Summer has arrived and with it comes some decorating changes.

This time as I decorate I am imagining the decor in the lake house

 we will build later this summer in New Hampshire.

Blue and white has been creeping into my palette.

It began with this blue and white checked gingham fabric on the Swedish day bed. 

Next came a few pieces of blue and white transfer ware,

including this unusual large pedestal bowl!

Powdery pale blue and white is my preference, and I have been lucky to find

some beautiful platters and bowls. The trio of botanicals framed in a country check

had been sitting in an antique shop for two years.  I've noticed them with every visit

but didn't grab them until I figured out that blue and white would be part of the lake house look.
For now I have hung them in our kitchen where I plan to hang the platters on the wall.

Custom framed for someone else a few decades ago, they will be enjoyed 

by us in our new home.  Shopping for vintage finds always makes it fun,

as you never know what awaits you on the hunt.

 My granddaughter Reeve turned three at the end of June.

She lives in Maine now on a farm, and is having an idyllic childhood.

 She helps her daddy with fixing up the house with her own tool belt...

And of course there are farm chores.  

One job is to drive her tractor to pick up vegetables gone by

for the compost heap. Look at that head of lettuce!!

 We miss her very muc...