa Style catalog and I knew it would be perfect.
[Image]I have it in my family room, just the right place as it's all about family. Like the years at the lake, it tells a story. My children, holidays, pets, our good times...The pictures are held with metal clips, fifty of them, and of course you can swap them out any time you want. Now, you know I'm not handy or extremely creative, but Melanie at Comfy House just posted the other day that she had saved the metal frame from her boys crib and was thinking of using it for something like this. I hope seeing this gives her the inspiration to go for it!
[Image]The Husband and I were in downtown Chicago again for a doctor visit. Now is just the best time to be out and about in the city. We drove to an area called Old Town, not far from the neighborhood that I had my little studio apartment in back in ancient times.
[Image]We walked the streets holding hands (yeah, we still do that!), and I snapped some pictures with my phone. All the locals were out, running, pushing strollers, walking dogs, sitting at the sidewalk cafes.
[Image]We stopped here for an early dinner. I love this place, we've been here many times. It has a sort of Moulin Rouge atmosphere. The Husband had salmon and I had chicken on a bed of roasted veggies with a buttery dijon sauce. Delicious!
[Image]I snapped a picture of The Husband working on his "new" old fishing boat in the garage a little while ago. He can spend hours playing with it. Maybe someday he'll actually get it in the water.
So, now I'm off to get things ready for lunch, shish kebobs on the grill. We''ll probably come home tomorrow. I hope all of you are having a wonderful holiday doing what you love, with all those that you love! See you later in the week!
XO,
Jane
posted by Blondie's Journal at 12:55 PM on May 27, 2013
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Sounds like a wonderful week-end. The two of you needed a long week-end to relax.
We still hold hands too.
I just saw a frame like this on Friday. What a good idea. Esp. for your Lake house.
we took our two granddaughter to an ice cream festival but the rest of the week-end we have been working in the house. Our daughter and her kids are coming.....the first time she has been here in 5 years. I feel like we are getting ready for a big event, hah.
Have a good week.
May 27, 2013 at 1:30 PM
Could you send some of that rain my way, please? :) That's a sweet story about your neighbor. Time flies, for sure. I really like your new frame for holding pics. It's a good way to display them because you can easily swap them out. We grilled out this weekend too. It sure was hot though. :) Enjoy your week!
May 27, 2013 at 1:40 PM
Afternoon Jane, sounds like a lovely weekend even though it is raining....how sweet you two still hold hands, cute and endearing.......I have a little piece of wall in the trailer at the lake with family, pets pictures, love looking at all the wonderful memories.....Enjoy the day, Francine.
May 27, 2013 at 1:55 PM
Blonde, I am so beyond ready for a vacation. I am glad you and your husband are having a great weekend.xoxo,Susie
May 27, 2013 at 2:06 PM
Happy Memorial day Jane! It sounds like you are having a great time. Yes the years do fly, but they are mostly filled with happiness:>)
May 27, 2013 at 2:46 PM
Happy Memorial Day Jane!!
So nice to pop over here and catch up!
Love that memory holder...very unique! And space-saving too!
Sounds like you had a great time and lots more where that came from
The weather is beautiful here today and summer is in the air!
Have a great week!
All my heart,
Deborah xoxo
May 27, 2013 at 2:52 PM
Jane I really like your picture thing ... what a great way to display pics and change them out when you want to. Someday the grands will have fun looking at all of that. Glad you are getting some down time at the lake in spite of the rain (at least it's not snow LOL) ...
May 27, 2013 at 3:05 PM
Oh, how I'd love to visit Chicago, my bff and sil have and they loved it!
Sounds like the Lakehouse is so superb, isn't it wonderful that you and your long time friend had lunch together.
May 27, 2013 at 3:24 PM
Sounds like a wonderful weekend in spite of the weather, Jane. Boat is looking good. I'd love to visit Chicago one day, it is on my "wishful travel" list. xo
May 27, 2013 at 3:41 PM
We've had a rainy Memorial Day weekend as well, but that's OK. We need the rain. '-)
Great solution to the photo display situation. ~ Sarah
May 27, 2013 at 4:07 PM
Love that grid for pictures! Hope you are having a great weekend at the lake.
Judy
May 27, 2013 at 4:32 PM
Yep, time truly does go by quickly Jane! Sounds like you had a nice weekend up at the lake. Lovin' your new picture gallery, I'm sure you'll have fun with it:@)
May 27, 2013 at 4:41 PM
What a fun time. Love that you and your husband still hold hands.
May 27, 2013 at 6:19 PM
I love the sweetness in your description of your friend Babs. Time passes and we change, but friendships can keep us in that same place, remembering how life was when we met.
May 27, 2013 at 6:24 PM
Your lake neighbors sound pretty special. It makes me feel kind of sad when something like that happens to make me realize the passage of time. :)
Your picture rack is very cool! I like things like that. Used to be that I never wanted photos around...now I can't get enough.
Come by if you can to see pictures of Nancy's beautiful home.
May 27, 2013 at 6:36 PM
Please send me some of your rain. I have been watering flowers like mad here Jane. Time does move on. Some people seem to stay the same forever or they age better. Love your photo holder. xo, Olive
May 27, 2013 at 7:02 PM
So glad you made it to the lake to relax. My parents had a lakehouse too. I enjoyed it when I was younger. Sitting on the deck looking out over the water, skiing and boating, and enjoying the friendships made with the neighbors...great lifestyle!
May 27, 2013 at 7:41 PM
Sounds like your are enjoying your time at the lake. We finally got to our lake house on Friday, and are enjoying our time, and the change of scenery.
Come over and see some changes I made to the kitchen here.
:)
Kathy
May 27, 2013 at 8:18 PM
Yes, you can never count on Memorial Day weather in Michigan - more cold and rainy weekends than I can remember. My daughter was over at Lake Michigan and didn't get much beach time in either :-(
May 27, 2013 at 8:29 PM
Happy Memorial Day Jane! It sounds like a lovely relaxing weekend.
May 27, 2013 at 8:35 PM
So sorry about your less than pleasant weather today! We enjoyed beautiful weather here in TN today. LOVE your new frame! I love to look at a wall of pictures. Oh, the stories they can tell! Life to the full! Melissa
May 27, 2013 at 8:36 PM
happy! happy! memorial day!
m ^..^
May 27, 2013 at 8:37 PM
what a lovely post Blondie. I enjoyed hearing about your neighbors and following you guys about town. :) I'm so glad you had such a nice time and I like your photo display. What a good solution.
Leslie (aka gwen moss)
May 27, 2013 at 10:07 PM
It's been rainy here too then the rain stopped and it was windy and raw.
Now we're headed to 90 degree weather. Where is Spring it lasted only two days!
Love your photo display. I got one at Pier One that is similar.
BTW, did I tell you I love the new look of your blog?
May 27, 2013 at 11:37 PM
Hi Jane!
It looks like you had a lovely weekend! We dodged the cloud bursts all weekend as well!
Time does fly. Such a dear story about your neighbor.
Love the "gallerie au bord du lac"!
The frame is perfect in it's place!
~Lynne
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May 28, 2013 at 12:02 AM
Lovely to see you back at your lake house - a place for memories old and new. You're so blessed to have that place for your family to come back to.
May 28, 2013 at 12:39 AM
We had the same weather yesterday Jane.
And your right, Memorial Day weekends are usually rained on.
I love that picture thingy you found...very fun!
Dan and I mostly worked outside this past weekend, until yesterday anyway.
Big Hugs friend,
Cindy
May 28, 2013 at 5:20 AM
Oh it sounds like a wonderful day spent with your sweet friend and wonderful food:) Love the photo thingy... perfect! Have a blessed week dear Jane, HUGS!
May 28, 2013 at 7:07 AM
Glad to hear you had another nice weekend at the lake! Love your frame. I was trying to click on the picture to enlarge it so I could see it better, but this photo wouldn't enlarge for some reason. Maybe it's my computer. Anyway...is this on the wall at the lake house or your Chicago house? Talk to you soon! xoxo
May 28, 2013 at 1:18 PM
What a darling neighbor you have Janie... and age is a state of mind... you and she will be forever young... love friendships that last over the years... also love your new photo hanger... I need something like that, I take sooo many pics!... it is rainy here today, but a soft, gentle rain and I am loving it... I also love that you and your hubby still hold hands... Jack and I do too!... xoxo... Julie Marie
May 28, 2013 at 2:29 PM
My parents had a place on the lake outside the town I grew up in. In the summers we would move out there and dad would drive back and forth to work. It was always fun catching up with the people from other places that we only saw in the summers.
It was just about as ugly as possible here all weekend. Rain, storms...yucky. We got things ready for our Saturday garage sale (it is supposed to rain on Sat.) and then had to move things around to get at least one car in when the storm blew in last night. We were worried about hail. My son showed up Saturday night and didn't leave until this morning! He slept and watched TV in the basement, I watched movies and put price tags on things. Not exciting, but a relaxing weekend.
Love the photo idea...clever!
May 28, 2013 at 5:00 PM
Hi Jane...oh I love that photo holder, looks great in your home!!
Time does fly faster when you get older, but having fun in life makes it go by quickly too!
May 28, 2013 at 6:36 PM
Hi Jane-It sounds like you had a wonderful weekend with you and hubby.Love the frame/photos. I am so sick of this rain I could fly and it has been cold here, too. I am finally back blogging with a computer that works! Will catch up more later- xo Diana
May 29, 2013 at 1:38 AM
I guess rain is good because Mr. Art @ Home's aunt and uncle (from Houston) were talking last night about the drought.
I love your picture thingie... How great is that?
Thanks for sharing about your neighbor. Maybe you can surprise her with a half birthday party this summer!
xo,
RJ
May 29, 2013 at 7:08 AM
Wow I can't believe the weather there! We were in the pool on Memorial Day! Your frame is really cool! I haven't seen one like it.
May 29, 2013 at 9:40 AM
Oh you will never believe this...my son lives in Old Town and I've been to Bistrot Margot! It's such a fun place to stroll around. You asked about my daughter's shoes and she said she got them at TJMaxx. Not sure that's much help though! Thank you for your sweet comment on my blog. I so appreciate it. <3
May 29, 2013 at 5:48 PM
Glad you had a nice weekend! The pillow you asked about came from a thrift shop so not sure where it came from. Your lake house looks lovely.
Thank you for your visit,
Carolyn
May 29, 2013 at 8:16 PM
Jane, Monday was the only decent day we have had, topping at 70, but the next two sound like yours. We did bridals Monday and we were so glad - odd day to do it being Memorial Day, but that was when the photographer was available. Time for summer - please!
May 30, 2013 at 2:05 AM
Hi Janie! Oh, you must have had a wonderful weekend! How sweet to know hand holding still goes on. It does with me and my hubby too! So precious!
Yes! I'm gonna be a grandma again! We're thrilled. Thanks for popping in to see me.
be a sweetie,
Shelia :)
May 30, 2013 at 6:55 AM
What a great get-away weekend.
Love that frame for your photos...I love family photos so much. I need to look for something like this for my photos, too. :)
hugs, bj
and....we SURE could use some of that rain.
May 30, 2013 at 10:20 AM
Sounds like you had a wonderful memorial day weekend. So cute with the hand holding. Thanks for sharing, liz
May 30, 2013 at 9:03 PM
Barb sounds nice. It made me sad to read. Life goes so fast. I'll bet people on the lake don't age as fast though.
May 31, 2013 at 7:13 AM
You surely must have spent some lovely times at the lake over the years. I imagine for your friend to say out loud that she is 70 is a bit of a shocker. I swear, time does fly the older we get. I often wonder how I got to the age I am at now. It just doesn't seem possible that so much time has passed. Staying active and taking care of ourselves is so important.
I love visiting quaint little towns. Hope you've had a great week. Tammy
May 31, 2013 at 11:18 PM
Hey girl. I love photos too. What a great idea that you had using that iron piece.
So glad to hear from you tonight. Life has been so busy.
Blessings, Amy
June 1, 2013 at 10:23 PM
My husband and I still hold hands, too! Isn't that nice?
I remember many Memorial Days in my home state of Michigan that were very cold, indeed. Whenever you write of your cottage, I remember our family cottage and get very nostalgic.
xo
Claudia
June 2, 2013 at 3:12 PM
Your photo wall reminds me of the cabin in the movie On Golden Pond. I always loved the interiors and especially how they had just tacked tons of photos right on the wall. It's a great look besides being so nice to have your fav photos on display like that! Sounds like a wonderful relaxing weekend.
June 4, 2013 at 10:48 AM
Hello girlie !!! I just opened my romantic homes mag and saw YOU - how awesome is that!!! So impressed with you!! xo
July 4, 2013 at 3:26 PM