Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, I know people start talking about fall cooking and food in September, but it still really feels like summer to me - the garden is still producing a lot and the weather is usually warm enough for grilling and eating outside consistently. But October - that's the real transition month for us. The beginning of the month is typically still nice...
13 days ago • 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Fall is starting to come to the farmhouse! I harvested a few of my small white pumpkins and combined them with a few sprigs of purple flowering oregano for a simple centerpiece: I have a few more plus two large cinderella type that grew this year to use on the porch and on bookshelves - I'm so glad they produced this year (last year I got none...
20 days ago • 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Brian and I just got back from four days in Brookings, Oregon, the southern most city on the Oregon coast before the California border. We were celebrating our anniversary AND we had last stayed there on our honeymoon!! It was a super fun place to visit, which was helped by the beautiful weather - sunny and high 60s the whole time we were there...
27 days ago • 3 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Even though the calendar says we have a good week left of summer, it sure feels like fall. We had two glorious summer-like days last week in the 80s, but that was after a solid week of rain and 60 degrees and now the weather's just gone back to highs in the 60s now. The forecast shows some sun in the next 10 days, but low 70s, which is nice for...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Are you ready for fall or wanting to savor the last of summer? While I'm firmly in the summer category, I do think we can do both - enjoying where we are at the same time looking forward to where we are headed. 😃 We have gotten some unusual cool, rainy weather for late summer (it was 62 degrees on August 31st 😳) and I've had to break out my...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Can you feel fall in the air yet where you live? Every year about the end of August, it starts to feel different with lower morning temperatures and the sun in different place. This year is no different - in fact, our 7-day forecast even shows days of rain with highs in the 60s. Oh, dear - I'm trying to keep up a good face because we need the...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, I hope your August is going well! I'm enjoying the streak of near-perfect summer weather (for me!) we've been having - cool nights with days in the low to mid-80s.💜 We enjoyed it especially this last weekend with a family trip to a lake cabin in central Oregon - not only the good weather, but the absence of thick smoke! I hope your August has...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, I hope your week has been going well! Around here we've been getting ready for a long-planned lake cabin family trip, which now includes daily checking of the air quality - will we actually be able to be outside by said lake? New normal for summertime, it seems. The other thing that's been a priority has been harvesting and preserving what we...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Some links in this email are affiliate links- if you click through and purchase, I may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.* Hi Reader, Well, here we are in August, the last "fully summer" month. Since it's my favorite season, I'm going to try and be completely present for the sun, tank tops + skirts, eating outside, and grilling all the things, while the getting is good.😊 And I can't even believe we haven't paddled on a lake even once yet this summer!! Testament to the fact...
2 months ago • 2 min read