Annapolis Architecture

Annapolis was filled with unique homes boasting colorful facades.

Homes of many different colors lined the streets of historic Annapolis.

Sprinkled in between were boutiques, book stores and restaurants.

All of the homes were built in the same time period,

but retained their unique personality thru color and decor.

Some had porches, others window boxes or planters.

All home exteriors were well maintained which provided a quaint and charming atmosphere.

I'm sure the many colors of houses provide a cheerful view

during the long blustery winter months of Maryland.

Many had nautical or sea theme door knockers such as anchors, turtles or this crab.Isn't he adorable?

I'm linking to the following parties:

Ruby Tuesday & Three or More Tuesday

Annapolis Porch Tour

We have just returned from a week's vacation which began by taking our son to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland for a week long camp entitled STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics). He was one of only 300 high school students selected to participate and we are very proud of him!

While on base at the Naval Academy, we toured the campus and I snapped these photos of the porches of the Deans of each school.

Each was beautifully decorated in patriotic and Navy or Marine theme.

Each home had blue and white striped awnings and the name of the resident family on a plague on the steps.

This was the only Marine Corps house,

so you know I had to take a picture of this one!

In the city of Annapolis, the homes are colorful and unique.

See the boat planter? Nautical is the theme on most of the homes.

As well as lots of American, Military and nautical flags.

Thanks for stopping by to visit. Be sure to check back in this week as we'll be visiting great places like: more of Annapolis; Charlottesville, VA & Monticello home of Thomas Jefferson;

I'm linking to Metamorphosis Monday with Susan at:

Between Naps on the Porch.

&

Porch Party with Rhondi at:

Rose Colored Glasses

Fourth of July Entry Way

I'm away from blogging this week, but boy oh boy do I have some great pictures to share with you in the upcoming weeks!

I thought I would re-share a post from one of the first weeks of my blog with you while I was on vacation this week.

Click here to view that post.

I'll be back posting on Sunday joining the Porch Party at Rhoda's Southern Hospitality blog.

Miss Madison Turns One!

* Warning* If you do not love fur babies you might want to skip this post and join me Sunday

Today is Miss Madison's First Birthday!

I thought I'd share a few of the pictures I've taken of her over the past year.

She has really grown up :)

She is all Westie - attitude, confidence and spunk!

Here she is the day we brought her home.

Happy Birthday Madison!

(She got a delightful bath with

Pure Grace soap by Philosphy as her present)

I am joining Show and Tell Friday & My Favorite Things Saturdays.

A Stroll Thru the Yard

Won't you grab a glass of iced tea and join me today as we take a stroll thru the yard to see what's happening?

This bush out by the back patio was another inheritance from the

previous owners. It blooms only for a few weeks each June.

I think it's very unusual looking. Any ideas?

In some of my containers this year I planted this

mini-daisy looking trailer.

It's doing a great job of spreading around the pots

and climbing down.

I like it with the yellow marigolds since it has

a yellow center.

Today I'm joining White Wednesday and Outdoor Wednesday.

Summer Dreamin'

Recently Mr. B and I went on a summer drive to one of our favorite "if I won the powerball" neighborhoods. He insisted I take a photo of the garage.

There are only about 8 houses in this neighborhood.

Each is on a large lot, probably 2 acres or more.

This is my favorite.

You can see the construction going on in the lot next door.

Amazingly most of these have sold signs or are already occupied.
We can all dream -right!

Compote Creation

I've been thinking I wanted a compote to put seashells in for the summertime, but had not come across any that fit my budget.

So I got this from my local hardware store.

And this and this from my Dollar Tree.

And glued them together to make a compote.

I added seashells and think it looks great!

If you didn't know better you would

think that it was always one piece.

My hint on this project is that less is more when using

the glue compound.

Even though it dries clear, I think I used too much.

I'm thinking about making more of these to sell at

the booth this summer & wrap the

sea shells up in white tulle for display.

I'm joining Its So Very Creative and Metamorphosis Monday.