Last Hurrah by the Pool.....

DISCLAIMER....(or is it DIS-DISCLAIMER)

Let it be posted, here and now, that this is a long.....VERY long post today.

I had a lot of photos....good things to eat....words to say....

and I tried every way in the world to cut this down....and I did.

But....it's still very long so I am saying, "I'm sorry"  right now....

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 Hi, ya'll...

Here it is...the last of August and summertime is flying by so fast, it makes my head spin.

Kathleen at Cuisine Kathleen blog is having an END OF SUMMER table party and I wanted to go....

sooo, here we go.

I'm not much one for setting a beautiful table...we are so much more relaxed here in our new pool house home. TODAY, we are going to have breakfast by the pool....

BREAKFAST, as some of you know, is my favorite meal of the whole day.
I can absolutely eat it 3/4 times a day.

I started off by baking BERRY MUFFINS which gave me a chance to use some of my cute cupcake liners....they are so fun to use.

Aren't they pretty?

" Friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold."

Oliver W. Holmes, Sr.

I love these that have the sayings on the bottom...some are Mary Englebrite...some are Debbie Mum, I think



I really love muffins for breakfast..something sweet is always good with my coffee...


however, Mr. Sweet would much rather have a poached egg with his muffin. :)

...follow me

Little bitty pieces of the most perfect toast...
little french bread loaf, sliced thin, spread with REAL butter and....
O HONEY

Breakfast without fruit is like a day without sunshine.

It's so good for us...and so good for our taste buds...and good for our souls, I think.:)
I love fruit.

...grapes
...plums
...strawberries

Potato Patties...these will taste good with our poolside breakfast.

I try to make an extra amount of mashed potatoes to 

have some left to make the patties the next morning.

...add an egg...a little flour...a little cheese...any spices you like,

fry in the most healthy of oils....drain well...

and ENJOY ♥

 OK...while the coffee is brewing, it's time to

HEAD OUT TO POOLSIDE.

 It's so so beautiful out here that every single morning when I open our blinds, I
feel a huge grin about to spread all over my goofy face.
               ♥
We are so blessed to have such a lovely home but more blessed to have such a wonderful and caring son and his family to want to share their good fortune with us.

Here we have the starting of a great outdoor breakfast.

GOD has watched over Mr. Sweet and I since before we were born,

and HIS blessings pour over us constantly.

So thankful. ♥

It wouldn't be breakfast at Sweet Nothings without ORANGE ROLLS. 

OK...I think this should be plenty of food for now... 
time to SET THE TABLE.

 

BRIGHTS
are the color of the day....

Colorful paper plates...



beautiful
"almost" lime green
hydrangeas... 

The pool was full of fun-loving bodies
most every day of this S.H.O.R.T.
summer.

With school starting, the pool looks pretty empty this morning.
It's still hot enuf here to go swimming even in the mornings.
 ♥
It's waaay too quite out there !! 
I like giggles and squeals and good music going.
In other words...
I love our girls out there !  :>)

There will be several more weeks of swimming before they have to wait for
NEXT SUMMER.

....adding plastic flatware (look at that little lone RED one..hahhaa)
and solo cups makes for an adorable, carefree meal in such beautiful surroundings.
O, how I love the ease, relaxed summertime.
♥ ♥ ♥
I'm surely not ready to give it up.

I used Water Painting, in PhotoScape, to make this beautiful photo.

Thanks so much for coming by...
and thanks to KATHLEEN for hosting this
last-fling Summer party.

MARK TWAIN really had it goin' on !!

 XOXO