
Happy Mother's Day to all of you for whom that salutation is appropriate! I hope you were spoiled and pampered the entire weekend.
This past weekend we spent our time putting our house back together. Then we packed a van and drove up to Angels Camp to put excess furniture and "stuff" into a storage facility. While we were in Angels, we spent the night with Sara and Ryan and had a nice visit and a little celebration for Mother's Day and Sara's birthday. We took Ozzie with us and he and his pal Remy had a fine romp. Gosh it would be nice if Ozzie and Sophie got along that well. Sophie had to go to the Wild Things kennel, as she does not care for travel.
In the picture above my husband is reassembling one of the beds in our two guestrooms, with Ozzie's help. Ozzie wasn't sure what to make of all the mess, hullaballoo, and topsy turvy state of our house. He stuck right by Dennis' side all weekend, generally getting in the way and getting yelled at. This is funny--he stayed right in that spot while the bed frame got put together all around him, and then wouldn't get out. He seemed so confused and unsure of what to do, which is clearly expressed on his face. Poor fellow.
We think he thought it was some sort of dog pen and wouldn't jump back over the rails to get out. We had to lift him over, the big goof.
Sara and Ryan loved the new patio set, which looked fantastic on their deck. I forgot my camera, so no pictures. I ended up sewing a six inch wide vertical toile "ribbon" down the center of each of the red striped pillows. As a finishing touch I sewed on an extra large red button in the center of each toile ribbon. It was super cute, if I do say so myself!
It was gorgeous spring weather and the lilacs and dogwood were all in bloom--two plants we can't grow on the coast. Sara showed me all around her olive oil and vinegar tasting shop, and I came home with three bottles of balsamic vinegar--Honey Lime, Fig, and Tangerine. I am going to be experimenting with different marinades and salad dressings in the next few weeks. Sara and I wandered all around the historic town of Murphy's, which still has the feel of an old Gold Rush town. Time has truly stopped there in many regards. I didn't have time to explore the old cemetery, but will do next time.
Here is one little table vignette in our living room. I went out Monday in search of new lamps and scored 50% off on two marble based lamps with soft golden tan silk shades. Such an improvement over the old lamps, which were too small and kind of fussy.
And here is my living room, all "staged".