it was my birthday

Summer has arrived! Merry Summer, y'all!

time for the long hot summer.........

My May birthday arrived

went outside to make pictures of my balloons

We went to Bluffton for my birthday 

Scenes along the way:

the mimosas were in bloom on my birthday

so dainty, so delicate!

Bluffton is a nice small town! Lots of history

We toured the Heyward House museum, it was great!

The home was built in 1841 and still has most of the original woodwork and floors. The Carolina farmhouse style was from planters from the West Indies.

So many interesting things to see!

We used to walk by the old Confederate Widows Home all the time. And of course we've been to Magnolia cemetery many times. So this was interesting.

I have a similar old lamp like this one

the Sweetgrass baskets like in this painting are still sold by the Basket Ladies in downtown Charleston, and at stands all along the highway

I have quite a few similar bottles, we find them in the fields all the time. Always fun to find a new one! Some are liquor bottles, many cough syrup bottles, lots of spice and medicine bottles.

If you can find where the old "outhouse" was on a property, you can find loads of these amazing things! They threw alot of broken bottles, toys, and dishes and garbage in the outhouses.
Our historic house qualifies, we are trying to find out where it was! LOL

broken pottery and dishes

Posing by the trundle bed

I loved seeing all the old furniture, dishes, shoes, quilts, and do I spy a DOLLHOUSE?

My friend Pam and I would love to play with this! LOL

I LOVED THIS PAINTING!

Sites around Bluffton

We toured this fun Sculpture Garden:

Palmetto Oaks sculpture garden

The creator is from Indiana and he has sculptures on display all over, at colleges and hospitals and other places, as well as his home sculpture garden here on his property.

He is very generous to allow people to tour it.

It was fun and so interesting!

Went to see the old Oyster Factory:

lots of people out enjoying their boats

We spent alot of time resting on this bench and enjoying watching the boaters. There was a really nice breeze.

Garvey House

Beautiful old twisty trunk tree

Enjoyed looking at the pretty flowers that were blooming

and I always stop to read memorials when I see them. This was near the water, so perhaps a boating accident/drowning? sad...

I like seeing all the giant decorated oyster shells about town:

The beautiful shells are painted by local artists and are scattered all over town. I think there are about 21 of them. It's fun to search for them. We only saw about 3 or 4! Each one has it's own plaque with information.

Some amazing clouds on the way home.......

and then a rainbow out in the country!

Presents:
One of my favorite presents, a green corduroy pocketbook! It's soft and "slouchy", I love it.

And I'd heard of these, but never had one.......a  pocketbook organizer!

It's so easy to transfer the whole thing to different pocketbooks and you don't have all the little things stuck down in the bottom when you're searching. I love it.

 It has lots of compartments, zippers, pockets. They come in alot of different sizes too, for little and large pocketbooks and tote bags.

some of my cards:

a funny chicken tin sign

Hairbows and doo-dads. I also got bags of candy and two new pairs of slacks. I picked out a new dress too, but it hasn't arrived yet.....

.....and new Crocs house shoes, in the green color I wanted! And they couldn't be any easier to keep clean.....you can just hose them down, LOL. Perfect for country living.

they are SO comfortable!

a pretty magnet
and these adorable fairies came with the teas and card up above

I especially love the porch swing one!

a friend from church brought me a German chocolate cake too! So I ended up with two cakes, plenty to last all week. LOL

It was a wonderful birthday! I was blessed with many fun and special cards and things!

Hope Fathers Day was nice yesterday for y'all and MERRY MERRY SUMMER!!

Glad you stopped in to see me!