Happy Fourth 2021!! โ Summer of 2021!! Guest Post from MMK!
Time to Grill, Celebrate Freedom with Cheers!! Happy July 4th Weekend!!
Enjoy friends, family, the outdoors, and some time off!
You and your Home can have fun wearing Stars, Stripes โ Red, White, and Blue!!
We all love breathing fresh air โ watching Fireworks in the sky and having time to enjoy life!!
Mask free? Wearing lipstick again? Yes and Yes!!
Hard to believe we have completed 6 months into 2021! Maybe now the onward and upward is real!
Grilling is one of those traditional joys for all! Whether at the beach or in the backyardโฆwonderful smells โ so ceremonial – chicken, meat, veggiesโฆ.garlic bread?? You decide the menuโฆsalads, cheeses, watermelon, cherry pie, homemade ice cream, popsicles, maybe a loveable flag cake?? Memoriesโฆto be made and shared!! What are your traditions?
Mark Bittman, the award-winning former New York Times Food Writer and acclaimed author, teaches us all! Enjoy his Books โ great gifts for couples & men too! The Mini Minimalist: Simple Recipes for Satisfying Meals: A Cookbook is a charming size too! I love his concept, โBuy the best ingredients available and combine them in ways that make sense on any given day.โ
A memorable evening Grilling Fete by master VKB!!
Have great colorful fun with your Tableโฆindoors or out!! Red White & Blueโฆ.great with Sunflowers too!
Bees, Gold Honeycombs & Berries, Kate Spade charming Charlotte Street Stripes, Tomato Tureens,
MACKENZIE-CHILDS Royal Check Collection, or a favorite of your own!
You cannot help but be inspired by international Interior Designer Nicky Haslamโs fabulous Mediterranean Yacht Design โ ultimate glamour โ Yes!! Red, White, and Blue are certainly universal in appealโฆthink France too โ her Red, White, and Blue Flagโฆand Bastille Day, coming right up to July 14th !!
Relax and enjoy all Summer Longโฆuntil next Saturday โ Happy July! xoxo MMK
is the Founder and CEO of Style at a Certain Age. She writes Sundays-Fridays on all topics ranging from fashion, health, wellness, home design and more.
She’s 65, 5’8, and size 8.
Great post, MMK! Thank you. I’ll check out the cookbooks too. Happy July 4th!
Hi Creativebee! Glad you enjoyed!! Happy 4th wkend to you…am sure you will have fun with the cookbooks! xoxo MMK
Happy 4th of July weekend to you also,
Have a great time with you family made more enjoyable with your new patio and backyard.
Pretty girls, who is she?
Love the Bees hard mat, they been having that for some time.
Have nice day.
Hi Gloria – Happy you stopped by my Saturday Guest Post…the little beauty is my great niece in her mother’s special dress for the 4th!! She is a charmer!! xoxo MMK
I am sorry when I went back I realize the the girl is a post from MMK.
Yes – she is still a beauty!! MMK
rally enjoy your blogs. Get such great ideas and gift ideas from you and your browsing things for us,the reader. Thanks!
Hi Susan – You are a sweetheart to say!! Delighted you are enjoying…sharing my passions with you is great fun! xoxo MMK
Meant to mention what a sweet picture you started this blog off with. I do love traditional childrens clothes,especially for little girls Did my share of smocking,once upon a time.
Hi Susan – She is my adorable great niece in her mother’s little dress, in fact. I couldn’t resist including her in her little sailor dress! Happy Memory!! Glad it brought back some for you too! xoxo MMK
Love your Saturday posts…love your enthusiasm! A very Happy 4th of July to all. Blessed having been taught its meaning when too young to understand. It’s absolutely priceless now! This reader values the red, white, and blue and all the ways you presented them today! ๐บ๐ธ
Hi Sylvia,
Happy 4th Weekend to you!!
Yes, our heritage is beautiful and cause for celebration and fun!! Happy you enjoyed this special holiday post…themes always draw on our creativity. Enjoy yours!! xoxo MMK
I love the honeycomb pieces and Kate Spade dishes. I donโt grill but my husband did and he would have loved the grill photos. Happy Fourth of July.๐บ๐ธ
Hi Eve,
Happy 4th to you…pleased that you enjoyed the fun dinnerware and grilling photos…memories and all. Thank you for sharing…xoxo MMK