oh dear, it's killing me

I have been dying to tell you some news( no i am not pregnant)  so i have stayed away because i was afraid i would let it slip. i promise you in the next few days i will tell you why i have been away!

for now i am asking  the universe to listen to my commands:)

i have posted some of these pics before, i just felt like seeing some color.

where am i:)

     

Oh dear, it must seem like i have abandoned my post here. Please know i think of you and what you might be up to. It has been very busy here, heavy too but also good. I am going to share some of it  if you do  not mind.

there was k surgery(not fun)

k  recovery is good, and i got to spend the whole week with him.

there was sam my brother's terrible cold and driving to his  loft to make him apple sauce from scratch just like our  grandma used to make him

there was my  week long cold, fever and all( i  never get sick)

there was some bad news 

there was some good news that  is making a dreams come true

there was hanging with sheila and baby rowen and roger too

there was a day spent with catherine in connecticut, shopping for seeds at Comstock & ferrel and visiting historical places

there was spending the day at a storage unit, and donating so many things

there was finding treasure i forgot and seeing antiques i have missed

there was k taking my breath away- he is hot!

there was people from the past saying nice things

there was saying good bye to tess and hello to jane

there is a friend who published her book( bravo)

there was friends who share peeks into there projects

there was chasing ducks

muddy dogs

there was  my mum gifts of gleena pottery

there is chapped hands and lips

healthy animals

messy house

lots of eggs

foggy drive

rain

prayer for japan

sunny days.

*back soon

pics from my day in ct. and my daily dirt road drive.

browsing

these picures are from our trip to new york city and also ri, and connecticut. Oh the matcha shop was a pop up in soho, so simple and beautiful  not to mention delicious. my mum and i dreaming of a vintage car for our next autumn trip how cool would that be!

all things country

although i am still taking a little pause, i wanted to share a new england autumn. more post like these to come

a drive

it seems that my head is in the clouds, i drove around the beautiful country side today. it is all beautiful that is the problem i get distracted. i thought about so much even though the audio played in the car, i found myself lost in the past and the future. somethings are just slightly out of reach others are tucked away for safe keeping.

as a child i loved our drives, i am just like my mom that way, her escape was a car ride. i can re collect many of our drives most done in silence, sometimes with don Henley playing on the radio. i remember the barns, farm houses, i remember a collapsed barn was as pretty as one standing. today on my drive i seem to mourn the fallen ones, perhaps afraid that the scenes that played out in my childhood will only be played one day with my eyes closed.

the color at my feet

today

chased clarabelle back into the pasture again!
nursing a bad knee( not sure how, but better already)
i fixed clarabelles escape rout
created two picture books for printing
answered blog sponsorship question
ate a black bean and goat cheese quesadilla for lunch
listening to npr classics
will find nature treasure with my camera
and i feel like watching remains of the day ( perhaps later)
wondering what i should make with the beautiful quinces i received
and drying black walnuts!

curb my camera at farmstands:)

Oh dear friends i think i might have to start promising no more farm stand pictures. has it taken over this blog? you see where i live and these little tucked away jewels i find, i just can't help myself but i will try. yesterday i did discover such a beautiful place , so beautiful that k and i have decided to return on sunday and spend our anniversary walking the hills, so if camera permits i will have pictures of our lovely country stroll for you soon. we will also be going to visit our soon to be new addition to our family, he is very special and very big and fast an if that was enough we will also visit another maybe soon to be addition to the family and he is tall dark and strong! have a great weekend friends, please do that thing you have wanted to do!

a tale of two horses

if only, just maybe....yes

when you feel warm and fuzzy

last year i bought a book called "how to pick a peach" by russ parsons. the book tells you where certain fruits and vegetables originated, where they are grown now, what to look for when choosing , it also includes a few recipes. what was really interesting to read is how fruit such as peaches have changed. did you know they used to be white? but retailers complained that you could easily see the bruising so growers developed different kinds. while i do not remember a white peach i do remember when the the flesh of the peach was stuck to the stone( pit) and i would suck every each of the remaining sweetness from it- well guess what 90 percent of the peaches, apricots, nectarines and so on are grown so that the stone no longer sticks to the flesh, for some reason this makes me sad. I am happy to say that the peaches i received the other day had me sucking on a stone!! have great weekend every one, if only on this day everyone could have the chance to eat a peach.