THE LOVELY CRAZY

September 19, 2015 by maximios • Blog

Can you believe it… August already. What the what?

I was in the great big Coscto store this week and saw Halloween costumes and I am pretty sure there was some Christmas shit too. (I wasn’t about to look to closely and fall down that rabbit hole) I mean, jeeze, It’s still summer and I like to think that I live a little more in the somewhat present moment. I have a hard time figuring out what I am going to be doing in 2 weeks, let alone 2 months from now. But man, seeing that stuff really sent me into a time whirl… It’s just flying by so fast.

Anyway, August. One of my favorite months of the year. The farm shares are gigantic (I got corn and watermelons at the last pick up!) and the garden is bursting with so many goodies. The days are still really warm, but the nights are starting to cool off, The wild flowers are in abundance all over. Plus my Dad always comes back to Vermont in August for a long visit (he;s here now!), which means lots of family stuff, a Stem family reunion, lots of hiking, and of course lots of food eating. And it’s getting close to back to school time. The littles are all getting equally exctited/depressed about the going back. I am kind of excited for them to go back too!

My goal for August.. try to check off some more of my summer bucket list and also try to buy some plane tickets to a far away land.( I hear that tickets prices this month are at the lowest they have been in years!) At the same time I want to try not to worry to much about doing a bunch of stuff.. just try to enjoy what’s left of the summer. No pressure!

So what about you? Got any end of summer plans?

I’ll leave you with some good internet stuff from the week.

-I know I have said this before, but this is the house I am meant to live in.

-Cocoon in a tree!?!!…but where do you pee?

–Get it here…IKEA 2016 CATALOG!

-I love a good tub. The World’s Most Beautiful Bathtubs

–Whoa. How Birds See Our World

-This wood is so pretty.

–Different types of summer squash

-I am a plant whore so this makes me happy. A Plethora of Plants in Every Room

-Oh to be one of these littles… The Kids of Burning Man

And hiking and bee pictures from the week

Be Happy and enjoy the rest of the weekend!

-C

I have managed to wear my overalls all week, cause it has been that kind of week. Rainstorms, the loudest and longest clap of thunder I have ever heard, yard and garden work, and many many mosquito bites. Me and the mr. took the afternoon on Friday to go pick strawberries and snap peas down at our farm share and now my hands are stained red and think I have eaten my weight in strawberries over the past two days. And one might think that I would get a little berried out, but every time I walk by the big bowl of berries I left on the table, I grab a few. (pretty much every time I get up in my house, you walk by the table) We also got to spend a little time hanging out with the family and seeing some little littles. Grilled cheese sandwiches (with american cheese of course) drawing on the deck with chalk, and talking about upcoming birthday cake ideas (pink or purple and must have lots and lots of sprinkles!)

And begin that its the 4th of July weekend, the mr. finally busted out our sweet little cast iron hibachi grill and set it up pretty much right in front of the front (and only) door. Once that beast is hot, it really can’t be moved easily, so there was a fire hot grill to navigate around to get out of the house. But it was ok because we grilled up a bunch of veggies (and a few little strawberries…so good!), I made the bestest potato salad that has ever been made (I’ll share the recipe this week) and we had ourselves a most fantastic time.

And fireworks…. well, I am not the biggest fan. (more of a sparkler fan) I mean, I won’t turn away if I happen to be in the area of things blowing up in the sky but I don’t actively go out of my way to see that, especially at 9:30 at night, cause geeze, I am in my pjs, on my way to bed. So no, I didn’t see any fireworks and yes,, I am an old lady.

I hope that you all had and are continuing to have a fun, festive weekend!

Here, have some internet fun.

-I could/want to live here. In off-the-grid yurt, Montana couple live ‘on our own terms’

-Or maybe live here. The Bohemian Dream, in 350 Square Feet

– Making pigeons more awesome. Towering New Pigeon Murals by ‘Super A’

–Read this. The Blight of the Honey Bee

– If I ever have the oppritunity, I want take the Le Creuset Factory

-I kind of want this

-Holy Crappers, these are amazing! This Artist Makes Incredibly Tiny Pottery By Hand

–Listen…New Beach House Song!!

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And pictures from the past week

This week was the week. I am calling it (I know I shouldn’t, but I am) SPRING!!!!! I am so excited. Spring is my favorite season, full of warm sunny days, cold nights, lots of mud, lots of freshness, lots of new. Everything feels possible, not to mention all the spring cleaning! (I like to clean) And today we lost an hour of sleep but we gained an hour of sunshine. It”s all downhill from here.