Tuesday, May 11, 2010

The weekend, briefly

The weekend was constant motion, managed madness. We squeezed every little drop of weekend-ness from it and wrung it dry.

A quiet cup of tea with my mom, in china cups handpainted by my step-great-grandmother.

watercolor tea cups
{watercolor tea cups}

The mini-est of mini vacations (12 hours in Joshua Tree), which included the drive out to the high desert

driving route 60
{driving route 60}

meeting the lovely and talented Lily in person (!) and seeing her beautiful work + a very questionable beer in the local saloon (not pictured because I was slightly terrified by the bouncer and I didn't want to draw any attention to myself)

lily's show!
{lily's show!}

the cheapest hotel I've found in years, which turned out to be clean, quiet and possessed of hot water, which is all I require, although the cheery paint scheme was a nice bonus

safari motor inn
{safari motor inn}

up early for the drive back the next morning and another round of mother visits, more tea and far too many sweets

tea party, patio
{tea party, patio}

crystal display
{tea party, crystal display}

and then we came home and collapsed in a stupor caused by equal parts sugar shock and exhaustion. Hence the lack of photos yesterday.

23 comments:

  1. What a cute little hotel! Hope you're rested up :)

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  2. those tea cups are beautiful :)

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  3. those China cups are great! so romantic

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  4. so fun finding little hotels like that! beautiful photos, sounds like the kind of busy weekend that is absolutely perfect. xox

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  5. Those handpainted tea cups are aaaamazing!!

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  6. looks like a perfect weekend and that tea party is fantastically lovely!

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  7. I'm so jealous! I really wish I lived within driving distance of Joshua Tree, because I really would have loved to see Lily's show. The rest of your weekend sounds really nice, too. Hopefully you are fully rested and recovered.

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  8. oh, you darling, darling rachel. i'm still on cloud nine after seeing your beautiful faces at the show. you and dustykins made the whole night for me. really. i am SO touched that you made the trek out to the hi-dez! and it sounds like the jt saloon did not disappoint;)

    big hugs. xoxo.

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  9. don't you love when the most random of hotels work out perfectly? sounds like you had a wonderful, albeit crazy-busy weekend!

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  10. Rachel your pictures are ALWAYS breathtakingly beautiful. And those tea cups that your great-grandmother painted.....oh how beautiful!!!!!

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  11. Love the photos of the tea party. Such a cute patio. And thanks for the "mother's day" tags. I used a few of them :)

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  12. Love it when dive motels are awesome! You guys must've had the best weather this past weekend. Looks like so much fun! :)

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  13. Those tea cups are beautiful! The patio looks like a very comfortable and cute space.

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  14. i want one of something in every single one of those photos. lovely weekend! (big note to self on that motor lodge.)

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  15. Joshua Tree is SO pretty. Wish I could go back. I love Lily's blog, too! So cool you got to meet her in person...

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  16. What beautiful china!
    It sounds like you had a fun filled weekend.

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  17. Exhausting, but lovely. And those tea cups? I'm swooning!

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  18. I nth the beautiful teacups! But I'm enamored with the patio & how it looks getting ready for a tea party. Looks so sweet & cozy!

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  19. jealous - wish i could take a mini trip to joshua tree and see her awesome paintings in person.

    also, i love the BAM in your cookie post. made me laugh inside.

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  20. It makes me happy to see Grandmother's china in use.

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