Our garden game would really go up in posh points if we had some peacocks roaming about. I would settle for this little guy though. Find him in the shop.
new in the shop: peacock
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citrus pie
We made a version of this pie recently. We made a cookie crust instead, and used half lemon juice and half lime juice. It was a quick, sweet, bright summer treat. You definitely don’t want to skip the whip cream on top!
garden harvests
The hardest part of having a garden right now is watching them get sooo hot during the afternoon. I read that we aren’t supposed to water when the sun is up, since it could burn the plant, so I just have to give them pep talks instead. Thankfully, most of them perk back up in the evening.
Our spinach plant had a little trouble at the beginning of the season, but now its climbing circles around a tomato cage. 
I know some people have cute garden baskets, but we always opt for the classic shirt basket. Those pear tomatoes are my fav summer snack.
eat and wear
Eat this carob freezer fudge, and wait for fall in those shoes.
new in the shop: they do exist
Want to know where you can find Bigfoot and Nessie together? In the shop. Get them before they go into hiding again.
oklahoma
We finally made it out to see the play in the park. It was a million and one degrees, but luckily we got there early enough to set our blanket on the more shady side. We met some friends, had ourselves a little dinner in the grass, and sweat it out with all the other crazy people. Its amazing what some people pulled out of their picnic baskets. The people watching was worth the price of admission.
weekend snaps
A couple from over the weekend.
1. I’ve been on a biscuit making kick. This recipe ranked in the top 2.
2. The clouds in the park were from a painting.
3. We had to pull up our cucumber plants. Its a very sad story I’ll tell you later.
things that caught my eye/ twenty three
1. Fun cookies to make this weekend. 2. Wouldn’t mind visiting here. 3. I’m just thirsty aaallll the tiiime. 4. A super big picnic in Switzerland. 5. Wouldn’t mind being here either.
We’ll be drinking lots of water and cheering on our air conditioner this weekend. I’m also in need of a new book, if you have any you’ve loved recently!
making pickles
We had a few bigger cucumbers from the garden, so we decided to make a small batch of pickles. I also recently acquired a crinkle cutter, and I really wanted to try it out on some pickle chips.
This was also one of those- well, the cookies are baking in the oven, so I might as well make myself useful- moments. So I probably washed my hands 800 times while switching from cutting garlic to rolling cookie dough.
I loosely followed a recipe, but I didn’t have quite the right type of spices. And since there were cookies in the oven, I just used a mixture of what we had. Peppercorns, mustard seeds, hot pepper flakes, and dill weed.
We ended up with two little jars of pickle chips. We waited a couple days, then ate one whole jar with pulled pork sandwiches. And then we did the same thing the next day. Now we are saving up our cucumbers for the next batch!
morning hike
Jon drove by part of the greenbelt for work the other day, and he was convinced that there might be water down in the creek. So twist my arm, we went on a morning hike to investigate. Now we have gone in the summer a few times before, and it was dry as a bone, so imagine our surprise and delight at this sight. We found it!
guy and his girl 