Sunday Flowers

Each Sunday when we go to the farm to get that week's produce and eggs we've also been selecting a new bunch of flowers. The buckets in the farm stand are full of such beautiful blooms and we simply cannot pass up to opportunity to bring some home each week. There's just something so lovely about having fresh flowers in the house. Plus, it's just another thing to use all these lovely mason jars for! xo

Slip Slidin' Away!

 Something about seeing my girls signing cards and addressing envelopes (even if I did have to spell things for them) got me all choked up. Such a grown up girl thing to do. 

 Let the fun begin!

 Got her! Now, if only you could see the stream of water in this picture. 

 A brief pause in play to sing "Happy Birthday" and eat ice cream!

 Right back to the Slip-N-Slide they go!

 She's flying!

 One going up, one coming down. 

We all had such a great time at the party today! The only thing that could have made this day any better would have been if it had been slightly warmer (not that this stopped the kids, mind you)! Thanks for another fun filled celebration, dear friends! We are honored to be a part of such a special day! xo

{This Moment} Knitting

{This Moment} - A Soule Mama Friday ritual. A single  photo - no words- capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you are inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments section for all to find and see. We wish you a wonderful weekend! xo

This Evening

Tonight, as we have all week, we headed over to the neighbors house to take care of their gardens. Once the watering was done and the blackberries were checked on (and taste tested) we gathered up the ripe veggies and headed back up to the house. Thank goodness for skirts, as I had not grabbed a bowl before we left our place and had far more to carry back than we could have carried! xo

In Our Garden

This garden of ours continues to impress us as no other vegetable garden that we have had in the past has! It's so full and lush, and each day seems to yield more items than we were expecting. The cherry tomatoes and snap peas are being eaten about as quickly as they are ripening, and we have our first red slicing tomato. too! The cucumbers are out of control this year, and Dave and I have chatted about giving them something to climb next year. It would be lovely to get them off the ground and not have so many vines to move out of the way of other plants. The two sweet sunflowers are just such a lovely dollop of yellow against all the green leaves of this lush garden of ours. The potatoes are going along beautifully too, though our harvesting of them is clearly still a ways off yet. We discovered our first butternut and acorn squashes the other day! I had forgotten we had planted both types! Our sweet piggie Ginger is loving the garden, and we are loving that it's fenced in so she can be out with us without making a mad dash to get under the rhododendron bush! That piggie sure can run fast when she wants to! There's talk of adding a fourth raised bed for next year, and maybe a nicer fence and an archway over the gate for Grace's Morning Glories to climb. They are just starting to climb up the fence, but I can already tell that they are going to make this space even more enchanted than it already feels! xo

Another Glorious Day

Another week of swimming lessons, another gorgeous week at the lake! The weather this summer has been truly fabulous! xo

Sunday Smiles: At The Circus

It seems to be that catching the Circus Smirkus show while it's in town has become a bit of a tradition for us each summer. Today was our third Smirkus show and I do think it's safe to say it's one of our favorites (the first one that we saw-back in 2012- was our most favorite of the three we've now seen). The amount of talent that the troupers posses really is incredible! When it comes to circus arts these kids set the bar super high, and this year was surely no exception. The hard work that the kids and staff put into this show was totally evident (it always is). It's amazing what they can accomplish in the three weeks they have in Vermont before they hit the road for the rest of the summer! The girls have hopes of attending Smirkus Camp someday soon (we had tried to get them in for this summer but everything was full from the minute registration opened), and I know that they hope to be able to be part of the traveling troupe one day too. What an amazing experience that would be! xo

After the show with the Sea Queen.