Love.

I love the bookshelf over the window in this photo (via Apartment Therapy--thanks Misty!). Wonder if that could work if it needs to be attached to plaster walls ...

Color.

Two photos: The first are some tulips Craig brought home from me that lasted an incredibly long time. The orangey ones are my favorite, and I found an old, turquoise mason jar that I thought looked rather springy with the flowers.

The second photo is Craig making my birthday cake (lemon cake with lemon frosting--yum!). Notice the lovely hand action. I just love the red/yellow of the cutting board and lemons. Probably one of the reasons as soon as I'm motivated, our kitchen will be red and yellow.

Table.

I found an awesome 1950s patio table on Craigslist the other day, so hubby and I went to pick it up after work. I was afraid it wouldn't fit in the car since the legs didn't come off, and my fear was correct. We could get one leg in the car, so it wasn't sticking out. The other three wouldn't go. One trip to the hardware store and about 20 bungee cords later, we drove home very s l o w l y and now we have a lovely table in the backyard. Along with the three plastic chairs we inherited with the house. It looks great with the white flowering tree. Ignore the ugly, dead plants in the background of the photo--one of my weekend projects is to dig those out. Now, if the weather would just cooperate so we could use our shiny new (old) table ...