Sideboard Summer Style

I recently changed things around on our sideboard in the dining room.   It was time for some summer-fication  - in other words adding some shells and driftwood.

I asked my youngest son if he had any shells I could use and this is what he came up with.  I had no idea he had so many, given that we live a looooong way from the ocean.

I collected these pieces of driftwood from the cottage on Georgian Bay and the long twisty stick from Yellowstone Park (oops, please don't report me for taking something from a National Park).

I added two suncatchers that we bought years ago in Nova Scotia.

Plus you can see the light green antique jar I got at the Christie Antique Show in the front.

Don't sand dollars just put you in the mood for going to the beach. Which may or may not be a good idea, given that I won't be going to a beach any time soon.

 The roses in the front garden were looking like they wanted in on the action, so I had to put some in the new green jar.  Plus I had to add the sweet little navy jug given to me, recently, by a sweet friend .

And here's one more shot of the roses, covered in raindrops,

And one more shot, with the sun streaming in, making the glass sparkle.

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