The pool area coming together

Its funny how sometimes things just come together.  Last week I placed an olive tree and my old Mexican lanterns in the garden around the pool deck and everything suddenly made sense.
Finally I know what we need to do in this space.  Another olive on the other side of the deck will frame the seating area and add the height we are missing.  The fence needs to be covered in this gorgeous blue flowering creeper (Thurnbergia Grandifloria photo by Jean Pawek), or perhaps wisteria, or maybe both.  That will be a great starting point.  Sometime in the future I can add daybeds, cushions and other nice to have bits.  Wouldn't a fire pit be great! 
Can't wait for summer to arrive so we can enjoy with family and friends, cold drink anyone?

More From Lake Shasta

A houseboat is not a yacht. This much is true. It’s a little more like a floating camper, and I recommend actually liking the people you are floating along with or things might seem a little too close for comfort. Sharing one tiny shower, for example, in which you all must take “military showers” lest the boat’s dirty water tank fill up too quickly. Luckily, our family really likes each other, so it was still an amazing time. We spotted eagles soaring over head, cougar prints in the sand, big fish jumping, and millions of twinkling little stars in the blackest night sky you’ve ever seen. Funny, but one of my favorite moments from the trip was laying out on the top deck of the boat one evening and oohing and ahhing at the satellites and shooting stars as they whizzed on by. It’s just something you don’t usually take the time to see.

Here are a few more photos from the weekend…

nieces Kara and Lana… more gorg pics of them to come

Cougar prints in the sand at the shore

Was teaching one of Matthew’s sisters to shoot with backlight in manual, and this was a pretty decent test shot we got!

doesn’t she look like she’s glowing? beautiful.

our houseboat!

SIL Kelsey… I think this picture looks like a perfume ad!

my lovely MIL

not my finest photographic moment.

Oh, and also. I got some of the most amazing sunset shots of my gorg sister in law and niece, and seriously cannot wait to share them. Mind-blowing, they are. Here’s a little sneak peek of what’s to come…

Another "Million Dollar Closet"

Here is another closed created by Lisa Adams. This one belongs to Whitney Port. I must admit, I had never heard of her before so had to google her name *shy*

All images are from http://thecoveteur.com

So, what do you think?

B