These days we:
Are snuggling little boys who seem to be growing just so fast
Doing lots and lots of quick meatless meals (summer meals are better when you can make them simple)
Taking time away from lessons to do some crafting, run amuck outside and just breath in the summer air
Farm sitting for friends who had not had a vacation in a few years due to no one to leave in charge of their farm. Boy, is it good to be on a farm again! Baby goats nibbling the bottom of your skirt, chickens running about everywhere with their trusty guardians nearby, the hay and feed. Oh dear, I am missing my farm.
Had a few painting afternoons with the girls. So much fun to be had with paint and a blank canvas. Just paint away
Picking strawberries every morning in our patch and starting to bring in the raspberry harvest (our very first ever)
Celebrating birthdays and eating Eddie’s signature birthday cake (each of my kids have one, did you know that?) strawberry shortcake. Definitely one the easier cakes I make for them.
Finally feeling back in the swing of things, regularly making yogurt and kefir again. Trying to add breadbaking to our rhythm more often than just a few times a month. Slowly but surely!
So what have you been up to?
have missed you blogging about your beautiful family,i hope and pray all of you are well ,God Bless,Diane
Hi Tricia! I just love clicking into you blog & seeing your sweet family. Your dds amigrumi is cool. My dd was making them fast & furious last year, this year she has a job. I was looking up the food forest , as I asked you about. Found an interesting Australian book, Backyard, about a study done here. Immigrants from Europe tend to plant fruit & nut trees while those from Asia mostly fruit. Very interesting & has me plotting some changes to my, grandly designated, orchard-2 apples, 3 plums & 2 peaches. What kind of fruit can you grow in Kentuckyana? I'll be back in West Va this fall.
That's awesome Pam! You can grow almost any non-tropical fruit and nut trees here. We have planted almond, pecan, apples, cherries and have plans for many more. I also need to add blueberries (we left our small orchard in Florida). We have been picking our wild raspberries for a week now and I hope my kids dont eat them all so I can make a few jars of jam 🙂
So happy to see you back on your blog. Looks like the start of a great summer.
I just harvested my first batch of Kale tonight!!! I made your pesto recipe last week too, a new recipe to add to our weekly menu! Loved it.
Julie, So happy you liked it!! Tomorrow I am going out to harvest the evil stinging nettle to make pesto 🙂 One mans terrible weed is my wonderful lunch!
The trifle is beautiful! We just moved into our 2nd apartment in 2 years, so I still have no yard, but I am appreciating watering my two plants that now get lots of sun and having my own little kitchen again. We made a strawberry cake for Father's Day that my husband loved.
Millie, Congrats on blooming where you are planted!! Enjoy your plants 🙂
What lovely pictures. The first picture is just beautiful.