I love Summer

Though I am typically a winter person, yesterday pretty much confirmed the great things about summer. I picked 24 cherry tomatoes and two bell peppers from the garden. We bought fresh corn from local farmers on the side of the road. We went to the farmer's market and bought a ton of stuff, simply because it was so cheap and so fresh. $1 for a pint of basil (even though we're growing our own...I couldn't pass it up: an extra batch of pesto to have in winter). $2 for a ton of eggplant, promptly made into a caponata and placed in the freezer. 3/$1 cucumbers that are so sweet and snappy. 2/$1 (huge) zucchini that will be stuffed and frozen shortly. 2 pints of fresh, local peaches also came home with us not long ago.

Also, we have been picking apples from our trees like crazy. We'd like to try making cider this time around. The problem is that our trees are too tall. I can't get to most of the apples, even with a ladder and a picker. Now I know that dwarf trees might be the way to go, next time around.

Links

Here are a couple of cool links sure to suck you in before you know it.

1) Hippy Kitchens. Long hair, bellbottoms, crazy wallpaper. Need I say more?

2) Picture Book Report. Really cool images of the best scenes from your favorite books.

Birthday Gift Craft

Aaron made me this pretty leaf box for my birthday. I just love it. I even cleaned so that I could put it on display. That's really saying something.