Seems like I've been here, there and everywhere this summer, but my favorite was the blissful time spent with my grandchildren at the family cabin in the forest near
Yosemite.

and yes, I used that time for some shameless
fabric promoting photos!

I talked Samantha into a little dress up time with these adorable skirts from one of
Cindy Taylor Oates' Patterns

don't ya love the touch of tulle!
But now onto the fun stuff: collecting the pine cone babies

that go to bed in their
bark beds with
moss tufts for pillows.

what looks like a
twig to the untrained eye is really a
"toy" to help them fall asleep.
.........these are the good times........