may I offer you a drink?

according to SeriousEats, “Vermouth and soda is a classic low-alcohol drink, enjoyed throughout much of Europe. It’s past time we Americans cottoned on, especially now that delicious, complex-tasting vermouths such as Dolin are available here.”  maybe the addition of cabbage juice is what’s needed to push it over that edge.

September 4 2013
(and I know, club soda and tonic water aren’t the same thing.  just go with it….)

shrubbery

so Doug and I planted this bush when we moved.  and it did very poorly.  then we had to move it to the temporary holding bed while we had the new porch built,  and it did very poorly.  then we disassembled the temporary bed and moved it again, certain that this would kill it.  and now it’s covered in little blue flowers and looking quite lovely.

September 3 2013

let’s go fly a kite

Doug figured out that there’s a little adjustment you can make on the kite for different wind conditions. we both had a lot more fun with it, and did a lot more experimenting with “steering” it, instead of just responding to where it went. this was a particularly windy day, but we still had a blast!

August 24 2013