second and edgemont

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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?

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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.

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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.

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a few nights ago when we were all sitting down to dinner, we watched a lady walking her dog stoop down to taste a few of our strawberries on the curbside. we all giggled.

this morning i was greeted by another dog walker who had some questions about raising backyard chickens. she told me our house felt like oregon, where her daughter lives.

this afternoon when i was watering the garden, a guy and his dog  strolled by and told me “i love how you are always doing something new here.”

a week ago a woman who lives around the corner stopped by with her dog. she introduced herself, told me how much she loves our garden and that she was building a rock wall inspired by ours. she then handed me a plant she had picked up at the nursery that she thought i might like.

i love living on the corner.

and i like people with dogs.

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i have been wearing long sleeves and pants all week long and i am in heaven.
i even had a cardigan on yesterday.
i think i was meant to live in maine.
i wouldn’t mind in the least if i never had to wear shorts again.

there have been little mini thunderstorms happening all afternoon.
i snuck out in between to do some transplanting.

the girls have been in and out all day.
hannah biked to a friend’s this morning and she is still not home.
norah went to a friend’s house for dinner.
and chris is still at work finishing up a woodworking project.

i have a roasted chicken, turnip fries and a big farm salad with chopped up kohlrabi all to myself.

i’m not complaining.

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my front porch has always been a room of transition.
i can never seem to figure out what to do with the space.
it doesn’t get used as much as i would like.
we all seem to navigate onto the back porch instead.
we have plans of one day making it into a bigger living room and front entrance.
in the mean time the girls and i came up with a summer plan for our front porch.
a summer art studio.

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after dinner we ate popsicles and jumped rope.
we sang miss mary mack as we jumped.

we’re settled in now and the girls are up getting cold showers before bed.

the crickets are singing and i can hear the neighbor out skateboarding.

my eyes are feeling heavier than usual tonight.

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we have 2 huge rhubarb plants at our community plot.
just in time for all of the picnics and parties this weekend.
we made a few strawberry rhubarb crumbles and 3 jugs of rhubarb soda.

it’s a hot one today.
i woke up early to get some garden work done before the heat started to really settle in.
i just came in and was about to turn the radio on when i started to really listen to my surroundings….
the hum of the box fans, the birds, the whirling of the sprinkler and the laughter of the kids running through it, and the clucking of the hens.
yes i think i will keep the radio off and tune in to my own station right here at second and edgemont.

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this girl of mine is growing up.
one of her girl scout projects was to make the family dinner last week.
she made a grocery list, collected her own money and off she went to the market alone.
yes i let her walk alone!
it’s only two blocks away and it felt so good to trust that it was all fine.
she was beaming as she walked out the door and beaming even more when she arrived home.
she couldn’t stop telling me how fun it was.
then she prepared and served us a ginger udon soup (her own recipe).

it’s fun watching her grow up and it seems as if she is doing it at just the right pace.

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