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}

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

{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!}

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}

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, 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.