sunday breakfast

 coffee: french pressed + steamed/foamed whole milk

cantaloupe + plain greek yogurt + chopped pistachios + drizzled honey

crustless quiche: 4 eggs + splash half and half + leftover roasted squash from the garden + jack cheese

potatoes + rosemary + olive oil + salt and pepper

*Hannah had a 12 hour swim meet on Saturday. It was the last of the season. No practice tomorrow. Weird.

*I cut my finger last night. It bled for over an hour. I almost went for stitches. I can feel my heartbeat in it now. Hard to type.

*I did approx 9 loads of laundry yesterday, deep cleaned the kitchen, organized my desk in the office (crazy quantity of papers piled up), folded approx 9 loads of laundry, cleaned out the car, changed the sheets, watered the garden, and put away approx 9 loads of folded laundry. Whew!

*90 + degrees forcasted for all this week. Yay.

*During Ian's nap yesterday I filled out enrollment packets for the girls to go to public school this year. I feel good about it, and I might share some of those feelings with you soon. School starts in 1 month. We'd better "do summer" until then!

*I think I might have to have these. 

Welcome to the week Friends.

For the dark days of winter

Admittedly, I don't have a very good memory. I wish I did. I wish I could remember more. My mind is so unreliable- fuzzy. I wish I had catalogs, files, or blog posts that detailed my whole life. I would refer back to them so that I could remember more conversations, more kisses, more seemingly insignificant moments... you never know how meaningful they may become to you later. 

So this post is for actually for February.  I'm documenting summer, and I'm coming back to read it in the midst of those dark winter days. I'm going to look it up anytime I need to be reminded of all the warmth of late-July. 

sage hedge

dinners outside

sun-colored hair and skin

flower pots by the front door

bare feet

picnics under trees

early mornings

and late evenings

sunglasses always affixed to my freckle face

wheat: crispy and knee high

gorgeous sunsets

Dear Self: I know the winter is dark and frigid, and the novelty of snow has worn off. I know that you are tired of shoveling the driveway, but please believe me when I tell you that summer will be back again. It will arrive at just the right time, and with it will come the tree-ripened fruit, the line-dried towels, the marshmallows, and the campfires. Before you know it the garden will be in full bloom, and you'll be wearing your bathing suit all day long. And Self... just in case you start to forget- please try to remember how happy you were in this season. Remember that it was a particularly lovely time in your life. Hang in there. Winter won't last forever. I promise. 

Back to the beach

Gorgeous day. 

ps. Want some goosebumps? Go watch this. Beautiful!