Scene of the Blog-- Caite of A Lovely Shore Breeze

This week we're in the great state of New Jersey for a visit with Caite of A Lovely Shore Breeze. I don't think she could have chosen a more evocative name for her blog. All I have to do is see those words, and my mind is no longer in the Sonoran Desert. I enjoy Caite's wit and way with words, and her blog is the place where I go to get my fix of lighthouses and a dark and handsome guy named Bandit. (Bandit even has his own blog now!) If you haven't visited her blog before, today is a good day to do so!

Just where does Caite do her blogging? Does she blog on the beach? Let's find out! (Don't forget that you can click on the photos to view them full size!)

Yes, there it is, the site of creative process. Where is the desk, you might ask, the shelves, the work surface, a pen, some paper? Well, there is none. I sit there...it is a recliner, so the feet will be up...and the laptop (you might make it out sitting on the chair in my absence) sits on my lap on its little laptop desk. Which is shaped like a Giant Wooden Kidney Bean, now that I look at it. No place for notes, so I don't write any, although I do place those post-it flags in my pages to mark something interesting.

By the end of the book, when I look back at them, few still seem interesting.

Here is my main bookcase. I have a lovely view of it from my chair. Knowing all those books doubled shelved on the bottom...and the ones in the pile on the left...and the ones stacked next to my chair...and we will not mention the ones I moved upstairs...knowing all of them are unread makes me feel all cozy.

Lots of lovely books, just waiting, so patiently, for me.

Wow-- what a space! The colors of that chair glow in the lamplight, and I love the book stack by her chair. (That's a great end table, too!) And I wonder who's responsible for the giant kidney beans so many of us have?

The light above the bookcase means that there's a serious reader in residence because it's strong enough not only to be able to read the titles of the books, but strong enough to sit in that chair and read. I would imagine that most of you, like me, want to do a "Thursday Next" and jump into that photo so we can look at all the titles, pull out each one that interests us, and take a few of them for a spin in that black chair.

Thanks so much for allowing us this glimpse into your creative space, Caite. It's lovely!

Which section of the globe will our Inner Peeping Toms be trotting to next week? That's for me (and the blogger) to know...and you to find out. Don't forget-- we have a date next Wednesday!