Farewell to Summer Nautical Tablescape

Labor Day Weekend.....one last "hurrah"

 before summer is just a pleasant & distant memory.

Regardless of it being super hot still....

school is back in session, the football games are starting

 and the days are beginning to get shorter and shorter. 

I don't decorate heavily for fall until the corn stalks are brown,

 so I still have some summer left in me

to join in the fun over at Cuisine Kathleen's 

end of summer tablescape challenge.

My centerpiece is a simple one:

I used a tall heavy glass & metal chippy cloche

 with a few shells and starfish tucked inside.

I ♥ these heavy stoneware scalloped shell plates.

The burlap is supposed to represent the ocean's sand.

The blue goblets are used to represent ocean.

Use your imagination that they are light blue and better matching.

(Please and thank you.)

My simple but trusty plain white vintage English teacups come in handy 

in their effortlessness to match about anything I conjure up.

While growing up in a summer vacationland on the lake

 it always meant  Labor Day weekend always signified

 the end of the BEST fun.

All the cute visiting city boys had to return home,

 and all the cute local boys had to go back to college.

The Eagle's song  "Boys of Summer"

 written by Don Henley nailed it best:

Nobody on the road

Nobody on the beach.

I feel it in the air

The summer's out of reach.

Empty lake, empty streets

The sun goes down alone.

I'm driving by your house

Though I know you're not home.......

But for the time being the lake is still full of boats

 and jetters and floaters.

The beaches are still full of sun bathers and swimmers.

(And lots of volley-ball players and frisbee throwers!)

The pubs are still filled with fun and laughter and music.

It all sure makes me wish I were 20 something again

 and dancing every night like it all would never end.

But as the Bible tells us, there's a time for every season.

All things have their season,

 and in their times all things pass under heaven.

Ecclesiastes 3:1

My summer season is much quieter now, consisting of more

 watching hummingbirds than sun bathing,

doing more garden weeding than dancing

and more reading than partying..............

and that is as it should be.

I am quite content and full of peace,

 happy with my special memories

and hopeful with my possible future ones.

Dance with the Sea

Walks on the beach

Days in the sun

Swims in the ocean...

Come on every one!

You know you enjoy it

Whether you’re younger or older

So have a good time

Before the weather gets colder.

Splash in the ocean

Dive with the sea

Don’t hide from the fun

Come here and you’ll see.

The sun is burning

It’s 90 degrees

There’s lots to discover

You just wait and see!

We’re splashing

We’re tanning

We’re laughing

We’re fanning

We’re having so much fun

We can hardly breathe.

The ocean is calling

The waves are all falling

So come and be happy

And dance with the sea.

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HAVE A FUN BUT SAFE HOLIDAY WEEKEND!

As always, thank you for your visit!

♥

~Michele

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