antiques roadshow

my mom & I got tickets to the antiques roadshow when it came through town yesterday. she took an old book that she'd had since childhood & I took my great grandpa ace's pocket watch. it was a lot of waiting around in long lines, but we finally got to talk to the appraisers. the book was only worth about $30. we were told the pocket watch was french & made around 1850 & was very rare, due to it's thinness. it's 18k gold, but because my great grandpa used it every day (he rode the bus for all of his errands & was always checking the time), the face was quite worn & therefore not worth as much as it potentially could have been. he appraised it around $2,000.  guess I can't quit my day job. 

 {the moment of truth...}

{one of the twins! we also got to see mark walberg... that's walberg, not wahlberg, unfortunately}

 {inside of the pocket watch, which I had never seen before. anybody know french??}

blueberry picking 2012

on saturday morning, robert & I got up early & drove out to the blueberry farm to do a little picking. it was a beautiful day, not typical of a florida summer. there was a breeze in the air & not an ounce of humidity. we ended up with over 4 pounds of blueberries in about an hour. I have grand plans of everything i'm going to make with them, but last year when we went, they were so sweet & delicious that we ended up eating them all by the handful.

art walk

we had a fun evening walking around downtown at our city's monthly art walk. we started the evening with some delicious pork tacos & handmade chips at a new (awesome) hole-in-the-wall restaurant. they only serve a few items & everything on the chalkboard menu is $7 & so delicious. after dinner, we strolled the streets & listened to live music while browsing all the local artist's booths. we ended up at the museum of contemporary art to check out their 60s exhibit, which was really excellent. thought I'd share a few shots from the evening. happy mid-week!

{andy warhol }

{my handsome husband, lookin' all serious}

{such a brilliant idea. artist joe forkan paints scenes from his favorite film}

{goodnight moon}