some of us are a bit under the weather so the rain that continues to fall seems fitting.
a movie, a pot of chicken noodle soup and another batch of biscuits is all that is planned for the rest of the day.
i LOVE rainy days.
especially on mondays when everyone gets to stay at home and sleep in.
i’m still in my pjs and think i might stay that way until i have to get dressed to go to a labor day party.
i’m bringing roasted tomato soup and biscuits.
the girls have been out with the neighborhood gang all morning playing in the rain.
it’s the last hoorah.
tomorrow they all go back to school and things will get a little more quiet around here.
our homeschooling days will start to get a bit more structured now that summer is coming to a close.
classes and programs will begin to trickle into our routine and before we know it we will be full swing into autumn.
i think they’re ready.
as am i.
it was a nice little mid week get away to Cape May Point with my mom and the girls.
we managed to fit in quite a lot in just a few days.
our place is small (a one room studio space) but we like it that way.
we are used to small.
we call it the “shore room” and it’s just right.
it’s all we need when most of the time we are out and about.
our little room is just a bike ride or walk away from a general store with an amazing bakery and cafe, many roadside farm stands including one with delicious cob oven baked bread, an organic farm whose german mustard pickles are out of this world, and the beach.
when we are tuckered out from a long day we come back to our little one room retreat and wash up in the outdoor shower, cook up some dinner, read, take a nap, play a game of cards and just cozy up.
and when it’s time to leave, a quick sweep up and it’s all clean.
I am so very honored (and blushing a bit too).
I have been chosen by the very lovely Country Living Magazine as a finalist for the Blue Ribbon Blogger Award!!
If you would like, you could vote for me starting today and every day until September 17th.
And even if you don’t I just want to take the time to thank all of you who stop by this little space of mine.
You motivate and inspire me and always bring a smile to my face as I read your thoughtful comments and emails.
This blog would not have been nominated without you.
Thank you friends. xo
P.S. You can read more about the award here. You will find me under the lifestyle category.
on the way to cape may!!
still crossing things off of that summer manifesto.
there is still some time left.
our neighbors are away this week and have asked us to house sit.
you know the usual. take in the mail, water the plants, feed the cats and oh yeah, pick and eat as many figs off of their tree as we like!
oh yes!
they are so beautiful and so delicious fresh off of the tree.
i have been revolving our weekly menus around figs.
tonight i made a simple dessert by cutting the figs in half, coating them in sugar and caramelizing them in a skillet.
after they cooled down a bit i then added a huge dollop of greek yogurt on top.
so delish!!!
if my living room could talk it might say…
i am counting down the days until autumn, when you will all come back to me.
i miss you.
i am a bit envious of the back porch and patio.
but i know soon it will wish to be me when it is covered in leaves and then snow.
i do appreciate your little visits as you pass through, water a plant, pull a game from a drawer, dust the mantle, choose a book from the shelf and vacuum the rug.
as my windows reflect a different kind of light and the night air turns crisp i know that soon you will be back to play games and make music, to drink tea and hot chocolate by the fire.
i miss your laughter, your conversation and your books and papers scattered on the floor.
yes i am counting down the days.
you will be here soon.
chris took a forging class this summer and has been having fun creating with steel and wood.
he came up with these beautiful bottle openers this week.
the fish one is for his dad, an avid fisherman.
some of these will be part of a collection that he is working on.
stay tuned!
a little tour of the garden over at tend.
it was a perfect day for a canning party.
a breezy day with low humidity.
just right for heating up the kitchen.
there is nothing like working with a team of friends to make the workload light and the time go faster.
and of course to help feed kiddoes and hold babies, clean up a big ol’ mess and laugh a whole lot in between.
we had an assembly line that worked beautifully.
and in the end we were left with 11 jars of san marzanos each.
but we are not done yet.
there are plans for more tomatoes, pickles, dilly beans, blackberry jam and applesauce.
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