It's Time To Get Married

And pick up my daughter (Andi) & her sweetheart (Antoine)

in Portland Maine and drive them back to Rockland Maine.

I haven't seen her in 2 years.

We were never apart more than 2 months 

until my move to Maine.

My dear, dear and beautiful Mom!

Has been the most loving and supportive....

I don't know what I would have ever done without her.

The older I get, the smarter she gets!!

This is the church we will Marry in -

St. John Baptist Episcopal Church.

Father Peter Jenks will marry us. 

He has been great support and encouragement to me 

since I arrived on the scene.

I consider him my friend and adviser.

Father Peter

Down the street a few blocks.....

we will have lunch here.

This is David my future husband and best friend.

I am thrilled and excited for my daughter to meet him.

(We are all Aquarius)

He wants to take us all on a sail after lunch 

in the most beautiful harbor on the east coast in America.

I want Antoine to fall in love with Maine.

My daughter already loves Maine.

She has since she was 5!!

We may sail past a few of these tall ships.

David and I will take Andi and Antoine on a day trip to see Mount Katahdin.

After spending some much needed quality time with my daughter and her boyfriend -

3 glorious days!!!

I will take them back to Portland for them to spend 2 days on their own. 

I am hoping that they fall in love with Portland and move up.

Portland Maine

Portland Maine

Portland Maine 

We will all drive to NYC, dropping my daughter and Antoine off to do their own thing,

and David and I will take our first trip together as Husband & Wife.

Yikes!!!!

I am a little scared & very excited!!

xx

Renee Finberg 'TELLS ALL' in her Blog of her Adventures in Design, Boca Raton and Rockport and Camden Maine, All Interior Design Services, getting married

Window Boxes & Faux Balconies

window boxes, faux balconies

I adore window boxes and false balconies!!!
Adding window boxes filled with flowers can radically change the facade of a building.

Beacon Hill in Boston

window boxes, faux balconies

I think the window boxes mounted on the second story 

adds charm to this already pretty home.

There is no limit to what you can use.

Just fill with flowering plants and mount to a wall, door , or a window.

window boxes, faux balconies

This really says "NYC SPRING"

window boxes, faux balconies

Faux Balcony

What could do more for a structure than a faux balcony? 

Faux Balcony

I have found a great source for both window boxes & faux balconies.
It is at the bottom of this post.

Faux Balcony

BIG BENEFIT to faux balconies:
ATTRACTIVE SECURITY!!!!

I hope all is well with my friends.

I will be getting married OCTOBER 5th 2014.

Surprise!!!

XXXX's

I have been a little distracted these last few months.

Sorry.

But I intend on getting back to posting soon.

Source for window boxes & faux balconies
HOOKS & LATTICE  http://www.hooksandlattice.com/

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I Need A Rock

It is finally beginning to warm up...

there are signs of life ....
the trees are sprouting tiny chartreuse leaves.

The forsythia are just now starting to bloom.
The tulips are beyond confused

And so am I.

 Last Thursday I went sailing with a friend and it was beyond divine.
Not a cloud in the sky.
Sun.
Warmth.
I really thought that I had died and gone to heaven.

my girl JOEY

Yes.
It was a good day.
One of the best that I have had since my move here.

 

The next day I worked in the yard with my mother
and it was a typically dismal and chilly.
We mulched, raked leaves and planted.

The very next day was Saturday and I went to work,
and at work I wear an orange apron.
I guess things could be worse.
Really? Could they?

I began to wait on a man,
he looked so familiar to me { I never forget a face}
so I asked him where he was from.
He said " Boca Raton Florida"
and at that very second I knew where I knew him from.
He looked at me and said;
" Oh, You're the girl with the little showroom in Royal Palm Plaza"

I quickly looked around for a rock to crawl under...

I said yes, "How nice to see you again."
I felt like I needed to explain myself....
Why was I up here, why was I working at a big box store
wearing and orange apron....

I wanted to tell him 
that I was 
in the witness protection program!!!
I didn't.

Anyway, I have more to tell about a man in my life, I will tell more later.
I Hope all are doing well and having a great summer.

*  written 2 weeks ago but not published

Renee Finberg 'TELLS ALL' in her Blog of her Adventures in Design, Boca Raton and Rockport and Camden Maine, All Interior Design Services,I need a rock, sailing in midcoast maine