SUMMERHOUSE NAUTICAL SUPPER

Off we went to the lake on Friday as The Husband decided the take a three day weekend. It was raining, but that is the perfect time to sit on the covered patio or in the Summerhouse. I'll mention again that the Summerhouse is a freestanding screened in porch and it sits closer to the lake so it has some beautiful views out of the 8 windows (and a lovely breeze). If it gets nippy like it was Friday, the ceiling fan has a heater on it. While we were relaxing in there, The Husband suggested I set up the table and he would make some pub burgers, so I decided I'd look for some nautical things around the house.
I know this bottle isn't nautical, but isn't it cute? My neighbor Susie gave it to me. I lit an ocean blue candle...
...brought out some white wine with a sailboat on the label along with a starfish that I painted and glittered...
...and used some blue and yellow dishes, table runner and napkins.
This is the chippy table and chairs from The Worlds Longest Yard Sale that we went on last summer. I love the robin's egg blue seats. I am going to pop them off and paint the chairs chippy white.
We sipped some wine and true to his word, The Husband grilled our supper. I would have shown you a picture of his plate, but being the Man that he is, he piled it high with pork and beans and applesauce {lovely combo} and it all made a runny mess.
Still raining, I took some pictures of the new family of swans from the porch of the Summerhouse. Look at how their necks form the shape of a heart. And aren't the fuzzy babies precious?
Off they went after turning their beaks up to what was on our plates {!}.


I should have taken pictures, but all day Sunday The Husband worked on making me the most perfect garden plot next to the Summerhouse. Last summer I had a simple row of tomato and basil plants. Yesterday he enlarged the plot to about 12' by 12', maybe larger. It was full of stone and debris from when the area was cleared to build the Summerhouse and he cleaned it all out {I helped him bag a bit of it} and turned the soil over. It's perfect. I can't wait to decide what to plant. I have a ton of bricks and large stones to make a path and pretty border...I am SO excited. And, it's just around the corner from my English garden.


We leave for New Orleans in 2 days and I am so happy to see some new places and just get away. We are going to visit Christine from Christine's Home And Travel Adventures and spend one night as she and her husband John's guests. They live in Natchez, Mississippi, about a 2 hour drive from New Orleans. We may hit Baton Rouge on our way back to N.O. So... I have summer clothes to unpack from storage {It just started getting hot here in Chicago in the last week or so} and get my house clean for the semi~adult children to destroy while we are gone. I simply pray they feed the dogs and the parrot, clean up their dishes, don't leave hair appliances plugged in, don't spill sticky lemonade all over the floor {which I came home to this morning}, and keep Milo from killing the mailman. I need a toilet paper roll to write down
all my rules and reminders.


So Bon Voyage, my friends. I plan to come back with a lot of pictures! Have a safe and happy Memorial Day!


I am joining Marty, our gracious hostess for Table Top Tuesday.