creating space for beauty & simplicity
the heatwave struck a few days ago and we are retreating to the beach tonight.
we may be able to cross off a few things on the summer manifesto like ride a roller coaster, bike on the boardwalk, swim in the ocean and maybe even crabbing.
the sprinkler is on giving the garden one last drink before i go.
limes and tanqueray, and some farm veggies are packed up along with suits, sandals, sunscreen, a few games and a kite.
i think i’m ready.
:: this morning i drove chris to work. we stopped for coffee. i stayed in the car and as i watched him through the coffee shop window i felt a few butterflies and thought he was the cutest guy in there. i’m smitten.
:: today i wore a navy blue polo shirt. i flipped the collar up and felt like my mom when she was young.
:: we are headed to a friend’s for dinner. i made the black raspberry crumble.
ok so…
i didn’t make the dress this weekend but i did start cutting out the pattern.
i didn’t bake a black raspberry pie but i did gorge on the berries til i felt ill.
i didn’t finish the socks for chris for fathers day bit i did pick him up a vintage screwdriver set with pretty wooden handles at a garage sale.
i didn’t run the media five miler this year but i did have a blast at the after party.
i didn’t write my friday post for tend but i did play in my garden all weekend.
what didn’t you do this weekend?
a few things.
:: strawberry rhubarb crumble. can’t stop making it.
:: this film is inspiring and beautiful. he reminds me of chris.
:: pretty much am in love with this site. the photos are dreamy and i love her blog. i grew up in a family of florists.
::the weather this week is beyond perfect. i want to bottle it up and then pop the cork and breathe it in on those sticky humid days where i don’t feel like me.
:: i am not loving my summer wardrobe. i want to make my own.
i finally admitted that i don’t dress exactly how i truly want to. i want to wear dresses more.
i want to like me in dresses more.
i like this and
this and this.
this is nice too.
:: i am determined to start sewing a dress (or maybe a tunic) this weekend.
:: i am determined to like me in it.
happy friday friends xo
i like the days when chris takes the car to work.
i like being stuck at home with no where to go.
it’s nice that we can walk or bike to town, the market, the library or a friend’s house
but today i think will be a stay at home kind of day.
p.s. in case you are not sick of me sharing the kinfolk dinner i attended, check out some more photos by the talented parker fitzgerald. see if you can find me.
and a beautiful film by andrew and carissa gallo. hint: i am waiting in line for coffee.
i have the best job on earth.
i drive five minutes from home and pull up to a beautiful farm.
and there i am.
greeted by beautiful people who make me laugh and smile all day.
and for breakfast i pick berries.
for lunch i harvest greens.
and i leave with a bag full of veggies for dinner.
sometimes i can’t believe how good life is.
when the girls caught wind that chris and i had written a summer manifesto they wanted in too.
last night as the four of us were lying in bed ready to drift off we began to create a family summer manifesto.
since i am usually the first one asleep this is what i can remember. i’m sure there was more.
we have our work cut out for us.
:: ride a roller coaster (papa)
:: go on a picnic (norah)
:: swim in a creek, a pond, a lake, a river and the ocean (papa)
:: make homemade ice cream (mama)
:: make pies and crisps with each summer fruit (hannah)
:: master a homemade barbeque sauce recipe (papa)
:: canoe and camp in the pine barrens (mama)
:: set off fire works (papa)
:: find a nearby swimming hole (mama)
:: go crabbing (hannah)
:: invite friends over more often (papa)
:: make batik print tee shirts (mama)
:: make friendship bracelets (hannah)
:: have a summer restaurant on our back porch (hannah)
:: spend a weekend in cape may (mama)
:: eat tomato sandwiches (hannah)
:: ride bikes on the boardwalk (norah)
:: pick wineberries (mama)
:: catch fire flies (norah)
:: be together (mama, papa, hannah, norah)
and the winner is…..
sharon!
sharon we didn’t have an email for you so please email us at secondandedgemont@gmail.com with your name and address.
congrats!
thanks for playing along everyone.
chris and i wrote a summer manifesto.
even though it’s not officially summer, last night we took a jump start with one of the things on the list.
invite friends over more often.
we like the idea of keeping it simple.
desserts and drinks.
last night we served strawberry rhubarb crumble with ice cream.
and of course there were cocktails.
i think chris was a bartender in another life.
or maybe he is just turning into his grandfather.
lately he has been making manhattans. he likes his with irish whiskey.
and his new found favorite is a full sour dirty gin martini made with the juice of the full sour pickles from the farmers market.
olives are good but the full sour requires two slices of pickle.
we need another pantry just for his cocktail accoutrements and the many different glasses he has accumulated.
you can’t drink a cocktail in the wrong glass!
i like his G&Ts(gin and tonics) and his T&Ts(tanqueray and tonics) heavy on the lemon and lime.
a nice clean refreshing summer drink.
last night he had an impromptu card night with the guys.
back porch, booze, some vinyl and one long game of spades.