Dear Divas:

This month we celebrate romance, peaches, and artists! LOL They are the focus of August holidays not just a fantasy we dreamt up in the heat of the end of summer. But the feeling of a slower life pace that romance and art give you is truly coming to all of us with the end of heat and hectic vacations. This is the last hurrah for most of us. We will be coming indoors as soon the weather cools. No more barbeques and dinners al fresco. No nights out on the patio. No mosquitos and West Nile Virus...And those of us who had the opportunity to travel and have vacations will be coming home and relaxing back into our regular routines of letting our summer tans fade and forgetting to take our film to the drugstore!

We hope you enjoy this month's offering by our columnists. Diva Rici gives us a look at her vacation that seems to have not ended! LOL She's entertaining as always. Diva Melda educates us about those romantic artists. It's a nice piece that will make you want to sit in a gallery for a hour soaking up the culture and quiet. Diva Pam has some great shareables and a look at what the Diva committees are up to. In the kitchen, Diva Winterheart has given us some end of the summer desserts and drinks with peaches! They will cool you off during those last dog days of the summer. Diva Cally gives us a look at the August romance holiday as well as everything else that's happening August. Diva Dreamchaser and Diva Lady Kat give us some possibilities for reading during these last warm days on our porches. Diva Bonnie tells us how romance can make our lives healthier. Something we could all use some of! Our own Diva TechHubby helps us out with a debugging issue and Diva Grace shows us how to Feng Shui our way to better romance! And finally, we say goodbye to Diva Pepper Alpine who has done her last Surf's Up column for us. We wish her well.