The Beauty and Joy of Jade

Hi! I hope everyone is having a nice Friday!

 Today I wanted to share a very special blog called White and Shabby.

 I adore Jade and her dreamy, white home.. her blog is such a treat for me to visit. I find inspiration in everything I see on her blog. And like myself, she is a kitty lover too and has two adorable cats and also a cute black lab who looks so precious in white angel wings and pink rosettes.

If you are wanting some sweet, white inspiration that will make you smile..

Visit Jade at  White and Shabby

As well as the two above, here is a sampling of photos of her beautiful home & photography..

Her lovely white kitchen!

Sweet, delicate details

Pale & pretty blooms

And here is Jade {above} ~ Isn't she the cutest! I love her outfits!

Here's a few more of Jade's photos.. such talent!

Thank you so much for letting me share photos of your beautiful wonderland, Jade!

 It's been a real pleasure!

Love,

Lara

{all photos on this post by White and Shabby}

Ballerina Pink Roses

I'm relaxing and having my weekend espresso. I wanted to share a couple new things I've added to my house.

I found this sap bucket at an antique store a few weeks ago. I finally got around to hanging it up on a small wall in my kitchen. I am looking forward to changing the flowers around as much as I can.

My kitchen gets excellent light with having 5 windows, so I think fresh flowers on the wall will do just fine with some mini paper cups wedged in to keep them watered.

I purchased some  pink roses at the market yesterday.

I love their airy pink colour. So fresh and soft.

Cottage Memoirs

We spent all day today at my husband's relatives cottage. She is moved here from Poland when she was in her thirties, and her late husband built their summer lake cottage all by himself! It's now her full time home and we visit her several times a year.





My kids are having so much fun visiting with their cousins.

Here's my little guy wading in the lake. He's the blond.







My little guy caught a pike by hand! Well.. the fish was not exactly doing too well which made that easy.. it was alive still.. he released it back to nature and then wanted to catch an octopus.

He is so daring. I think he is going to be a marine biologist because he is so interested in sea life right now.







The boys jumped in with their clothes on..

just boys being boys.

We hung them on her old fashioned clothesline.





During my walk back from the "beach" .. I loved checking out the other charming lake cottages. I would love to have a summerhouse here.










All tuckered out after keeping up with rough and tumble boys.