What I Did On My Summer Vacation - Part 3

I had an incredible summer vacation!  

My last night there, Laurie & Dennis treated me to one of their favorite Italian restaurants in Colorado Springs, CO - 

Roman Villa

 

Isn't this a great vintage sign and original building?

The Roman Villa was quaint and charming. 

The food, atmosphere and friends were amazing!

A great finale to the last night of my vacation.

Thank you Laurie, Dennis & Ben for your lovely hospitality!

Can't forget sharing these model photos 

Maggie  

Snoopy

They are so sweet!

My flight did not leave until 1pm the following afternoon.  We had it all planned out.  We drove early the next morning to Denver and squeezed in three more hours of shopping at the 

Denver Brass Armadillo Antique Mall.

 Laurie & I love the same style.  

Here's to friendships

Good Bye Summer Song,

Miss you all!

Big Hugs, Tami

What I Did On My Summer Vacation - Part 2

I really meant to post Part 2 by now, but routine life has replaced my carefree days of summer vacation.  I'm back to the daily structure of time clocks and responsibilities.  

In an odd way, that daily structure is what makes our
vacation days so precious and meaningful.

OK enough philosophy...
What I Did For My Summer Vacation - Part 2

On Sunday, Rebecca joined Laurie & me for the
Colorado Springs outdoor flea market and lunch

See the sewing artwork on the building in the background?  No one knew what it was about.  You know me and buttons, I am curious what it is.  I hope Laurie can find out.


Sunrise to Sunset we spent a wonderful day together followed by dinner and margaritas at Laurie's home

On Monday, Gal Pal Suzanne drove 3.5 hours to join us antiquing and to spend the night 

 Don't you think Laurie should have bought that hat -
she looks great in it!

I'm just saying it might be a wee bit small for me

Sneaking this photo in from an different day, but I had to show this darling slip... it was too small for me too :-(


Another wonderful day with

Kindred Friendships! 


Tuesday was Summer Song!
An incredible day with six amazing women, laughing, sharing life, enjoying good food & wine and creating art together.   

My canvas art

More later.... till then
Hugs, Tami

GIRLS ROAD TRIP

I was blessed this week to take a GIRLS ROAD TRIP with my dear friends Julie & Cindy

We stayed in an awesome log cabin in the woods at The Big Cedar Lodge. 

We were on GIRL TIME - no husbands, cooking, jobs, chores, etc.

We junked/picked at every possible antique store, flea market and garage sale along our route

Poor Cindy... we crammed our treasures around her in the backseat.  I think she only got hit once with sliding debris - OK not hit, but definitely bumped.

We are known as the original CHICKER PICKERS.

 

My motto is "there is always room for more"

At our last garage sale we had to unpack the car and repack it so we could squeeze in three large wooden flower boxes.  These were a great find as they were cheap! and they make great bases for Autumn & Holiday table centerpieces.

 

Aah, but that was just the last garage sale.  We hit a handful more antique stores and one flea market and managed to squeeze in even more treasures... just small ones.

We also enjoyed retail shopping, tea room lunches and the gorgeous Autumn trees of southern Missouri

There was a beautiful waterfall at Big Cedar Lodge

This was our last morning and we stopped by the marina to see the morning fog lifting off the lake.  A man fishing in his boat in the midst of the fog offered this great photo

Autumn is my favorite season...  

"Winter is an etching, Spring a watercolor, Summer an oil painting and Autumn a mosaic of them all." ~ Stanley Horowitz