summer reading list....

.... here's what you'll find on my bedside table or in my beach bag this summer....

Read anything good lately?

My Firefly...

.... that's what I call my middle daughter...

.... the cutest nose in the whole world;

... a laugh that makes my heart swell;

.... a tender, inquisitive and independent spirit;

.... who flits around spreading happiness wherever she goes

8 years old and glowing...

The "Good Lord willing"....

.... my family will be waking up in our home in the States next Monday morning for a few weeks of all things American.  Dinner conversation has revolved around reminiscing about summers past and imagining what this one holds for days now...  Today I am dreaming about the exhilaration I feel each time we drive over the Tennessee state line heading South to my parents' in Alabama and then onward to the beach.... sweet tea, peach tarts, toes in the sand and all those wonderful Southern colloquialisms spoken with that charming Southern drawl....

I couldn't help but fall in love with this Etsy shop featuring products that'll "Bless your heart" :)

Some of my other personal favorites.....

Calling someone sugah or darlin'

Telling someone "Come here and let me hug your neck"
The descriptor "Cute as a button"
giving directions by saying "you know.... the Wal-Mart 'over yonder'"
telling those impatient kids to "just hold your horses"
and, perhaps the most relevant to marking your territory and your roots in the South....
Asking someone "who you for?" (meaning what SEC college football team do you support with passion)...

... well, BAMA, ofcourse :)

Happy Monday everyone!

Happy Father's Day

Prince Charming

Numero Uno

Chief Excitement Officer

Knight in Shining Armor

Muscle Man

Super-Hero

Captain of the ship

Ghost Buster

Mix Master

Ring Leader

Head Honcho

Coach

Confidante

..... our Daddy

Sprouting up....

..... la coleur rouge....

.... in these beautiful fields of wild poppies in our village....

.... and among the trouser color of choice of men in Europe.....

While I traditionally associated these "Nantucket reds" with the preppy aesthetic of the East Coast in the States; I'm beginning to understand that their allure is far reaching... in men of all ages and European origin (especially Italians)... who, dare I say, would refer to themselves as anything but "preppy".  Whatever the case,  whenever I spot a pair on a stylish fellow.... it makes me smile...

... and, as luck would have it, my guy is wearing them today. :)

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Get him a pair here.