Something to Remember




Isn't it lovely?!  What I wouldn't give to have a this bouquet, so fresh and colorful and dainty, to brighten up a white wedding!  Altough, with no ring on my finger, I suppose I could settle for this beautiful arrangement in a vase, brightening up my room instead.

What a combination - the yellow and apricot and pink paired with silver and white!  It makes me want to grow poppies and dusty millers specifically to have the two ready for home arrangements!

...So refreshing after all these cold snowy months!

october wind

October is here.  Instead of being a good blogger, I've been off flying kites!

Recounting the Memories: Part 1

Well!  I'd say summer blew by fast enough!  It's a week past labor day, and only a week short of the fall equinox!  I think now is as good a time as ever to take a look back on my summer, and share the captured memories.  This first post (one of a few, I'm sure) will start with the beginning of the solstice.

Only three days into the official first day of summer, I was delighted to attend a friend's wedding!  He and his bride had a beautiful ceremony out in Suffolk, Virginia in the early afternoon.  It was HOT!  I was so glad their ceremony was a short one - I worried one of the groomsmen might pass out from heat stroke!  I can't imagine wearing a black tuxedo on a hot, humid June afternoon!  Despite the sweat, the whole thing was amazing!  Simple and sweet - I absolutely loved it!

The reception inside was wonderful, too! The happy couple was surrounded by lots of family members, friends, yummy southern food, good music, and so many smiles! 

Hydrangeas and Hershey Kisses decorated the tables, and I adored the mason jars filled with wildflowers as centerpieces...

      Oh, and did I mention the cupcakes?!  They were delicious!

But I think the best decoration of all had to be:

the bowtie on the moose!

The wedding was a great way to kick off the summer.  I wish Denver and Mary all the best!

Where to next on my summertime journey?  A road trip with the girls!

The Endless Summer

Like I said before, with summer in full swing, I have lots to blog about, but hardly any time to do it!  Amazingly, my camera is backed up with pictures from a month ago that I still haven't transferred to the computer!  That never happens!  This is my first Saturday in a long time that I haven't been rushing to do something.  Last night I watched one of my queued movies on Hulu (Vanity Fair) and stuck some curlers in my hair, then I practiced the art of the fortune teller head wrap using a long scarf.  This morning I woke up with a big, fluffy, poodle-head and decided I had to put on a fun outfit and go out shopping since it's been over a month since I've really gone shopping!
Once I was all set I glanced in the mirror and decided I really had to take an outfit picture, cuz the curls are just too fun!  So here we are, in a dress you've seen before, but I absolutely love...

dress: Barr-ee Station (Duck, NC)

shoes: Victoria's Secret catalogue

necklace: American Eagle (years ago!)

On the way: a wedding and a road trip!

Another Teague for Two

Now where did I leave off?  Oh, yes,  Dan and I were just leaving the Assateague Lighthouse to find several cars parked on the side of the road.  It's not until we park along with them that we realize what everyone's taking pictures of...

WILD PONIES!!!!

Dan let me take a quick shot from the window before he sped off to our final destination, Chincoteague!  If you ask me, Chincoteague was the prettiest place we stopped, well, with the exception of the gross toilets we had to use!  EEEEW!!

 

The gross toilets weren't enough to shoo us away though.  We were still able to manage to enjoy what nature had to offer here... and goof off a little!

Button-Down: Wet Seal

Shirt: Victoria's Secret

Jeans: Thrifted

Shoes: Havaianas

Of course, as I took all kinds of silly shots, Dan worked on some real, artsy ones, like this:

This was my idea actually.  Dan is always taking pictures on a long exposure- 30 seconds, 60 seconds, 10 minutes!  He'd taken a few long exposures of the landscape already, but it was so windy I thought it'd be cool to see what it'd look like if I stood still and let the wind blow my hair around and my open shirt a little.  Pretty cool result, I think!

Did you guys know I became a Ranger while we were there?!

Such a fun time!  We managed to get ourselves back to the car eventually, and drove home.  The end.

What?  What do you mean I forgot something??  I did?!?!  Ooooh yeeeah!  I did promise Dan some ice cream, didn't I!  Well don't you worry, I didn't forget!

And so.  That's the end to our adventurous tale at the Eastern Shore!  I had so much fun and can't wait to have many more adventurous tales with Dan!

Teague for Two

Let me take a few minutes to give thanks to some bloggers out there.  I'm talking in particular about Tieka from Selective Potential, Elizabeth from Delightfully Tacky, Lisa from Lisa's Likes, and Brittany from Finders Keepers.  These ladies serve as tremendous inspiration to me, and while they all post their outfits and have a great sense of fashion, I find them more inspiring in their travels.  It seems like every time I check my Google Reader, one of them is going on an exciting trip or going somewhere fun, even if they don't leave their own zip code!  Goodness, Elizabeth just got her dream-Brave and is embarking on a journey from Alaska to the rest of the country!  How exciting is that?!  Anyway, over the last six months of reading these girls' blogs, I've learned to find the fun things nearby (and even keep dreaming of the places far away!) and enjoy them!

That being said, a few weeks ago, Brittany posted about a trip to the Eastern Shore with her boyfriend.  Not long after I'd read her post, I picked up a Virginia travel magazine that Dan's mom had lying around, and lo and behold, the Eastern Shore was featured.  I made the suggestion to Dan that morning and an hour later we were traveling across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel, going on an adventure!

Our first stop was at the first island, where we watched an enormous aircraft carrier go by, complete with little Coast Guard boats tossing around in it's wake to be sure no pirates tried to take over the ship!

The next stop was lunch at Stingrays.  It was raved about in the travel magazine I'd picked up, plus Dan's mom mentioned it, so how could we go wrong eating there?!  Hm.  I think we went on a bad day... we didn't find it all too great.  Oh well, I promised Dan some ice cream to make up for the bad lunch!

After our not-so-special lunch, we kept heading north and stopped to take a short walk on the Cape Charles shore:

We continued North searching for all the antique shops my magazine had promised me.  We found one or two, but after the first shop, we lost interest in seeking out antiques.  Onward on our journey!  The next pit stop was the Assateague Light House:

They'd already closed for the day, so we couldn't actually go up in it, which was a double bummer since we'd been attacked by masses of mosquitos on the short walk to the lighthouse from the car!  I wonder what it looks like on the inside...

We had to fight our way through the mosquitos back to the car, which we practically ran to!  Still further north we drove, and this time we saw several cars parked on the side of the road.  "I wonder what's going on?" I said to Dan.  The closer we got, the more I could see what the hullabaloo was about...

...to be continued...

Hot Hot Heat

Is anyone else enjoying the pool as much as I am these days?!