Strawberry season came and went and now we are gearing up for blueberries! Cant wait to get some fresh blueberry jam on the shelves... i cant tell you how sick I am of grape jelly. We ate our fill of...
Well. Im a few days late on this post, but I feel the need to document this. Last week I submitted the final draft of my dissertation. I will defend in May. I have been working toward this goal for m...
our little house is really starting to come together. it is always strange moving to a new place, isnt it? it always takes a little while before you feel fully connected to your new surroundings. i t...
i still need to snap some pictures of our new place. our new place is the first place in a while that does not have crazy painted walls. what i realized however when we moved in is that without the c...
just a quick post to share some images from our (january was it?) trip to annual sugar cane grind. yet another agricultural item that D. has become obsessed with. he hopes to one day do an old-fashio...
so, i saw this on Julies blog today and it reminded me so much of those emails that used to go around in college that you were to complete and forward back to friends ... I thought id do it and would...
Ive been so excited about moving, I cant seem to focus on the million things Im suppose to be doing... like editing the dissertation, grading papers and preparing lectures. Instead Ive been doin...
D. and I moved into our current apartment just days before I had to start my new job in August 2010. It was a last minute scramble to find something that would suit us, in our budget, close to my wor...
For my 30th birthday D. and I visited St. Augustine... a place weve both mythologized, but had failed to visit. My 30th birthday which arrived on December 28th seemed the quintessential moment.D. cou...
Not quite sure how this happened... but we went home for a visit dog-less and came home with this little cutie. My niece volunteers at a rescue and hand-picked this pup for us. She confided in me tha...
I think Ive put it off long enough... the new year post! Admittedly, I am cautious about putting my resolutions down on "paper" (for fear that I may not follow through). 2011 brought so...
(dress: oldie but goodie, shoes- new, back/blazer- thrifted) I wore stuff over the break, but only shot a few of them. Here are two favorites. (jeans- thrifted, blouse & cardi-exchanged, boots &a...
Over the recent holiday D. and I spent a lot of time pruning grapes, visiting family and eating way too much delicious food! For this reason, I spent little time online, and as a result did not get a...
It all started with my first batch of muscadine grape jelly... There were also olives, but that was probably the most complicated thing I canned and I failed to take any pictures. Sorry :( More ...
A post long overdue... My job at most holiday parties is to make the dessert. Baking is a very dear passion of mine. Whenever I thought Id quick grad school (as one usually does at least 100 tim...
My, has it been a long time since Ive posted, let alone an outfit post! In part, Ive been extremely busy teaching a new course, and that has caused me to lose some of the interest I once had in being...
things to see of late round these parts and parts weve visited...."cows in water" (seriously, ive never had a cow stare me down the way the blonde one did )"signs of fall" (a gir...
I highly recommend tevas for all road-trips involving hugging large trees :) t-shirt, shorts, purse, leather feather necklace- thriftedcardi-oldtevas- priceless I like to call this, "wh...
If you have not yet noticed D. and I like to pick things. There is something so lovely and peaceful about being below vines or among branches and picking ripe fruit that will be a part of your pantry...
Today I opened up my copy of the book that everyone is talking about. It was this months book club pick. While I really disliked the first few pages I tried to keep in mind the reasons why I joined o...
It appears I drifted off into space this summer :) I have to admit parting ways with the internet was really really nice. It gave me time for some new loves. best of summer reading shorts grape harve...
If youre lucky enough to have plenty of mangoes about now... I recommend this chutney. It has a great sweet and sour balance. Spicy Green Mango Chutney Recipe 12 cups peeled and chopped green ma...
Sometimes unplugging yourself from the internet is absolutely necessary.... the last month or so I have limited my access to about an hour or so a week (including email checking). I miss reading up o...
Wow, its pretty surreal how much can happen in five weeks, eh?I want to thank everyone for the lovely words, comments and lines of sympathy since my last post. Sadly, Henry passed shortly after that ...
Henry is not doing well, and while I hoped it would pass like it did last summer ... things are not looking well. Im sad beyond belief, because although I knew this day would come, I never fully unde...
Has this happened to you yet? You wake up one day to realize--you have become the spitting image of your mother? This was really going to be an "outfit" post... but as I perused some of my mo...
These photos are from our most recent wanderings... I must admit weve been gleefully enjoying some gorgeous weather of late, the sort of weather that has made us look at each other on a blissful morn...
Recently, a dear friend posted about some of her eye opening revelations on many of the chemicals we sometimes unknowingly expose ourselves to... in the name of beauty! I had planned on sending some ...
This is a story about me, D., Greek archeology & t-shirts..... Before D. became an out of work philosopher/organic farmer without a farm, he was an archeologist. Being the hot blooded, overly pas...
It seems the blues are making their way around. If its not the political climate then its our endless desire to destroy our planet and make it uninhabitable. I feel so much sorrow these days. L...
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