White Wednesday in Essex

What a beautiful day it was today.

Yes it was hot and humid

but we were closed today!

Tuesdays we are closed in the month of August.

YAY!!!

So after we worked the afternoon we headed to Essex.

Actually we were going to an antique store along the border of

Old Saybrook and Essex and with 15 minutes to spare

I managed to make it in the door before they closed.

wwhhhooooo!

and I still had enough time to pick up a couple of things.
I'll share what I bought in the next post.

Meanwhile I want to show you just a little of Essex.

This is the Ct. River Museum
What a beautiful spot.

They have events that you can check out on their site.

We went to a great wine tasting there a few years ago.

Discovered a great wine from Chili that was only $7 that night.

We bought a couple of cases thru the years.

I think they don't make it anymore.

Darn!

This is one of my favorite houses along Main Street.

This house always get photographed a lot by tourists

And now by me. I did feel like a tourist taking these but I've always wanted to.

One lady asked me what the date was on the house.

I couldn't read it either but I magnified it on my camera.

1733

This birdhouse looks much too clean to be occupied and maybe

too many prying eyes for some birds. The landscaping is formal

with the rows of trimmed boxwood.

Around the pole is what looks like barberry with thorny branches

maybe to keep anything from crawling up the pole....

or maybe not.

One thing I know is that this birdhouse really makes this front yard special.

This is "River" a shop up on the other end of Main Street.

It was closed today but I got this picture by pressing my lense against the door!

Isn't it gorgeous?

Well, I drew so much attention to myself that the lady (Bobbie) who

works there and had come in to water the plants came to the door.

How embarrassing!

She was lovely and really didn't seem to mind.

I told her who I was and that I knew Joe(the owner).

She told me the sad news that they were closing!

He is now busy with doing Weddings for clients in the area and

has decided he didn't need the shop anymore.

Check out his incredible work

HERE

Bobbie was nice enough to let me take some pictures inside so I'll

post those in the next post!

I'm joining my friend Kathleen at Faded Charm

for White Wednesday.

Happy Wednesday everyone!

xxx

Carole

Happy Laboring

I am reminded of the lazy days of Summer when we sat in the backyard of the house next to our greenhouses cooling ourselves under the shade of these old trees that have been there since George's grandparents lived there.

The wildflowers at the Park that was once the site of the old town dump.... Overlooks one of the coves from the Connecticut River. A wildlife viewing area full of native birds of the river.



Looking through my files and files of pictures I realized that as these images were at one time fresh in my mind. I had comfort in knowing that I had a window of time to recapture their beauty......I took them for granted.

Soon the leaves of the trees will turn rust,orange and red with the advent of cooler nights and will fall to the ground.

The flowers will dry and their seeds will scatter in the wind. Bedding themselves in the soil and sleeping thru the Winter til it becomes time to burst forth and sprout and start anew.



I have spent little time this year on my own garden ......maybe blogging too much has been the reason. I read today a fellow blogger pronouncing the same claim. Joan if you read this I feel your pain....or your "gardens pain". Planters gone unplanted, weeds not pulled, deadheading ignored. Yes a garden is always in need of attention. No such thing as a NO maintenance yard. Whether you are an ardent gardener, weekend gardener or not a gardener at all but own a patch of ground you will agree that it takes some work.

So for my Labor Day Weekend in the evenings. I will be laboring in my garden and glad to do it. There's nothing more satisfying then working in my own yard!!!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend too.

Carole