I don't know about you, but I am certainly ready for a great weekend - one of the first officially Summer weekends of the year. After a long, long Spring filled with work around the house and anxious anticipation for the season, I'm more than ready for these first few days lying around by the pool and truth be told, I'm planning to have plenty of company over the next couple of days. Hooray!
Over the past couple of evenings, The Mister and I took to the kitchen to prepare for our house full of guests and all the luxurious downtime. One of the things we love to do is fill the kitchen with ready made snacks - pre-mixed salads, produce already washed and cut and ready for the taking, as well as other pool friendly foods - popsicles, homemade ice cream, pickles and of course house our house chips (I'll have to tell you all about those soon).
On the poolside grab and go menu this weekend:
Saturn Peach + Honey Frozen Yogurt
Homemade Beef Jerky
House Chips
A little prep time during the work week will no doubt make this weekend filled with family, friends and lounging even more delicious!
Speaking of keeping things easy and at arms reach, I'm happily filling in for Albertina over at Mimosa Lane today sharing some other ideas to keep simple comforts easy and accessible so that you can make the most of the season. Please be sure to hop on over and check it out!
The image above is exactly what I'm aiming for - all sprawled out catching a little sun and catching up with my sisters - I'll have two of the three (and my brother) here, so perhaps this other from Marta Penter's series "Shared Intimacy" is really more the like it:
Can you believe these are oil on canvas?
Count me as the newest and most enthusiastic fan of Brazilian painter, Marta Penter. I've never seen anything like her photorealistic works, so life-like and full of nostalgia, intimacy and playful emotion captured with the sharpness of detail, until now, I only thought could be achieved through a camera lens.
I want one of a grand scale for the house and I want one bad.
They represent everything I love about this season. Be sure to check out Marta's other works-- she achieves such greatness through watercolor as well, I kid you not.
I loved the post on ML!
ReplyDeleteThanks Alison! It was a lot of fun to put together... and Albertina is just the best, isn't she?
ReplyDeleteExactly why summer is my favorite season! What I would give to have a pool in my backyard- Lucky lady. Can't get over how great those paintings are. The first and last are def my fav. Heading over to ML now!
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