cocktails, island style, stories & beautiful blue water
We’ve turned the calendar page to March and the time change is coming up this weekend. Spring is just around the corner, so this is the last Warm-up Wednesday for the season! The past few months have been a blur of short days and big events ~ Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, professional commitments, mom’s birthday, major reno projects at home, and {Murphy’s… Read More
So, Bluwatermom just had a milestone birthday, and we surprised her with a party. Like TOTALLY surprised her! There’ll be more on that in a later post, because today I wanted to share some photos from the younger years. Our extended family is from the upstate of South Carolina ~ where both Bluwatermom and Bluwaterdad grew up, went to high… Read More
Welcome 2015! Time to freshen things up, and continue the endless clean up and clean out ~ and in the process, the present met the past. 🙂 A sweet friend surprised me with a beautiful vintage pottery urn as a Christmas present ~ and I love it! I have a small pottery collection accumulated over the years ~ and the urn… Read More
It’s New Year’s Eve 2014! Looking back at this year, I shared the Top Ten Posts of 2014 ~ 6-10 in part one and 1-5 in part two. Today I’m sharing the All Time Top Blog Posts from bluwaterlife! It’s a mix of drink, eat, journey and fun from past years. I’ve been writing on the blog since August 2009, and I… Read More
Yesterday I shared part one of the top blog posts of 2014 ~ and today I’m sharing part two. It’s nice to note that all the Top Ten posts were spread throughout the year. Thank you all SOOOOO much for visiting, reading, commenting, sharing, pinning and being great bluwaterpals! 🙂 Drum roll please ~ here are the top five blog posts of… Read More
It’s the last few days of 2014! Christmas is over my shoulder, Santa is headed for a well-earned vacation and the New Year is on the horizon. Looking back, I want to share the most popular posts from bluwaterlife this year. Today I’m sharing the first group of top blog posts, and will share the rest of the group tomorrow. Drum… Read More
Merry Christmas to all! Even Sandy the cottage doggie is ready for Christmas. 🙂 We’re all together at Bluwatermom’s house and ready for Christmas Eve. The gifts are wrapped, treats are baked and we’re ready for Santa to visit tonight. I’ll be taking a few days off to enjoy time with family and friends ~ and taking lots of photos…. Read More
It’s officially Christmas Island 2014, when I put my mele kalikimaka trees out on display. Y’all have already seen them this year with my ribbon tassel gift wrap from our holiday week, but I had to bring them back for their own post. 🙂 It’s the week before Christmas, and once again in spite of my best intentions, my shopping and… Read More
We interrupt this week’s regularly scheduled tailgate recipe to just enjoy the moment 🙂 . Last weekend was the 100th Homecoming at Clemson, and two of my Clemson girls came to spend the weekend. My room-mate and one of our hall suite-mates from back in the day ~ and we all stayed at Bluwatermom’s house. We spent the day in… Read More
