End of Summer- Fergus, Ontario

Indulge

Earlier this year, one of my very favourite people moved to Fergus; so on one weekend, as the air became crisp and the nights got cooler, we went up to visit. Our dinner and slumber party was perfect parts small town pace and good friend hangout.

Bonfires and smores, enjoyed in the backyard, which has a firepit and faces undeveloped farmland.

Ladder-ball and bean bag toss. All the good, clean fun you could ask for. With ample heckling.

Weird and wonderful terrarium house-warming gifts. I’m bringing her some tiny animals (to replace the gnomes, which she finds disturbingly creepy).

Visiting the neighbours’ horse-dog.

Rewind, back to the construction of our games.

Feline friends.

You can’t go to a small town and not stop at the local chip wagon for hot dogs and fries!

Bye bye, Fergus. Bye bye, summer.

Hot Tub Pool Party

style

Spent yesterday afternoon at brunch with some wonderful friends, great food and good tunes. The bubbly was on ice, as we ate fresh bagels, tropical fruit salad, potato leek and feta torte, crudites and home made hummus. The rest of the day was spent relaxing in the hot tub and pool, celebrating the end of summer and squeezing the last drops out of the warm weather and a weekend with no commitments.

Throw on some 90’s hip hop and indie dance hits and you have the makings of a magical afternoon. Thanks to Jess, Aleks, Liron and Allia for a day of fizzy cocktails and bubbly conversation!

High Seas and Summertime Style

Home Sweet

Taking a style cue from the textures and smell of summer, I got myself a new fragrance: Vent Du Sud, by Lise Watier. This Canadian-made fragrance is the smell of my vacation, distilled and prettily packaged. I went into the pharmacy with a few sheets torn out of a magazine, ready to treat myself a little (it’s been two years since I got a new fragrance). The scent is layered with jasmine and vanilla, with a definite island or beach vibe. It will live, coolly, in the fridge to mist myself on my way out the door.

It seems like everyone has the heat, seashore and breeziness of the season on the brain (despite hearing from my friend that she is currently shooting winter and Christmas spreads for her magazine). I am happy to stay firmly in the now. So here’s to summer and the ways we can keep it around us, all year long.

Summer cook out tea towels. Campy and wonderful, from Anthropologie.

A vignette inspired by coral and sea side iconography. Found on nauticalcottageblog.com

A white bed spread, textured pillows and a wall hanging of twine-wrapped stones. If I felt up to it, I’d haul some home from the beach and build myself a similar art piece. No mobiles, please.