Some pictures from the weekend.
1. A perfect sized pickle in the garden.
2. All cleaned up after working in the yard all afternoon.
3. Making and remaking a shirt. Read directions twice, sew once.
weekend snaps
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things that caught my eye/ sixteen
Some things I found this week:
- This no flour seed and oatmeal bread is supposed to make good toast.
- Uber cute little guitar case. Maybe I could make one…?
- Pretty flowers and painted rocks.
- I’ve got a crush on summer hats too.
- Avocado summer rolls for when it gets too hot to eat.
We have been getting about 8 peas a day from our little patch. We have a million green tomatoes, so hopefully we will have a million ripe tomatoes soon. I’m also starting sewing on a new shirt. I’m trying a new kind of fabric, so cross your fingers that the sewing machine likes it.
A new bed for the puppy
So we’ve been meaning to get a new bed for Marley as her old one was getting a little raggedy after going through the washing machine a number of times and we were at the pet store this past weekend and found one! We are pretty sure she likes it given how much more time she spends in it. And she spent 99.5% of her day in her old bed to begin with.
The most entertaining thing about the new bed is that Marley now sits in a different position everyday because her bed came with a pillow that she can move around to her heart’s content to get comfortable. She lives a rough life.
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- Within 1 minute, she had made herself at home.
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- One of the many new sitting positions Marley does now that she has her own bed WITH a pillow.
weekend snaps
A couple of pictures from the weekend.
1. Guy I spent most of the weekend with.
2. Farmer trip to the plant store.
3. Party on fish.
walton’s fancy and staple
Ahhh. Bakeries and plants. My two favorite things. The toast at Walton’s Fancy and Staple is delicious, and the indoor plant game is on point. It probably helps that they are also a florist.
Well, looky what I found! Maybe next weekend I can talk myself into buying some.
Jon’s new phone has turned him into quite the artsy photographer. I like it lots.
pie date
We decided our summer thing (sometimes we skip spring here, so we need to plan early) is to go get pie. I LOVE pie. Pie is perfect. It fits any occasion, season, mood. Pie is happiness, and I want perfume that smells like it.
Our first pie adventure was to Quack’s Bakery. It was a not too warm evening, and we sat outside, sharing pie with friends. We shared a slice of peach pie and chocolate cream. And somehow the air vents wafted fresh pie right past our noses, and I wanted to camp in their parking lot forever.
(second photo from here) I was too busy deciding on types of pie to be bothered with photos.
how does your garden grow
It is like magic watching a garden grow. One day, its a tiny little plant. And then you look again, its two feet taller or growing food. Ah-mazing.
I’ve been fondly scrolling through garden photos from 2 weeks ago, and seeing how much they have grown. I can only imagine what I will be like when I have a real baby.
There are a couple new notebooks in the shop to keep track of garden progress, planting plans, or grocery lists!
a trip to the garden store
Our new favorite thing to do is go to garden stores. Not just because there are plants there, but because the layout and design of each nursery can be really inspiring.
This nursery happened to have a huge warehouse full of trinkets. It was a mix of pottery, garden decorations, and American Pickers.
When we get our rock garden ready, I want to visit this succulent nursery in Austin.
first easter
We celebrated our first Easter being married! I wore my special Easter dress and this handsome guy on my arm. We ate so much Easter candy and cookies and enjoyed the sunshine together. Hope you had a lovely spring weekend too!
PS- Next year, I totally want an Easter bonnet!
garden obsession
We are super into yardwork right now. I dream about it at night, I make notes to myself all day, I google diy drainage, I tell my ma all about it on the phone. I am just really excited about it. (Plus, its an amazing workout. My arms are going to be like steel.)
We got a crop of veggies into the ground over the weekend, and then it promptly thunder/hail stormed the next day, so that figures. I check on them at least 3 times a day.
If you have ever tried to dig a hole in the Austin ground, you will probably be impressed with this path here. We are rock path making machines. We have lots of other projects planned, but we are pretty pleased with our progress so far, and we can’t wait to have summer brunch garden parties!
guy and his girl 