Announcing Mrs. Davis

Saturday night my cousin E married her longtime beau P. I was honored to act as Director of the wedding; I think they tried to pick the bossiest one in the family for the job...and so I won.

E is very "granola". She and I don't have a lot in common as far as style goes, but she is a very kind and intelligent young lady. (I say young lady because I am now only about a month away from being 30 and so every one is "young" to me. :) She was not really interested in having a wedding and didn't really care much about the details. So, her mother planned the wedding, including picking out the wedding dress, which was lovely. The wedding was outside on a farm and was a great setting for the wedding of two outdoorsy people.

As for my part in the wedding, I enjoyed it immensely and would love to make a full-time gig of it if I could. So, as I'm moving back to Chattown soon maybe I'll put myself out there as a wedding planner or director. I think I would really enjoy it--you know how I love to throw a party.

Manual Labor

I actually did some manual labor on Saturday. I finally got around to buying a container for my lettuces and planted those along with some tomatoes. I felt quite accomplished. While I was at it I thought I would move a huge container herb garden, plant some more herbs and rake up some dead leaves that have been stuck under some bushes since Fall. I actually got a blister. Yes, a blister... this was some actual hard work for me :)

Saturday Fun

I had the best day Saturday... the Crabtree Farms plant sale, Four Bridges Art Festival and Greenlife Grocery.

Crabtree Farms has an annual plant sale and Mom and I decided to see what we could find for our gardens. I have a green thumb, I think. Well, at least what I plant seems to stay alive thankfully. I was hoping for some tomatoes and herbs at the plant sale and I was not disappointed. I also found some lettuces that I'm excited about planting in a container on my deck.

Next, the Four Bridges Art Festival. The art was amazing, but wow it was expensive. I was kind of hoping for something in my price range that I would love. I am going to have to keep looking forward to The Clothesline Art Show, which will be May 9-11. I bought a piece from the show last year that I recently had framed and I love it. I received another piece from last year's show as a gift. The artists are amazing and the work is within a price range that I can afford. Please check out their blog to read the artists' statements, etc.

Even though I was disappointed that I couldn't get any art at the show-I did get to enjoy some yummy food. My Mom and I had lamb gyros. Oh my goodness they were delicious.

Then we were on to Greenlife Grocery- I hadn't been to the new location yet. I LOVE this store! I bought some sushi for dinner and although it was not my fav (crunchy shrimp rolls) it was still good.

My Fav Purchase of the Week

The North Shore Spring Festival was a little chilly yesterday, but I did enjoy it. The little art sale nook was cool and I got my favorite purchase of the week... a great little blown glass hummingbird feeder for an early Mother's Day present. The guy that makes these "Kennedy Feeders" lives right here in Chattown. He and his wife make beautiful hand blown glass feeders
with silver or gold in them that are virtually indestructible, due to the Pyrex glass. I think that I know more about hummingbird feeders than I ever needed to know, as Mr. Kennedy certainly has a passion for them and spent quite awhile talking to us. He was very kind to share his knowledge and I recommend that you check out his site for a great gift http://www.kennedyglassstudio.com.

Weekend

I always enjoy my weekends... and this weekend was no exception.

You may know how much I enjoy cooking and planning parties. So, on Saturday evening I got to help set a table for a dinner party and prepare an appetizer. The appetizer ended up delicious- tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil, balsamic vinagar, olive oil and salt on a bagel crisp. It was so simple and really was delicious. I have to give credit to my mother for the idea for the appetizer.


The table was beautiful and I really loved the place setting. Green toile patterned dinner plate, cabbage leaf patterned salad plate and green checkered napkins. Nice and Springy.

On Sunday I made lunch and "threw" together a creamy tomato pasta sauce with chicken by adding fresh ingredients to store-bought sauce.
This is all that is left of the sauce.

I realized I was so happy while I was cooking. I haven't cooked a lot lately and I have really missed it. It is surprising how the very small things can really brighten a day...and for me cooking is one of those lovely small things. All in all, the weekend cooking and setting the dinner party table reminded me of my secret desire to be an event planner. I know it's lots of hard work and stress, but I really think that I might be good at it. Maybe when I grow up :)

On another note, even though it was rainy, I was driving and saw beautiful yellow bushes lining the road and had to take a picture.

On that rainy day I got to wear rain boots and they were so much fun!