I’m weighing anchor for a little nautical fun on the pontoon and joining 22 table stylists for a summer tablescape blog hop! You’ll find summer table inspiration at the bottom of this post. Boating season is underway, the pontoon is decked out from stem to stern, with anchors, ship’s wheels, red, white and blue, and…
Happy Saturday! Here’s a little weekend waterview from Lake Norman. Mr. Mallard says he hopes your week was ‘just ducky’! The stars and stripes swooper flags are fluttering by the water. . . . They come out for Memorial Day and wave in the breeze until Labor Day. The UV rays and wind takes their toll…
Happy Weekend! Can you believe tomorrow is August 1st? The heat and humidity have collided and moved into the sweltering range this week in North Carolina. . .it definitely feels like August and Dog Days of Summer! The Dog Days are considered the hottest, most uncomfortable part of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. Historically the…
Happy Saturday! Here’s a little weekend waterview from Lake Norman. We’re happy to be boating again after a fuel line issue. We were almost boating in May, but like a lot of things these days, parts and service are harder to come by! We enjoyed a little boating time over the Fourth of July holiday…
Happy Sunday! Here’s a weekend waterview from Lake Norman. . . We’ve had the most gorgeous weather recently, with cool crisp mornings. . . Low humidity and highs in the low to mid 70s. . . Otherwise known as bird-chirping weather! Some pop up thunderstorms last week left us with a rainbow to enjoy. We’re…
Happy Weekend! Here’s a little weekend waterview from Lake Norman. . . We’ve had a couple of weeks of beautiful fall weather with daytime temps in the 70s and mornings in the 50s and dipping down to the 40s. I love seeing the steam fog rise from the lake in the mornings when the…
Happy Sunday! Here’s a little weekend waterview from Lake Norman. We’ve enjoyed a week of beautiful Carolina blue skies and crisp fall weather with mornings in the 40s and highs in the low 70s. . . sign me up for more! The Autumn Blaze Maple is showing the first signs of fall color. Fall…
Happy Sunday! Here’s a little weekend waterview from Lake Norman. It’s the Dog Days of Summer and we’re need of a cool down! The dog days of summer are the hot, sultry days of summer. Historically they are the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius, which Greek and Roman astrology…
Happy Sunday! Here’s a little weekend waterview from Lake Norman. Our resident Great Blue Heron can be found fishing from our dock every afternoon. I’ve always thought herons are the most Dr. Suess-esque of the bird kingdom. . . Here he is ready for take off. . . Their wingspan is 5.5 to 6.6 feet,…
Happy Sunday from Lola and Sophie! Here’s a little weekend waterview from Lake Norman. We’ve enjoyed a little boating over the last couple of weeks. We’re in our typical July weather pattern of 90 degree temps, humidity and pop-up thunderstorms, so we’re early morning or late evening boaters, avoiding the heat of the day. The…