These guys know how to pose for the camera, no? Haha. Goobers.
Definitely a hell of a week. Good fo us here in our little home bubble, but crazy as shit elsewhere. I want to run screaming and crying when I think about what has been happening around the country, to those kids to those families, and just that overall state of things. Not good, not good at all. . AAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!! I think we humans just need to be better, some more then others, some way way way more then others. I just need to say that.
We kicked our week off with super humid and hot weather which of course was right when I needed to turn the oven on to make cookies for the party, Barbs graduation party. I hesitated for a moment, thinking it wasn't with it. but I made them and they were the best cookie ever, and Barb ate them all and way happy. Good deed done. After all the sweat, we got the cookies to the party, right after the mr took Judah to get his hair cut and after they got caught in the rain, and managed to have ourselves a good time (there was AC) Yeah sure it was a BBQ and it was raining, but that didn't stop everyone from showing up, eating a shit ton of crap, and playing with fire, or more like sparklers, butand they were not used as directed.
After a hot Monday party day, the rest of the week just seems quick and easy. We did some work as usual, but also were able to get in some good stuff. In between cutting hole in attics ceilings and crawling on roofs, the mr has been working hard on the tree house. Spending his nights out in the tree, sawing and hammering away 20 feet high in the tree. (he says it is not 20 feet high, I beg to differ.) As for me, I am currently in the middle of like 10 different projects right now and it's getting to the point where I can't fall asleep because my mind is full of pulling handles, carving wood, and mixing paint colors. And on top of all the projects I am in the middle of, the garden is getting to that point where it is flourishing and growing and I am needed out there to weed, harvest, and replant. I am eating my weight in lettuces from the garden. Then as soon as I am stuffed as much as possible, I go to pick up farm share and get even more greens. Honestly, it just makes me happy. I think I might be a rabbit.
And then it was officially Summer!. The mr and I decided to take the first day of summer and do a few summer things. We tossed the kayaks into the truck and spend the morning on the clear, crisp water where we saw a bold eagle rip a fish from the water and I kept running into a blue heron. After that we came home and popped our heads into the bee hive and gave them more room to grow. Then Meg and So stopped by to eat their lunch and help me plant some lettuce, and we spent the rest of the day outside doing outside things. If summer days were always like that, I would never complain.
Friday night the littles came back over for dinner and scooter riding. I bouched a batch of pizza dough (I forgot to make dough until last minute so I tried to get it to rise in the microwave (I saw it on GBBO). I forgot to turn the level down and ended up with a thick brick of dough), but was lucky enough to have just enough sourdough left into fridge to feed the masses. Crisis adverted. The littles ate all my the rest of my food (all the cucumber, beans, andpeas at the very least, they stayed away from my lettuce) and all the popsicle and left me with demands of cupcake making and sleep overs. Those littles know what they want. And we are suckers because we usually do whatever they want.
Yesterday I spent half the day working at the studio, washing clay off of the walls and mixing glazes . After that I came home, cleaned the crap out of my house, and kind of passed out. I think all the everything from the week kind of caught up with me.
That leaves me with today. It is suppose to rain later so I guess it is an early bike ride to the gym then its all about the book I am reading, and the hunk of wood and hulk of clay that are calling my name. I wish I could read and do other things at the same time. Maybe it's time to get down with audio books? Or podcasts. I should have the mr show me how to do that.
Some of the lighter things that I checked out on the internet this week. I'll spare you any of the heartbreaking articles... I just can't.
-I gave Emersion the nickname Koko because he looks and acts like a little gorilla. Koko the Gorilla’s Most Iconic Moments RIP Koko the gorilla.
-Suck Less. This can apply to many things, but the article is about straws.. And yes, we should suck a lot less.
-Plants are amazing, ans can be dangerous. (I think they are getting sick of humans) Just What We Need — a Pretty New Plant Trying to Blind Us and especially is you live in Vt. Beware The Poison Parsnip: Health Officials Warn Of Common Roadside Plant. It might look pretty, but don't touch it, it will leave you with something nasty.
-Stop Putting Bananas in Your Fruit. Just stop doing it because seriously, it gets fucking gross.
-Super fucked. Some Rivers Are So Drug-Polluted, Their Eels Get High on Cocaine
-These are pretty badass. Vibrant Paper Fruits and Vegetables by Ann Wood Look Good Enough to Eat
-Here’s the Truth — Once and for All — About Those Misting Systems at the Grocery Store. I hate the misters but understand them
-How Pots and Pans Turned Us Into Creative Cooks. Imagine not having a pot of pan to cook in. That would suck.
-This house in Maine. Swoon.
And pictures from the week.
Have a good one.
-C
