Scenes of the Fourth

It’s the Fourth of July weekend, and it seems everyone is in the spirit~

I love to see how my neighbors decorate their homes~

Simple, yet each one cuter than the last~

The town is crawling, here around 7pm on the 4th, Main Beach Laguna Beach~

I know, not good to shoot & drive, but look at the beach at El Morro, now the Moro Campground, a State Park; how nice would it be to camp here and be on this beach?  You will see the Emerald Bay fireworks over Abalone Point from here~

A quarter mile away is the newly opened Crystal Cove Date Shack; I love their décor for the holiday~

New flag, proudly flying~

But we stuck close to home, lots of painting and lots of planting was done~

I cooled the work crew of nieces & nephews off with some lemon sorbet Italian style~

In the morning, organic blueberry pancakes with homemade boysenberry syrup~

In the afternoon, biscuits and lavender-honey ice cream, with strawberry sauce & whipped cream~

In between painting and cleaning, I finished the 18ft tablecloth for Dad’s birthday in two weeks, and did a lot of prep work for a magazine shoot that is coming up.  This week I will start a series on infusions & sauces from summer herbs, berries & florals.  Lots of good information and French recipes….but until the fireworks start in a few hours, my sweet little Honey Dog says, relax & enjoy the last of the weekend~