Summer please don't leave yet!

The weather will be changing soon.... I had hoped to spend some time at the beach this weekend soaking up some of the last of summer, but my plans were cancelled, so I suppose I'll have to content myself with lovely photos & artwork of beachy beauty that I've been scoping out lately on Etsy and Pinterest.

I think you could probably say I'm addicted to Pinterest, because once I'm on the site I could repin stuff for hours... here are some great beach links I added to my board "Beaches are my happy place":

No idea yet if we here in the SF Bay Area will get an Indian Summer this year. Yesterday I was still running the a/c all day, but this morning there were a few raindrops and so far the rest of the day has been mild so who knows. I always love it because I hate to see it go, really I could live with summer all year round. Maybe someday I'll move to a place where there's not much of a winter at all. (btw Wikipedia says that the term Indian Summer means different things in different regions, go figure!)

Here are some lovely Etsy finds (and my first treasury, what do you think of this collection?)

'Summer's Last Hurrah' by atthestudiodoor

summer is always over far too soon for me... i wish it could last forever...

Goodbye - 10x10 Fine Ar... judemcconkey $30.00	Summer Love - set of 9 ... SusannahTucker $140.00	Striped Cotton Canvas B... LadyAlamo $30.00	Memories of Summer. Ha... JustTara $17.00
Baby. Infant. Dress. Su... babywearing $39.39	Laguna Beach photograph... zuppaartista $17.00	Formal Dress Sexy Chiff... myuniverse $38.00	Summer Hammock by Sandy... eyeshuttertofo... $18.00
Original Acrylic Abstra... Crossfire322 $20.00	Glisten-Original Signed... kimberlyblok $25.00	Large Original Painting... hilariagalleri... $150.00	Lost at Sea (the good w... dannyphillipsa... $150.00
Summer Maxi Dress Organ... SoulRole $130.00	Lazy Day - Original Fab... shellieartist $35.00	Sunset Photo "Good... SSCphotography $20.00	End of summer SALE - f... JennDiggs $27.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

The beach is my happy place...

... yes, seriously the beach - any beach - is my happy place. I don't even have to be there, just looking at a photo featuring blue water and golden sands will chill me out. And believe me, this girl needs lots of chillin'-out time.

For my birthday this year I bought myself a fancy, overpriced, not-quite-as-good-as-a-DSLR camera. And I still haven't learned all the bells & whistles, but it does have a "pinhole"setting that makes any snap look instantly more professional. Which is good because as much as I admire photography I am not all that great at it.

These pics were taken at Capitola (a cool beach town in California just south of Santa Cruz). Doesn't the pinhole effect make these look lovely?