one gorgeous, delicious Sunday!

We spent the whole morning down at the harbor...it was one gorgeous, delicious Sunday! This is the exact, exact, exact spot where Tim proposed to me...oh! so many years ago. At the time I lived in Canada and Tim lived in Va.; we were here on vacation. It was so fantastic to go back there with Tara! I never imagined that we would one day live here and...the amazing life I would find myself in. I am one very lucky girl...and I am thankful every single day.

 I stumbled upon an amazing Tile Shop with handmade goods from Mexico. I bought a beautiful bird tile for Tara's nursery and an intricately designed one for my studio...just gorgeous stuff in here! Amazing craftsmanship and detail.

We had Greek food for lunch...sitting outside people and boat watching in the summer sun. We are totally into Greek food right now...it seems to be everywhere in So. Cal.

Me and my girl...she is such a darling I can barely stand it! She is shooting up like a weed and chattering away about... everything.

Sails at the harbor...the Maritime Museum...
I hope you all had a fantastic Sunday as well!

today in pics

Every Sunday is family day over here. Tim came up with this soon after Tara was born. So no matter what else we have going on, we always do something as a family; for a few hours or the whole day. It has really kept us grounded and happy through all the stressful and difficult times...especially last year with our move. Today we drove down to Balboa Park which is am amazing conglomeration of so many many things. You could easily spend weeks over here and not run out of things to see and do. There are tons of art galleries, museums, theatres, botanical gardens,The San Diego Zoo, Sea World...on and on.

We all rode on a carousel!!! It was soooo much fun; I can't remember  the last time I even did this!!! Maybe I was 6 or 7? Tara was a little scared at first but then loved loved loved it; she rode with Tim. It warmed my heart to see the two of them having such a great time.

We came upon Spanish Village which has over 200 San Diego artists selling their creations. This is artist Don Knapp; his work is so dripping with gorgeous, delicious colors! I bought a luscious print called Bright Summer Day for Tara's nursery.

Another artist Linda Lepeirs who is a super talented artist/photographer. She was so helpful and friendly...Hi Linda!!

There are quite a few museums down there as well. We did not have time to visit today ...have to make a day of it just for art!

The architecture here is just amazing. I don't know how far back it dates but it speaks of another era...wrought iron and carved stone, outdoor chandeliers, intricate details...

It was a long day... When we got back home Tara and I took a nap while Tim watched the Superbowl. Family+ sunny day+ art= perfect Sunday. Hope you all had  a great weekend too!
* my studio is slowly slowly slowly coming along!