O Summer

It's true, summer is a favorite season of mine. Following fall, spring and glorious winter. But, I truly love summer and all it has to offer. Lazy hot afternoons, warm nights, and the endless blue skies. Summer dayz are wasted away in line at a lemonaide stand, stuffing cotton candy in your mouth, or waiting patiently as your favorite food grows and gets bigger and juicy and, and, and, hurry mr. tomato plant I am waiting for you! I have big plans for you. I have so many mouth watering receipts to show you off in.


For me, Basil and Tomatoes are like the perfect marriage. It's sweet, spicy, beautiful, soft, and just makes SENSE.
A look at the tiny garden. mainly tomato plants and one eggplant, basil, fennel, onions, garlic, oregeno, chives, and parsley.

When we began the backyard project, I had trouble seeing past the dirt and the hard work. Once the rocks came I started to feel excited and I could see the light at the end of the tunnel. The creative parts of the project were begining.
A hard job but they did such a good job.
A view from the plum trees. The cement will be poured soon.
A summer afternoon.

Well, I figured I would post about our summer project. We went ahead with a remodel in our backyard. This photos was taken from the roof a month ago. We are designing a new backyard. With plenty of spaces for sunbathers, shade seekers, and party dwellers.
It is a lot of hard work. I KINDA feel bad that I can't help dig up old cement or dig through the clay dirt. Here Chris is playing I mean working.
We used to have walls around this lower patio. We removed them for an open feel and view of the whole yard.
every other day a group of hard workers are in the backyard. Here these guys are removing the old plaster getting it ready for the new and improved pebble sheen....

I have a feeling the summer heat will soon be back. We hope the project will be complete so we can see these smiling faces splashing around before too long.

Well, I was just walking around the house with not much to do when the idea came to go shopping. I usually like to wander to TJ Maxx or into a wine store or even the garden store. But, today I headed out to Whole Foods. I never go to the store. It is out of the way and full of people. Today I went with no time limit I even got a great parking spot. My first impression of the store was WOW look at how beautiful it is laid out. As I stood there smiling in a Friday afternoon haze I was suddenly jolted out of my gourmet day dream by a rude shopper. I spun around to see who could bump me like that with out saying excuse me but in my eye sight was just the lettuce guy smiling back at me and asking if I needed any help. I carried on through the store walking up and down each aisle. Looking and learning about the products the store carried. I kept looking around with a huge smile on my face hoping to strike up a conversation with some willing soul. Hmpf no takers... I headed to the meat department, surley there was a handsome butcher waiting to take my order. Nope, no smiling man. no how are you doing miss. how is your day. what can I get you dear.. Nope nada nothing. Across the counter was a transgender with a huge attitude. she wore pink lipstick and foundation which actually was a really nice shade. Maybe I should have asked her what makeup line she uses.....
Anyway I got my beef at $18.99 a pound and carried on however not without asking the butcher are you having a good day? Her responce "ya you have a good day too." No I said Are you having a good day . "Oh, yeah thanks" the butcher said. Well I figured it was a great way to spend Friday at 1pm but, I won't make a habit of it I love my local market Lunardies the people are super friendly. I can buy all the organics I need and the butchers, they serve with a smile.

Here sits Chloe in the dirt wasting away in the warm June sun.
Lexus found the dirty cement a warm and cozy place to watch Chris work.
Chris working hard in the back yard. Here he is starting the tear down of the old wooden arbor. It is home for a beautiful old jasmine plant. We will do our best to save such a special old shrub.
Even the bees are hard at work. i should be too..