second and edgemont

creating space for beauty & simplicity


for any of you who have not boogie boarded out on the waves since you were young like me, i highly recommend it.

i rode wave after wave. i came up for air and rode another.

i giggled as i rode one all the way to the shore.

i swallowed salt water and cut my foot on a shell.

my shoulders are sunburned and my eyes have that heavy washed out feeling from being in the salt air.

i declared today after seeing the beaming look on my girl’s faces that i will no longer be the mom who just dips her toes in and waves from afar.

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summertime is…

blts on toast.

writing postcards to old and new friends.

back porch sitting.

spending your weekly allowance at the swim club snack bar.

slumber parties in the only air conditioned room in the house.

lots of bobby pins to keep our necks cool.

swim suits hanging up to dry on every hook in the house.

 

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“pie on the porch”
our summertime gatherings have been given a name.
on the menu: blackberry, raspberry, blueberry crumble.
featured drink: mojito
entertainment: sparklers, fireworks, some jazz, a sweet little baby and lots of laughs.

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when i was a farm apprentice many moons ago i worked with someone who had previously worked as a baker.
throughout the season we would bake all sorts of things together including all of the recipes from his bakery.
i left that year with a stack of papers with those recipes doodled all over them and somehow they got lost in the shuffle.

a few years ago i unearthed those recipes and neatly wrote them all down.
when i stumbled upon the poppy seed cake, i made it right away.
i love how simple it is and it is so deliciously moist.

i made this cake in the spring for one of our potluck lunches at the farm.
the farmers loved it and now request it for all birthday celebrations.
yesterday i made it for sebastian who told me it reminds him of a poppy seed cake he grew up eating in germany.
happy birthday seb!

poppy seed cake

3 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups sugar
1 cup oil (i use canola or coconut)
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup poppy seeds
1 cup sliced almonds

Mix wet with dry and pour into greased and floured bundt pan. bake 50 minutes. sprinkle with confectioners sugar.
enjoy!

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yesterday i found a note in our mailbox from someone who has been admiring our home. it said if we ever wanted to sell to let them know.

this past winter we had a possible opportunity to move to one of my favorite houses in town with a half acre of land.

on monday we are having an architect come to draw up plans for our attic.

we’re staying.

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yesterday i had one of those freak out moments when the three of us were standing in the changing room.
i stood there for a moment looking in the mirror and saw how grown up everyone looked (including me).

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:: 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.

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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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