Elizabeth Rogers: The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time
Barbara Kingsolver: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
E. M. Forster: Where Angels Fear to Tread (Dover Thrift Editions)
Kate Waters: Tapenum's Day: A Wampanoag Indian Boy In Pilgrim Times
Charles E. Schaefer: Ages and Stages: A Parent's Guide to Normal Childhood Development
what makes me happy...
my family of course would be the first on the list.
But coming in second...
1. brie heaven, 2. Enjoy Life Sip by Sip..., 3. Warm Heart, 4. Red or White
Brie, any cheese really, but brie is on the top of the list,
coffee, mmmmmm...,
grandmas, I miss my Nana and I love their stories
a good glass of red wine, to go with the brie of course!
thanks to Three Buttons for hosting and to One Little Acorn for this week's theme!
phew! so much going on here and I've been bad about keeping y'all updated.
The Farmer's Market went really well. There were modest sales,which I was happy with, and great feedback. I'm looking forward to the next one this week.
Some new bags waiting for market...
I did take photos, but my memory card has malfunctioned and I lost them all. This was a little horrifying because there were tons of family photos (the card held about 400) and they are most likely gone now. There is some hope of restoring them but it may take a while. I've bought a new card, but it's smaller so that I have to download and back up pictures more often.
A little vacation...
Every year we go to Provincetown which is a sweet little place right on the tip of cape cod. Very beachy. While I was poking through a great little shop I saw some cute magnets made from super strong magnets and beach rocks. When I looked at the price (not that I would actually pay money for rocks I could have crossed the street and picked up), I thought,"hey, I can do that!" And so the boys and I collected some good magnet sized rocks...
and we did!
(forgive the hideous lighting)
I have been trying to purge things and create more space in my little house so I haven't really been going to Todd's Farm or yard sales much this summer. But a few weekends ago I did succumb to the urge and just went to look at a few estate sales. Here's what I came back with...
2 Pyrex bowls,one complete with lid and a little metal thing you can put a candle in to keep things hot, luster ware salt and pepper shakers, a jar of vintage buttons (one has a picture of Queen Elizabeth on it, love her), and a Cambridge glass bowl that matches my grandmothers.
the hydrangeas came up nicely. Does anyone know how to properly cut these back for the winter? I've always got those little sticks popping out.
More bees on my drumstick allium. I need to get more of these as not all survived the painters and the bees do love them!
This lambs ear is new this summer. It loves it's new home.
and finally my little courtyard area. That green fence will come down soon. You can see we decided on a cafe set, thank you Martha! There should be lots of colorful flowers, but they will come back next year. I am wishing for my fountain for my birthday. hint, hint, hint...
Just getting ready for the Farmer's Market tomorrow. Wish me luck!
So I have my deadline coming up, the farmer's market on Thursday. I've got enough bags made to make a good showing but not so many that if they don't sell I'll have a giant collection of bags. What's mostly freaking me out is thinking about how to display them, tags, pricing, etc. ugh. I'm sure once I get the first one under my belt things will get easier, right?
In lieu of pictures, I've put together a little etsy show for you....
things I have been coveting on etsy
Also, I've been tagged by Sue at AnyPrice so here goes...
What was I doing ten years ago?
I was in grad school, trying to buy my first house, and falling in love.
What are five (non-work) things on my to-do list for today?
What are five snacks I enjoy?
What five things would I do if I were a billionaire?
What are five place you have lived?
What are five jobs have I had?
As before, I'm not going to tag, but if you'd like to play along, just let me know and I'll post your link!
a very late This is post...
This is my pet...
Buddy the Dog
Buddy was a rescue from Tennessee who we found on Petfinder. He was a sweet and loveable puppy (he's a year old now) who has grown into a great dog! I never had a dog before and I wasn't sure how it would go but he's a perfect fit for our family and now he even SLEEPS LATE!!! Yeah!! (sleep is very important to me)
The boys love him and he is just the best family dog!
Thanks to Klya for suggesting this weeks theme and to three buttons for hosting!
I am still stitching away, making more Market Totes for my June 26th debut. That plus all the end of the school year activities has been keeping things around here really busy and the blogging pretty scarce.
Some pictures of the most recent products...
The one in the front is my favorite of this set. I lined it with some thrifted cotton with tiny little flowers ...
aren't they sweet? Sometimes I want to keep them!
Ok, back to work!
I should be sewing. But the painters trampled my gardens and I am too sad about that so I am procrastinating and reading blogs instead. I can't even post pictures of the garden. It's that bad. ugh.
Anyway, on the silver lining side of things, I was reading Amy's blog, and she has been doing some fun paper crafts. She's got a link to this Flickr set and that sends you to this web site with cool robot paper crafts here . Don't be afraid, it's all in Japanese but it's easy to figure out and if you click on the pdf you too can have cool paper robots.
spoiler alert: if you are a certain little French boy living in the neighborhood, do not let your mom download these, you may be getting some with your birthday present!
Just a quick picture of some finished totes with my mother's day flowers repackaged.
This is a crazy time of year around here so the posting may get a little thin for a while. School ending is always INSANE.
Then there's birthday season,how is it possible that all the kids friends were born in the spring?
And of course, my up coming debut at the farmers market. I need to get better at mass producing.
This is a HUGE bee that was walking around on the porch. 
I wish I could have put something else in the picture so you could get a good idea of size. Let's just say I ran back inside to get my camera, he's that big. It makes me happy to see so many bees in my heather with all the reports of hives being lost. I love the shadow of the wings. Magical little things bees.
Adding into all the craziness here is my garden project. My parents sent me some lovely baskets filled with live plants for mother's day and they will all go perfectly in the space. Here are some pictures of the progress, close ups but I'll post the real 'afters' when the whole thing is done.
bird feeder...
pincushion flower...
I'm planting it pretty tight...
In other parts of the yard, the phlox I transplanted last year during the fire, is doing very well!
yellow and purple, love that.
I have been busy stitching up my little Market Totes for their June debut.
Vintage sheets and pillow cases waiting to become totes...
see Barbar in there, love him.
This vintage table cloth has already found a new life as totes. It kinda killed me to cut into it, but there were too many thread-bear spots to keep it for the table.
finished pictures coming soon!
