Monday, January 28, 2013

A Glimpse of Paradise

So for all you that are knee deep in snow, here is a little bit of we call paradise for you to warm your buns to.

It will take you to a live webcam on Lauderdale-by-the-Sea's beach thanks to the lovely 

This one is courtesy of Island Water Sports in Deerfield Beach.

We check these cameras for our local surf reports especially when there are days like these. :)
Deerfield Beach
My BF & friend in between wave sets
Wishing you warm tropical moments this week!
Best Wishes,
Sheri
xoxo

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society Show

It's that time of year again and the show is almost here!  What show you ask?  
Well please let me essss-plain...

The Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society hosts an annual orchid show every year at the end of January at the War Memorial Auditorium.  Vendors, artists and growers literally come from all over the world.  Their booths are some of the most spectacular vignette's you have ever seen.  This year it is being held January 18, 19 and 20th which is this Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10am - 6pm each day.  Tickets are $10 at the door and if you go to FLOS's website there is a $2.00 coupon as well as a list of some of the orchid grower's which will be there.  Inside the show, we will have a table where you can join the Ft. Ld. Orchid Society and speak with some of the members.  You don't want to miss this event!

This is what I am talking about...spectacular booths from the orchid vendors!
AH-mazing!!!


Another amazing booth by one of the orchid grower's at a
previous show.

We definitely put on a great show & I know you are going to love it!  So come on by and enjoy yourselves then you can head out to the beach.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Butterfly Illustrations

I absolutely love the vintage, the retro and the unique things in life...ever since I was young those old school nature illustrations really stuck with me.  Some of them are so full of detail with lots of layers of color, so visually captivating.  Believe it or not some of those original pieces of artwork have become very valuable throughout the years.  Though many of us might not be able to afford an original we can enjoy lithographs and reprints of them.  There are even coffee table books filled to the brim with beautiful artwork.  All throughout college I have been known to spend hours in the library collecting (and when I say collecting I mean using a copy machine at 10 cents a copy, lol) images out of books to use in my artwork.  With so many memories of seeing just about everything at my Grandmother's house decoupaged in some form or another (yes even the bathtub), I guess I just had to get it out of my system.

Well here is a little tribute to those whimsically beautiful illustrations of yesteryear...enjoy!
Wishing you a most wonderful week!
Happy Gardening & many best wishes,
Sheri
xoxo

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Happy Belated New Year!

I just gotta laugh at myself...so many days have gone by from my last post (um, Thanksgiving).  The closer the holidays got, I kept thinking "boy, I really have to get back to the blogs".  Yet another day went by that things were "more important" or work came up or family was in town or a function to go to...yeah more excuses.  So I thought, New Year's, yeah that's when I'll really buckle down and get serious with my blog posts.  Hmmmm, I think today is the 10th of January sooooo yeah, that went really well, lol.  So I just gotta laugh at myself...LOL.

With that said, yes there will be new post's coming up and boy do I have a whole'lotta awesome stuff coming your way!  So stay tuned bopper's, the big alert has been called off and for those of you that had such a hard time getting home New Year's night...sorry'bout that...I guess the only thing I can do is send you a post. (reference 'The Warriors' movie, hee hee hee)  Happy Belated New Years Y'all!

Wishing you all a most wonderful 2013 with good health, prosperity and lots of good times!

Happy Gardening and many best wishes,

Sheri
xoxo