Girls weekend - the beach

Isn't this boat just dreamy...?

These are my two dear friends, beach combing...

I {adore} the rocks in our region!

Aren't these little cottages darling?

I wanted to post a few beach photos because, although the sun didn't shine much that day, the beach is always so relaxing and beautiful.  We had such a nice afternoon walking on the beach at Fort Warden, picking up rocks and, for me, shooting photos of anything and everything.

It doesn't take a lot to get me giddy...

I was notified this morning that a photo I had taken on my very favorite trip to date (to France with my handsome husband) has been used on a website for Southampton Attractions.  

How excited was I?  Very, I assure you.  Imagine if something big ever happened...

xo

hoping for more of the same today~

Yesterday I hung my first load of whites on the line in the sunshine and warm spring air.  I can't begin to tell you how wonderful it was to climb into bed last night with those fresh smelling sheets wrapped around me.  As the sun is out this morning, I am sure I will have another load on the line today!

xo

Divine house

We found this house on the cliff overlooking downtown Port Townsend.  I fell in love with all of the little details~

From the beautiful windows overlooking the sea~

To the gorgeous corbels and incredible detail in the roof shingles~

What I wouldn't give to explore this third floor and its marvelous windows!

The garage with it's suite above, complete with fabulous decorative shingles~

(I {adore} the blue door and trim!)

And the piece de resistance is this incredible glass and steel green house with its gorgeous blue trim and divine red french doors!

Photography crush, yes, again...

I know, I know, some of you are beginning to think that I am a photography whore, having all of these crushes on people I don't even know.  Shameful, really, but what can I do?  I fall in love easily when I come across something so divine.  And it isn't as if I am easy, I am most certainly not.  It is simply that there is such incredible talent out there, and the fact is, what I fall in love with is what I most want to be able to emulate.  I want to absorb my crush's ability to see the exquisite in the often mundane.  It is a gift really - a gift that I would like to acquire, somehow...

Jetty Kolobaric is an incredibly fabulous photographer that I have been watching for a while now.  I have wanted to introduce you to her, but alas, as I always ask permission first, it took us a little while to connect.  She has a wonderful blog - Food for Thought and her latest post with photos of a snail inspires me to shoot things I would normally never consider.  

And you really really must see her photography here.  Really.  You would also be wise to visit her Etsy shop~

Girls weekend - Day one!

Last weekend I was able to sneak away for three days with two really good friends to Port Townsend, Washington.  We started the weekend bright and early on Friday morning, packing up the SUV and heading to the ferry.

First stop, the coffee shop!

After we had our coffees and baked goods, we headed to the ferry terminal.  

And we were off!

One place we always drive through on our way to Port Townsend is Port Gamble, a really sweet old port town with historic homes painted the most divine colors~

Can you imagine being married at this darling church?

After we dropped all of our bags (and there were a LOT of bags...) we headed into town to do a bit of shopping!  There are some fabulous shops in Port Townsend.  We often spend hours just walking around finding wonderful things to add to our collections of "stuff"...

One of my very favorite shops is Summer House.  They always have a number of french things to see, and a great selection of CDs of which I always leave with at least one!

This trip we came across a divine little lingerie shop called Slather that had some great French lingerie~

We always end up working on some project and this trip was no exception.  I learned to felt and after poking myself a number of times, am happy to say was able to figure it out well enough to occupy myself during the hours we spent at the hospital yesterday~

My very favorite shop uptown is next to the most delicious bakery/restaurant in town.  The Restaurant, Sweet Laurette's is fabulous~

They get the *very* *best* french baguette that I have ever ever had outside of France from a bakery just around the corner~

After our marvelous lunch, we walked next door to Petals, a combination florist/gift shop/garden treasure chest of goodness~

Even the building it is in is wonderful!

We were greeted at the door by these lovelies~

And found all of these marvelous goodies inside~

And as we left Petals to go walking to see some of the magnificent houses in Port Townsend, this little garden walkway bid us adieu~