I hope you all have an amazing Easter!

This week for Favorite Stuff  Friday I found the blog 365 Jars.

Every day Kirsty Hall releases an art jar into the wild for people to find and keep.

This is such a fun and creative idea!

Check out Kirsty at: http://365jars.com/

(photo by Kirsty Hall)

When I was much younger, my BFF and I had a special place we called the Dream Place. Was it dreamy? … Well not really… but we felt like it was our private little area by the lake where we could sit and talk, learn to skip rocks or pluck turtles out of the mossy green water and name them Sam.

Ever since then I think having a special place to zone out and enjoy nature is important.

Do you have a special place to re-energize?

I’ve found lately that my dream of the perfect life includes growing my own vegetables. Watching the little seed grow into a plant and bear the fruit of my labor. It just sounds like so much fun! Until the sad little plant dies an untimely death because of my inability to water the poor thing correctly. I’ve found the green thumb I had in Washington doesn’t seem to extend itself to California.

So instead of growing my own veggies and subject them to a unhappy end, I decided to join a group called Abundant Harvest. They deliver fresh, locally grown organic fruits and veggies every week. It’s fun to see what new things we get every week, and I’ve tried a lot of new things I wouldn’t have tried before. I’m sure many cities around the country have the same kind of groups.

It makes me happy to think I’m doing a small part in helping local farmers, and in saving our environment. And the bonus is we get to eat delicious fresh fruit and veggies! Yum!

I still might try to grow some of my own fruits and vegetables in the near future…. I’m thinking I want a lemon tree, cause I think they’re pretty. Hopefully I won’t kill it. But for now at least I know we’re living a semi-sustainable life.

Maybe I’m in a bit of a sentimental mood today…. But I decided to make my wedding florist, Geranium Lake Flowers in Portland, OR my favorite thing for today. I still receive their newsletters in my e-mail and keep up with Kim the owner on Facebook. I’m so impressed with the way her business has grown. She’s opening a HUGE new store soon, and she’s been featured on the Today show.

Just from working with her I know why she’s had so much success, Kim and her staff create the most amazing floral designs. And when you talk to her you can see how much she loves what she’s doing.

So this is a big CONGRATULATIONS to Kim for all of her amazing success over the past 4 years… I miss my wedding flowers!

http://geraniumlake.com/

After months of hard work my website is sparkly and new!

Take a look around, explore and enjoy all the new features! There’s almost too many to mention… a new gallery, bio, news page…. STORE! Yay!

If you join my e-mail and snail mail list you will receive a free gift, a signed 5 x 7 lithograph. I will be sending out a bi-weekly newsletter loaded with fun and interesting info. So be sure to sign up and join me on my adventure through Deannaville and beyond.

Please, share you thoughts on the new site…. as long as they’re all positive.