contemplating mid-summer
Things I have learned so far:
Cucumbers need A LOT of room to grow.
Crisp line-dried sheets? Love them. Stiff line-dried jeans? Love them too. Crunchy line-dried towels? Not so much.
The sprinkler is fun, but the pool is better.
Local, organic blackberries almost melt in your mouth.
It good to be six in the summer. It is also tiring.
No matter where you are and what the weather, have a terrific and relaxing weekend!
Comments
those dirty little feet look far too familiar :)
now see, i have much love for the crunchy towels. so absorbent and all that built-in exfoliation. (why is this telling me i'm spelling exfoliation wrong? strange.)
but i do see your point...they don't fold well at all.
have a great one yourself, sweets ~
xxxx
me
Posted by: estea | July 13, 2007 5:19 PM
we went to pump it up AND the pool today. i think i'm actually more tuckered out than the boys.
Posted by: capello | July 13, 2007 7:36 PM
i learned the same lesson about cucumbers! i had to disentangle one from a lavender plant yesterday.
your blackberry photo is stunning.
happy weekend.
Posted by: emily | July 13, 2007 8:34 PM
We didn't do cucumbers this year and I love that pic.
Posted by: Mama Urchin | July 13, 2007 10:00 PM
Ah! To be six again...
Posted by: Bex | July 14, 2007 6:21 AM
I agree with and can relate to most of your blog. Especially the line-dried towels. Way too crunchy for me! (And 6-year-old boys.)
Posted by: lera | July 14, 2007 9:53 AM
gorgeous post, as always, alicia! i love it!!!
Posted by: Grace | July 14, 2007 11:34 AM
Oh those feet are too cute. Looks like you are having a great summer. Happy weekend!
Posted by: erin s. | July 14, 2007 5:18 PM
All of those are such sweet items of summer. Love this, especially the blackberries.
Posted by: Jen | July 15, 2007 1:47 PM
Cucumbers were my first grow. The whole summer nothing happened. In October, ONE cucumber grew. Then my dad decided (for the first time EVER) that he was going to go "weed the garden." And he thought my cucumber was a milkweed. So it went in the trash.
Cucumbers may have been my last grow too.
Posted by: kimberly | July 15, 2007 9:45 PM
just saw your fam simpson-ized! so fun!
Posted by: karen | July 15, 2007 11:04 PM
hee hee hee...we call line dried towels loofa towels...then suddenly it feels okay.
beautiful pictures...
Posted by: kristin | July 16, 2007 12:07 AM
Beautiful post, Alicia. Hope your weekend was wonderful.
Posted by: laeroport | July 16, 2007 10:39 AM
i love this post. happy mid summer.
Posted by: erin | July 16, 2007 11:38 AM
blackberries - yum. Sadly my hubby ripped most of ours out last year thinking he was helping. :(
Posted by: deb | July 16, 2007 11:46 AM
superbly wonderful pictures...
love the line dried bit, amen!
Posted by: Alissa | July 16, 2007 11:55 AM
to be six again and lay around during the summer months char
Posted by: char | July 16, 2007 12:01 PM
Sounds like a good summer - and educational to boot.
and 10 minutes in a dryer with half a dryer sheet works wonders to fluff the crunchy towels. Hey - we saved all that energy not drying them in the dryer; we entitled to a little fluffing.
Posted by: Amy | July 16, 2007 2:34 PM
Ah, good summer stuff. Minus crunchy towels!
Our cucumbers are crazy, crawling up fences and trailing off through the yard. Someone should really go work in the garden and get it under control...someone, not me mind you. :)
Posted by: Angela | July 16, 2007 3:49 PM
I found your blog via Honeyflake and I love your photos and the warmth of your writing style. Looking forward to exploring your archives!
Posted by: Alice C | July 16, 2007 4:11 PM
What wonderful things to have learned this summer :)
Posted by: Felicia | July 16, 2007 7:38 PM
lined-dried sheets. amazing. I totally agree. Towels I can stand. But jeans?? no way. But when electricity costs what it does...I'll take stiff jeans.
Posted by: mollly | July 17, 2007 8:25 AM
Your photos just say summer! I would love line-dried sheets, some day hopefully:)
Posted by: Chara Michele | July 18, 2007 10:08 AM