{Photography by Karen Mordechai}

Two Sundays ago, RoseyYnot and I attended a soiree.  We and eighteen others we had never met before collaborated and prepared a full three course gourmet meal under the direction of  professional chefs including Aran from Canelle et Vanille!  We laughed and shared stories all while we cooked.  Then we ate.   We all ate what we cooked together on a beautiful yet simple communal table in a Williamsburg loft overlooking lower Manhattan.  After I left I was reminded about what was important in life.  Joining together with friends to share and enjoy life.  I decided I would try to continue this same practice – inviting friends over to have our own sunday supper.

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{Image via  cannelle-vanille.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-food-styling-and-photography.html}

The  inspiration board for this Monday is borrowed from Aran Goyoaga Blog’s  Cannelle et Vanille.  I had the pleasure of meeting her recently at an enchanted event and she is just as darling as she is talented.  Her  board reminds me of summer and just saddens me to realize just how little of it is left.   There are 35 days left in this summer season … sigh … I’m  thinking of making the most of each day… hmmm …. maybe I’ll …..

35. Bake a mixed berry cobbler

34.  Fill up colored water balloons and pop them at the park

33. Take in a movie under the stars

32. Meet a good friend for dining alfresco

31. Lay out on a blanket at the park

30.  Pick buttercups

29. Make fresh limeade

28.  Lounge by the pool

27. Take a nap in a hamock

26. A weekday trip to Fire Island

25. Find a dandelion and make a wish

24. Jump off a diving board

23. A walk in the park

22. Run through a sprinkler

21.  Draw a chalked hopscotch table in the park

20.  Enjoy a scoop of chocolate gelato in a cone

19. Run after the ice cream truck

18. Plant flowers

17. Host a summer barbeque

16. Make an herb garden

15. Flip through magazines

14. Blow big bubbles

13. Have a water gun fight

12. A scavenger hunt

11. Take a tropical weekend trip

10. Walk on a boardwalk

11. Visit Coney Island

9.  Prepare a fresh green salad

8. People watch on a park bench

7. Make a pinic

6. Read a book aloud

5. Go to summer sample sales

4. Enjoy a rooftop gathering  in Manhattan

3.  A beach day

2. Catch fireflies at night in mason jars

1. Smell some flowers.

How about you?

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