Tales of The Traveling Tote #35

Hello friends, time for another Tales of The Traveling Tote adventure and Giveaway. Quarterly, a group of us tote gals share a connected post about the places we have been. We have made some wonderful friendships and some of us have met in person.  We hope you find our posts as fun as we do. You can find more about the Giveaway at the bottom of this post. To read how this group began, you can read HERE

March

Paul and I spent two weeks in Kauai.  I also invited a girlfriend to go along. We  have s timeshare and travel there every other year. We didn't go during Covid. We stay in Poipu, the sunniest part of the island. We had a wonderful time. It was great to get away and relax, although I missed my dogs.

I snapped a photo of Miss Lola and the courtly check mug from our balcony.

We shopped while visiting the Grand Hyatt Resort. Miss Lola couldn't resist take a photo with this magnificent octopus table.  The store is Martin & MacArthur.  The artist is Chris Barela.

We also shopped the fun shoe store where they had this high heel chair. June, my girlfriend said  it looks perfect for me, since I love leopard print.  Miss Lola had to have her photo taken in it.

We always visit Makauwahi Cave.  It is an hidden gem.  Close by is the the tortoise Sanctuary.

We also visited the Trading Post.  We were disappointed they downsized and cut their inventory in half.

Paul bought a beautiful Tahitian pearl necklace on a previous trip. Another trip he purchased a matching ring.

While visiting the Trading Post, I saw this truck all covered in artificial turf. 

To see more of our latest  Kauai trip, you can click An Island Getaway

April 

we celebrated my birthday by going out to dinner with our friend's Jim and June.  It was a surprise. My friend Karen also arranged a surprise Birthday breakfast at Pottery World with 3 girlfriends.

Karen also took me to a Paint and Sip event for my birthday. I managed to snap her picture.

May

Paul and I were invited to a garden tour and an alfresco lunch at Jain and Scott's house. Jain's blog is A Quiet Life.  They live about 15 minutes from us.  I cannot tell you how gorgeous their gardens are.

Jain decorated this sitting area with yellow and white, a bee theme.

We all enjoyed some champagne while admiring the gorgeous roses.

Over three hundred roses, plus clematis, peonies, lady bank roses and more.

Gorgeous roses galore.

There was plenty of places to snap a photo of my tote, Miss Lola.

Such a cute frog.  It looks like the frog is smelling the peonies.  Jain calls this Frog Hollow.

We cannot forget about Jain's pride and joy, the  bearded iris.

Jain also have a magnificent  Bearded Iris garden.  So many varieties. Each one is planted with love. The great thing about the iris is, they multiply.

To see more of Jain's garden, please visit her blog.  A Quiet Life

 To enter this giveaway, visit Sarah's blog, Hyacinths For The Soul and leave a comment.  You may have a chance to win the MacKenzie-Childs home apothecary scented disc. Make sure you are not anonymous as it is difficult to identify you.

I hope you visit each blog to see where their totes took them.

Debbie with Miss Aurora @ Mountain Breaths 

Emily with Miss Courtney Childs@ The French Hutch

 Patti with Miss Kenzie @ Pandora's Box

Jenna with Miss Coquille @The Painted Apron

Linda P with Miss Lola @ Life and Linda

Rita with Miss Luna C @ Panoply 

Sarah with Miss Merri Mac @ Hyacinths for the Soul

Jackie with Miss Madi K @ Purple Chocolat Home

Ricki Jill with Countess De Monet @ The Sketchy Reader

Our next adventure is September 1st. Enjoy the soon to be summer.

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Hello, welcome to LifeandLinda. I am from Northern California. I enjoy blogging, Designing Blogs, Decorating, cooking, entertaining, gardening and clogging. I hope you enjoy your visit.