Sunday afternoon at Pineland Farms
June 30, 2008
Yesterday was family day. We were supposed to go hiking but a check on the weather forecast the night before kiboshed those plans. Instead we all slept in and after a 10:30 breakfast (preceded by a fantastic thunderstorm), we all sat around and asked the "so what are we going ...
When the family's away, the mommy will play
June 30, 2008
My family went to see WALL-E tonight. Since it was a pay-your-own-way family outing I opted out. I have better things to do with my time and money (we all get a little allowance each week). Like treat myself to a forbidden fluffy-white-bun toasted veggie Italian from the corner pizza ...
Food crisis realities
June 28, 2008
This is not happy. This is not beautiful. This certainly is not fun in my back yard. This is pain, suffering and hunger in "my backyard", and it breaks my heart and leaves me feeling sickened with helplessness. Other than donate dollars I don't have a clue what to do ...
Garden Report - Move over pink
June 28, 2008
The soft and somewhat overwhelming pinks of the front flower bed have gone bye now. When we bought our house I inherited peonies and rhododendron that put on a big beautiful show each June. But by the end of the month I'm ready to say adios to pink. June is ...
Super Sweet Farm Day
June 27, 2008
Pickin Eatin The kids and I spent time at 4 farms yesterday. We started at Claybrook Farms where Celine was taking horse riding lessons, yesterday's was the last. To honor that occasion we simply had to stop at Nezinscot, farm number 2, on the way home for farm bakery cinnamon ...
Lazy (?) Summer Days
June 26, 2008
I'm not sure exactly when the summer steam roll train started this year. Probably sometime in February when I began to fantasize about raised beds, weekly pick-ups at the farm, fresh picked berries, wearing sundresses and going to the beach. I'm officially five days into summer and pretty dog tired ...
