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One-woman-show behind @polkadotcottage
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And coffee ☕.

It's been a nice low key birthday 😊. I started

It's been a nice low key birthday 😊. I started by liberating a few peonies from the plant, then I took myself out to a new-to-me coffee shop for a light roast and a scone. Later, Aidan and I tried yet another new coffee shop (iced latte this time). We ordered take out for dinner 😋 and played some games. And I've come to the decision that my car needs an epic scrappy granny square blanket, so I got started on that 😁

#peonies #peonyseason #polkadotcottage #polkadotcottageblankets #pdchighlanderblanket #crochet #crochetblanket #grannysquares

Today's Good Things: - Peonies beginning to pop!

Today's Good Things:

- Peonies beginning to pop! 💗
- A lovely morning spent remembering my dear friend
- My favorite me-made quilt back on the bed

#peonies #peonyseason #pdcskinnerblendquilt

Our 15th long weekend in Ocean City has come to an

Our 15th long weekend in Ocean City has come to an end. As usual, Neil and I easily could have talked ourselves into staying for the rest of the week. One of these years, we are going to have to do it. Maybe 16th time will be the charm 😁. Today was the first non-foggy morning we had. I could even see my shadow on my morning walk! We played some games at @jillysocnj Arcade (as has become our last day tradition), and I stopped in at @mancoandmanco for a slice of pizza before we hit the road. Wow, was it ever delicious! Why did it take me so long to stop in there? 🍕

We're home now, and it's back to work tomorrow. *Sigh*

#iloveocnj #oceancitynj #jerseyshore

Our last full day here started off even foggier th

Our last full day here started off even foggier than the previous two, if you can believe it. But then the sun pushed through, and I rented a bike from @bobsgrilloceancity and broke my own mileage record (it was awesome and I am pooped). I finished a pack of instant film and added to my collection of sub par snapshots 😜. There were falcons on the boardwalk again this year, sitting nicely still for pictures when they weren't working to deter seagull aggression. And I had a delicious ice cream sandwich (coffee ice cream between two peanut butter cookies) - it was huge and a bit much for me to finish (though I did 🙊). Maybe @famouscookiecreamery will consider selling half sandwiches sometime, lol.

P.S. pictures of me by @clarkesworld 📷

#iloveocnj #oceancitynj #oceancityboardwalk #jerseyshore #lisadoesinstant

So much walking today. I've broken a personal reco

So much walking today. I've broken a personal record for number of steps, which is really impressive when you consider it rained all afternoon and I spent a few hours inside reading back issues of #taprootmagazine and watching #annikapbs 😁. My day has been bookended by trips down the boardwalk: alone in the morning for coffee @oceancitycoffee and with Neil in the evening for soft serve @kohrbrosocnj ☕🍦💗

#iloveocnj #ocnj #oceancitynj #ocnjboardwalk #jerseyshore #oceancitycoffeecompany #kohrsbros

It's been foggy here all day long. This is the liv

It's been foggy here all day long. This is the living room of the condo where we are staying. It's a nice little place, with more space than hotel room the four of us usually share when we're here 😁

The next two pictures are from this morning on my walk to get coffee, and the rest are from a walk tonight with Neil. So much fog! 🌫️

We've stayed at the same hotel in #ocnj since 2008

We've stayed at the same hotel in #ocnj since 2008, but this year there is just this empty space where the hotel used to be.

@oceanfrontmotel #oceanfrontmotelnj #oceancitynj

I usually start the day on my laptop, but today I

I usually start the day on my laptop, but today I feel like going analog 🙂

Edited to add: I forgot #memademay starts today, but I am coincidentally wearing my #pdcfancypants PJ bottoms, which I sewed two years ago in some lovely @theshopcabin fabric I picked up from @hawthornesupplyco 💗

#morningcoffee #noromagazine #memademay2022

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Today in Blog History

TWiP: There's Always My Birthday (2020)
If you look at the previous TWiP entries for this week you will find Ocean City, peonies, and my birthday in most of them. This year for Week 21, I guess I have to settle for one out of three.

TWiP: Beaches and Birthdays (2015)
This was a good week. Two of my favorite things about May happened this week: our Ocean City trip, and my birthday.

Changes to Weekend Favorites (2014)
I'm changing the way I share links from now on. Read on to see what I mean!

Just the right amount of fanfare (2013)
Of cherry cupcakes, birthday bunting, and taking my celebratory wants into my own hands. (aka, I am happier when I don't expect the men in my life to be mind readers.)

Tradition (2012)
Was it cruel of me to dangle that Sheet Swap carrot in front of your nose like that, and then

In my mind, I may still be at the beach (2009)
Turquoise sky, periwinkle ocean, golden sand... it seems I brought a little bit of the Jersey

Mama's got a new bag (2008)
I've spent the better part of a year ogling purses on Etsy. I've hemmed, I've hawed, I've come

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