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Dirt road in the woods with the babe, take two.
Dirt road in the woods with the babe, take two.
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Drive - Alan Jackson

I almost never listen to country music but this is the kind of song that you know the lyrics to by the second play and, quite simply, it just feels like summer.  I want to listen to this song loud on the radio while sitting shotgun on a country road with the windows rolled down and my bare feet on the dashboard and drinking beer out of cans and smiling the entire time.

I don’t like to thin seedlings (I feel like I lack the predictive power to decide which plant will be the best producer and it just feels easier to ignore the situation) and without fail, it is always a problem.  Right now the cucumber plants in the back corner of my garden are having a party so large that it is threatening to quickly become an uprising (15 plants anyone? pickles! pickles for everyone! wait, does anyone have a good recipe?) and the potted plants on the porch are overrun with budding basil plants (who has time to plant teensy little seeds the size of needle eyes?  I just scattered the package about like a salt shaker and we can eat pesto until the boys leave for college).  The zucchini plants are next in line to quickly overrun my life and luckily I have a plan to make and freeze enough zucchini bread for the entire winter (did I mention I have a one track mind?). 
I don’t like to thin seedlings (I feel like I lack the predictive power to decide which plant will be the best producer and it just feels easier to ignore the situation) and without fail, it is always a problem.  Right now the cucumber plants in the back corner of my garden are having a party so large that it is threatening to quickly become an uprising (15 plants anyone? pickles! pickles for everyone! wait, does anyone have a good recipe?) and the potted plants on the porch are overrun with budding basil plants (who has time to plant teensy little seeds the size of needle eyes?  I just scattered the package about like a salt shaker and we can eat pesto until the boys leave for college).  The zucchini plants are next in line to quickly overrun my life and luckily I have a plan to make and freeze enough zucchini bread for the entire winter (did I mention I have a one track mind?). 
(via saramcpherson) My favorite Echeveria in my backyard.    I love succulents.

(via saramcpherson)

My favorite Echeveria in my backyard.   

I love succulents.

le freakin' squee

I could joyfully and excitedly decorate this entire day in exclamation points!

A new babe!

born this morning and I simply can not wait to meet him.

Welcome to the world baby Jacob!

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Solitaire - Wilco (via benjaminhilts)

the things, the things, the things that I love

Sitting on the kitchen counter while sharing a glass of bourbon

Weeding the garden

Napping in the sun

Sweet mint tea

Laughing boys

Angel food cake

Swimming

Catching fireflies

Full teaspoons of raw honey

Holding hands

Chris Craymer, Romance
Chris Craymer, Romance
Bad, bad, dog. Sometimes I like to imagine our retrievers to be the water dog equivalent of St. Bernard’s wherein they wait patiently at the pool’s edge to save a distressed swimmer but imaging doesn’t make it true as this dog wants to harass and play and swim and I can’t really say I blame her.
Bad, bad, dog.

Sometimes I like to imagine our retrievers to be the water dog equivalent of St. Bernard’s wherein they wait patiently at the pool’s edge to save a distressed swimmer but imaging doesn’t make it true as this dog wants to harass and play and swim and I can’t really say I blame her.

Cabbages and Roses - Pleated Pocket Dress (via yoginiinthehood) This will be my last dress post, I promise, but I saw a little girl in preschool this morning wearing a dress just like this one when I dropped the babe off and I stood there for a while trying to decide if it was ok that I wanted it and once I was over that I tried to take mental pictures of its construction. 

Cabbages and Roses - Pleated Pocket Dress (via yoginiinthehood)

This will be my last dress post, I promise, but I saw a little girl in preschool this morning wearing a dress just like this one when I dropped the babe off and I stood there for a while trying to decide if it was ok that I wanted it and once I was over that I tried to take mental pictures of its construction. 

The Canary Dress Made to Order in Layered Silk Chiffon by hollystalder on Etsy (via yoginiinthehood) I love this dress (wherein love equals want, of course).

The Canary Dress Made to Order in Layered Silk Chiffon by hollystalder on Etsy (via yoginiinthehood)

I love this dress (wherein love equals want, of course).

by elena marshall (via lapoor:golliwog)
by elena marshall (via lapoor:golliwog)
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Vacation - The Go-Go’s

Tonight for dinner we ate corn muffins and a soup made of fresh tomatoes, collard greens* (from my garden), white beans and orzo.  There is something so lovely and grounding in preparing food for people you love.  Often I claim dinner to be the bain of my existence but when done correctly, mindfully and peacefully, it is the perfect way to end a day.

For the record, I love the summer, a hundred times over.

*Why does everyone dislike collards?  They are so much better than spinach which is good raw but slimy when cooked.