Ahoy Matey! Permission granted to come Aboard!

 

Hi All!  It's time for Outdoor Wednesday @  http://www.asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/   I must confess I love this party!  It's fun for me because I love being outdoors!  It has still been awfully hot around here but lucky for us we had a bit of a break this weekend.  Saturday we had incoming storms that passed right by us leaving a slight drop in temperature, light sprinkles, overcast and breezy skies.  The perfect combination for a day of sailing on the lake!




I shared these photos with you last week to give you a hint at what I was working on for Saturday. 

Several of you we're right on target!   Arrghh!   No, It didn't involve me wearing a patch, but some of our other members did!  This was a fun day for our cruising fleet as we all participated in our very first

 "Capture the Flag"  race event.   It was a fun filled unofficial race of teams.  Our teams were named Pirates, Privateers and Buccaneers and were divided according to which dock your boat was on.  The first team that had all boats participating per team to arrive at our destination would win the flag!  I am happy to say the dock we were on was the winning team!  Yay " B " dock!  We now have official bragging rights!  Woohoo!

Here's what I was working on...

This was the flag we were all hoping to capture!

Preparing for our race instructions!

Last minute preparations before leaving..

And we are off!  These first photos show how the weather was a little rough at first.

But we pirates are a randy bunch!

Arrghh!  Those tall ships filled with Buccaneers and Privateer's make me skin crawl!

Look closely matey, I spy our flag aboard this vessel!

Ahoy!  Let's circle the mark!

Time to make our way back to the fort, bottoms up! 

Who's this wench with this hunky pirate?

But wait, what do ye spy under the sail there? 

Why it's a large bounty...

..just waiting to be overtaken!

Argghh!!  It's getting away!

Aye!  I've heard tales of the "Southern Patriot" before!

Let her be, we have more pressing issues back at fort.

Such as enjoying some grub!

More salty tales of the sea!

A bit of fun!

And bit o'folly!

There's talk of conspiracy... and a winning team is announced!

Then we're hijacked, and sidetracked...

...and tha...thaa..thass...that's all folks!

Hope you enjoyed the reveal of my fun filled Saturday special event!  I had a great time!  Please be sure and leave me a note if you stop by and enjoyed the adventure.  Love to hear from you!

First Mate Mary

Red, White and Blue Monday Porch Party

Are you thinking red, white and blue yet?   I have been, quite a bit lately!  I am the cruising fleet events coordinator for our  sailing club this year and we are hosting yet another party for the fourth of July.  My thoughts have been on Independence Day overload with planning,  but I will share more on that later!  This post is all about my own home!


I have several things in in the works for this special time of the year!  Today I was able to complete the first of what I hope to be several posts in celebration of "Independence Day".  After my usual hectic Monday chores, I was able to prepare the front porch.  Lucky for me, I didn't even spend a dime on this transformation as I already had everything on hand.  With a few easy switches and rearranging this is my Fourth of July front porch!

I started with simply adding a few small flags to the milk can.

Then my sassy rooster received a sporty new "blue" bow with sparkly gold trim!

Then I swapped out my multicolored flowers for these white flowers in a blue hanging basket.  I haven't been able to find a permanent place for this arrangement yet after putting it together several weeks ago, so I am happy to have it here for now.  I found this fantastic basket at a consignment store and the flowers were from a Kirklands.  I love it!

The front door got a new look I put together with an extra grapevine wreath I had and flowers.

  I even had the bow already!  It only need a little fluffing!

Then I swapped my oil lanterns out with these "blue" candle lanterns I had in the back!

So glad I gave them a fresh coat of paint this year!

And finally, I had nothing to do with this one but mother nature did!  My big beautiful red geranium has decided to bloom again, right on queue!  For some reason it has been sitting bloom less for some time. 

  Sorry, I am really having a time photographing true reds!

They are not this orange and really are very red and beautiful!

That's how I spent a part of my Monday!  Hope you like it and hope your getting inspired too!

Everyone loves a little red, white and blue!

I am joining the following parties today.

http://smilingsally.blogspot.com/ for Blue Monday

http://rhondisrosecoloredglasses.blogspot.com/ for Rhondis 3rd Summer Porch Party

http://astrollthrulife.blogspot.com/ for Tabletop Tuesday

Be sure and check out all the other great posts from the links above!

Thanks for coming by!  I would love to hear from you!