pretty pretty poppy pods

it's a poppy pod party!

like a sunny sunny hat

lookie the little windows for the seeds to jump out of

all them seeds from this single pod

 

 

 

Now say that three times fast! Oh how I adore poppies! The sister a-go-go planted many a Shirley Poppy and I think I took perhaps a few too many photos of them while they were in bloom. How could I not? There were bees and you know how I love bees don't you? These poppies are gorgeous in bloom and just as gorgeous after. The seed pods make me swoon just as much as the petals. Lookie all those seeds! Each little pod there is a little house FULL of teeny tiny seeds. I need to find a place to plant these for next year...perhaps a little guerrilla gardening is in my future?

banana oat muffins

 

 

  I had a hankering for banana muffins and found this recipe online. The granola topping was my own flair...these I will definitely make again!

i can't decide

 

 if I should use these as they were intended or stitch them all together and make them into something...another score from my epic month of thrifting.

the end of summer campfire

 

 On the last Friday before the nephew a-go-go returned to school, we a-go-gos packed up a plethora of snacks, beverages and other bits of goodness and hit the beach for an end of summer weenie roast.

 

 

 

It was overcast and cool, then hot, then cool again and then cold once the sun set. We were prepared though with umbrellas, sunscreen, jackets and a campfire.

 

 

 

 

There was digging and reading and chatty-chat chatting with a walk to the pier and a gape at the mad number of pelicans diving into the sea. Sadly we were too far north to see any whales but we did see some sea lions and the aforementioned pelicans.

 

 

 

 Hot dogs were roasted, s'mores were enjoyed and ghost stories were read. It was the perfect tribute to the summer's end...a-go-go style.

i had two sales in august

 

 does anyone else want any gingham? One of my favorite things about a sale (other than the selling) is the wrapping up and packaging of it all. I'll be back end of September and the shop will be open again then...

put your feet up

 Do you remember how mr. a-go-go recovered our borrowed sofa and how it now is a rockin' garden o' delight? Well, that fella o' mine also whipped me up a portable table/footrest with reversible top so that one side is a cushioned foot rest and the other becomes a laptop/lap desk.

 

 The suitcases house what is left of my fabric collection save for a pile or two that might or might not be stuffed into a closet or corner or under said garden o' delight.