In the heat of the day I’m finding 3 things but me - a lot…sweating, mosquitoes, and those tiny little ants. I’m taking a poll…which do you dislike the most?

This is such a great find I have to share it with you! My friend, Sheri, and her guy just finished putting in a pool and spa at their home in Florida. You have to know Sheri to know that she’s not a happy person unless she’s in a swimming pool or at the beach, so the pool and spa weren’t afterthoughts when they bought their home last year. When they chose a house it had to have a pool in its future. Believe it or not the pool was dug and in the ground in just a little over two weeks.

She e-mailed me today to tell me she was stressed over her scuba test and trying to get it done before tomorrow. So, what does she do to relieve the stress? You guessed it; there’s raft in the pool with her name on it ;-).

Sheri and her guy are in there spa every night with a glass of wine, a couple of candles, the night air, and a little Jimmy Buffet (they’re both huge Parrot Head’s). She only has one complaint…the ugly spa cover. Well, it wasn’t so much as ugly as it was boring. As a rule, hot tub covers are there to protect, not look beautiful, right? But, get a look at this! This is the spascene that Sheri selected:

Just two weeks ago they made their evening get-a-way a little more romantic with a Caribbean spascene at sunset…as you can see from the above photo. She said it was really easy to install, they didn’t need any special tools (or experience), and, best of all, it took them less than an hour to turn their ugly gray panel into a beautiful addition to their landscaping. When it was all done, she sat the candles on each side of the scene and viola…instant ambiance!

Sheri and her guy both agree that the impact the background has on the entire hot tub experience is amazing. While Sheri’s guy likes the affordability of the spascene when he considered the overall hot tub, pool and landscaping expenses, Sheri sees the spascene as totally transforming their backyard into paradise on earth.

At our home in Cabo San Lucas we had beautiful view of Land’s End. Unfortunately, from the spa our view was of a wood privacy fence and the boring cover. It was great to have the privacy, but to live in paradise and not have a paradise view was almost sinful. A spascene would have been perfect for us, with our own private view of paradise instead of a yucky wooden privacy fence and hot tub cover. I mean, how romantic are wood and canvas?

When my hubby and I lived in the Caribbean there were some amazing scenes that I will always remember. I photographed as many as I could in case my memory ever fails me during one of my ‘senior moments’. After looking at what Sheri had to choose from and hearing how easy and affordable it is I now want to create our own spascene. My hubby is big on landscaping and always comments on the ugly brown hot tub covers. We’ve even looked at the home shows that come to town every year for something to cover it up so this will be an easy sale to my hubby.

There’s one photograph that we both really like that I saw in a similar spascene. Hmmmm. Great thought! Look at these two photos. One is mine and the other is a spascene that has the high durability, waterproofing, and has a high chemical resistance that I can put up myself. They could have both been taken on the same beach! This way, when my hubby and I are relaxing in our spa it will feel like we’re back on the beaches of the Caribbean.

My brain is in overdrive now with questions and ideas. Because of the dance of the candle flame Sheri can see the ripples in the water as they appear wander off into the sunset, but what about during the day? I’m wondering how difficult it would be to add some 3d to the spascenes so they have more of an appearance of depth and movement. Cool? I have some really cool evening photos I created below. What do you think? Should I see if I could have them custom made into spascenes? They’re so easily interchangeable it would be great to pick a scene for the mood or time of day. I’m taking a poll so please let me know.

If my hubby and I can’t transport our spa to our vacations we can transport our vacations to our spa. Is this not great or what!?!

~ Diana

I took a survey a few minutes ago and they asked me a strange question. Would I consider responsibly harvesting whales to be all right? What is your opinion?

~Diana

Which would you choose…a sincere compliment or $5 cash?

~D