Showing posts with label storm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label storm. Show all posts

Sunday, June 19, 2011

blueberries & storms


Yes: a big tub of blueberries. That can mean only one thing... that the blueberries are ripe at Buffalo Creek Farm! Last year was the first time we picked blueberries ourselves and we got there a little late, but this year we are prepared to stock up for months! :) We picked 6 gallons of blueberries yesterday morning and a peck of peaches.



The last two days have been stormy in the evenings. Yesterday we drove home from Athens in ridiculously windy rain and hail. It was so bad that we had to pull into a parking lot to wait it out a bit - we couldn't even see the road.

After the storm yesterday it was really cool outside and so Henry and I read on my bed while the cold air came in through the window. It was loooovely.


Then we went outside and made ice cream...




You know, I think Lucy's ears are bigger than Henry's. Hehe. They are so funny together - Henry sticks his face up near her and she just grabs onto it wherever she can as quick as lightening.


So this morning we went to the Farmer's Market. I won't describe the crazy things we did to get there with cash in time to shop before my Pilates class. :P The important thing is that we DID get there, and we did find yummy food to buy, as you can see.

We had another short but wild storm tonight. These crazy clouds started to appear while we were making dinner, accompanied by strong wind and finally some rain. It was short-lived, but the clouds were amazing. These photos are nearly straight out of the camera - the only help they have were a SLIGHT contrast boost - no clarity, color or exposure changes.







We made hot chocolate after dinner, because Mother is awesome and thought of it. We got to use my mugs for the first time, seeing as summer isn't usually the season for hot drinks.



And I'll end with a gorgeous sunset.

No, I lied. I have to mention something else. Remember when I said I was sad not to be obsessed with something - a show, an actor, a band, etc? Well. Now I am. I bloody love Parks & Recreation, Ron F***ing Swanson (his words, not mine), His Mustache, Mumford & Sons, and... can anyone guess? Fassbender. Okay fine, I'll stop talking about Fassbender. But the point here is not that I am sometimes an obsessed fangirl (does anyone here remember how gaga I was for the X-Files?), but that I love being in love with these things. So thank you, Logan & Erin, for finally making me watch Parks & Recreation (and the Office, which made me just as happy) because every time I think of that dimpled, mustachioed face I start grinning.

Oh oh, also, we just started watching Modern Family - too cute. Not obsessed as of yet, but definitely plan on watching the rest of the series. :) I'm a sucker for shows that interview characters. Mom thinks they are all Office copy-cats, but I think they are all genius.

Okay, calming down. You can have that sunset now:


Friday, April 8, 2011

what i've been up to


What have I been up to for three days? All absent from the blog? You'd think I'd be doing very distracting things. Not so much. First there was the crazy storm, during which I knitted by Ugly Betty Blanket. Mom named it. It is simply a blanket made of squares and rectangles of scrap yarn in different stitches. I've been knitting it while we watch Ugly Betty - and really, it's kind of mismatched and odd like her. :P


There was a beautiful early morning that I caught - for some reason I woke up around 5 am and saw this sky out my window...


Then that morning I made French toast from the Cook's recipe. It's sooooo good. You wouldn't think that this lumpy bread:


Would turn into this gorgeous breakfast!



Then for the past two days I've been painting. I got the new Anthropologie catalog and was inspired. The photography was really top-notch in this issue, and I especially liked the cover, and the first page with the old red convertible. So classy.


And here was my watercolor interpretation... I was not aiming to replicate it, just base my painting on it. Left is at the end of day one, right is at the end of day two (today):


Quinn kept me company while I painted outside on the porch. The weather has been lovely. Quinn is carving a mask out of cedar wood. It smells awesome, though reminds me of hamsters. ;)  And no, those are not hand tattoos. Just ballpoint ink. 



I picked up three Agatha Christie novels today at the library. I'm excited to read them. Griffin leant me The ABC Murders and I really enjoyed it, plus I love the Poirot TV movies, so I thought I'd give the real text a shot. :)


Oh oh oh, also, we made a really yummy Kale and Green Onion Tart for lunch today. I found the recipe from The Granary and it is so good. Here is the link if you're interested in making it --> The Granary Blog: Kale and Onion Tart


Okay, time for bed. Probably gonna go practice parallel parking again tomorrow. I find it difficult. Grr. 

- caroline