last month i made a trip to portland & along the oregon coast with my mom & brother. perfect timing after all the stress of moving & transitioning to a new place. i absolutely love oregon… the trees, the people, the food, the places. of course, a trip to portland is not complete without a visit to the ace hotel.

afterward we headed to clyde common for happy hour & lunch.

i will be back with more from the saturday farmers’ market in portland tomorrow!

let me just say, i am pretty sure you are getting tired of my many gardening entries. i am totally aware, but lets just be honest- i love getting deep down into the lush green of the leaves & photographing the progress of it all.

i mean really, we are growing food, people! it is so beautiful & incredibly exciting to watch as food grows right in front of us.

our cantaloupe grows inches by the day.

& we have the cutest miniature butternut squash growing up our handmade trellis.

on sunday night, i watched as the bees buzzed in & out of each blossom near our cucumbers & close to our bush beans.

we even have a small watermelon that will soon be tied to the trellis as it grows larger by the day.

this weekend we harvested three cucumbers! crunchy & sweet, we love this heat-tolerant variety from johnny’s seeds.

of course, there are multiple purposes for freshly harvested food from the garden… a fake mustache is one of many.

happy tuesday to you, friends! i will be over at tend a little later on today!

happy friday, friends! i woke up early this morning & headed out to an estate sale. once i was there, my head was spinning. so many good pieces & affordable prices, too! i came away with three boxes of ball jelly jars in various shapes & sizes. i added the ones above to my antique booth.

i also picked up a stack of national geographics from 1927, ’28 & ’29. the photographs are stunningly beautiful & purely vintage. don’t worry, those will be added to my {shop} next week!

after such success, i was incredibly inspired to actually finish some projects on my to-do list. i finally tackled the birdcage & stand that had been in my studio for almost a month.

i spray-painted the piece glossy apple red. rust-proof & so cute, i had to do every thing in me not to display it in my kitchen… & keep it there.

perfect as a plant stand for a covered porch, too. i added this beauty to my antique booth just in time for the weekend. i am so thankful for this little burst of inspiration & motivation. this weekend, our family is headed to the lake for a reunion. enjoy the weekend, friends!