our family is a huge fan of beets, today at the local market, three types. i had to try all three. they are so beautiful roasted and all cut up. we often find the golden and red, but not too often have the candy cane variety. they were the most delicious of the three.
Monthly Archives: September 2011
apple harvest
our apple tree is very small, but it grows so many apples each year and it always surprises us how great they taste. today my pip and i climbed the tree and picked as many apples as we could reach. we filled our basket and we tried many. we shared them with lola too. today,...
field of flowers
on the way to my favorite beach is a farmers field. there are row upon row of vegetables growing. but right between the produce and the farm house are huge rows of beautiful sunflowers. there are tall giant red and black ones. gorgeous as they line up and sway in the wind, and beside them...
sweet little koo and poppet
one of my favorite clients and the maker of the cutest stuffed animals on the planet had a baby. she not only makes adorable stuffed animals, she makes even more adorable little girls. i fell in love with her first little girl (the one with the giant dimples) a few years ago at our first...
the roses
so as strange as it sounds when you talk about stopping and smelling the roses…. i think sometimes it just makes sense. tonight i took the kids and my mom and her beautiful visiting sister and husband to the butchart gardens. her sister is blind. my children watched my aunt touch the many different flowers...
september sweetness
just finishing editing matt and nicole’s wedding and came across my favorite little guy from the wedding. he was just the sweetest little boy ever and i almost died when i saw him walking away from the pie table with his perfect slice of apple pie. i hope everyone has a wonderful end of summer...