Off to Maine!

This is where we're staying

Hubby & I are off on a much needed getaway to celebrate our anniversary & my birthday!

We're going to Mount Desert Island on Southwest Harbor, MAINE!

This is our room at the Kingsleigh Inn

And this is our view!

I'll be back Sunday night & will get caught up on all your blogs & creations!

I'm looking forward to gorgeous Maine & lots of RELAXING!

Have a wonderful week & I'll see you here soon!

xoxox

BACK & Playing Catch-Up!

Eagle Bluff Lighthouse

Mom & I stocking up our wine cart!

Cute goats on the roof at Al Johnson's

Cana Island Lighthouse

Cave Point State Park

Gorgeous Bluffs by Green Bay

Beautiful Harbors

I MISS WISCONSIN!!! 

We had the most wonderful vacation week in DOOR COUNTY! 

It's absolutely GORGEOUS & the weather was PURRFECT ~ nice & cool 60s & 70s.  Ahhh...it's hard coming back to Kansas & adjusting to humid upper 90s!  sweat...drip...

I won't bore you with a bunch of stories & pictures but I'd like to just make a quick list of some of my FAVORITE things about our trip!  Here they are...

 Our lovely rental home in the woods of Fish Creek

Watching the deer come to the feeder in our backyard

Making s'mores & roasting hotdogs over our fire pit

Hiking the shoreline & wooded trails

Eagle Bluff Lighthouse & climbing to the top of Cana Island Lighthouse

Fish Boil at the Old Post Office restaurant in Sister Bay

The "Haunted Door County" Trolley Tour

Door Peninsula Winery & Stone's Throw Winery

Taking the car ferry over to Washington Island

Cherry Train Tour on Washington Island

Cherry Swedish Pancakes at Al Johnson's Restaurant - yum!

The goats on the roof at Al Johnson's - so cute

Relaxing on the beach at Whitefish Dunes on Lake Michigan

Seeing a mama & baby racoons in Peninsula State Park - so sweet!

Beautiful sunsets over Green Bay

Cherry-stuffed French toast at the White Gull Inn

So many neat shops & restaurants!

My favorite shop-Kitty Korner!  (more on that later)

Lovely COOL weather & flowers everywhere!

Quality time with my family

Well, that list turned out to be pretty long.  I could add several more things to it actually but I'll stop. 

Since I got home late Saturday I've been in catch-up mode.  I opened the SHOP back up Sunday & have had several orders in the last few days (yay) so I've been busy packing, shipping, updating & now I need to get busy CREATING new things for the shop! 

Today I'm spending some time catching up on all YOUR blogs, getting some inspiration & commenting.  All this "networking" is hard work isn't it? - ha!  People keep telling me to Twitter & I've been meaning to but ... good grief ... I have a hard enough time keeping up with my blog, shop, facebook & everything else.  Whew!  Someday soon I will give in & join the world of tweeting.

This post is getting long enough!  Thanks so much if your reading has made it down this far!

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY!!! xox purrrs

Carly the Calico

Carly the Calico

Our rental house in Fish Creek

I just couldn't help myself!  I had to make 1 more cat doll!

I'm falling way behind on my regular canvas paintings but once I started digging through all my fabric there was no stopping me!  I even have another one done (with the cutest bird print) but haven't painted the face yet.  It's going to have to wait.

We leave for vacation at the crack of dawn Saturday morning.  Picking up my mom in Kansas City & heading NORTH to Wisconsin!  The house above is where we'll be staying.  Isn't it great?  They say deer come from the woods to the backyard to visit.  I LOVE seeing wildlife!

A big THANK YOU to all of you for your kind comments about Zoolou.  She is doing FINE & acting her normal crazy self!

After tomorrow's "Feline Friday" I'll be "on holiday" from the blog for a week.

Thank you all my dear blogger buddies for visiting!  See you soon! xox & purrrs

Off to Estes Park!

Hope we see lots of these!

Our condos on Fall River!

Just a quick post before I leave in the morning with my family for our vacation to Estes Park, CO. Can't wait to get back to the mountains! I'll be back next Thursday hopefully with all kinds of inspiration for paintings! Purrs ~ Jill (the Mountain Girl)