Our Life In Pictures - Springtime

I can feel it in the air. Summer is right around the corner and I cannot wait. Rob always teases me that I'm always so excited for the next season (usually when the current ones are not even half over). In the dry end of summer days I yearn for the crisp, cool days of fall. By about the 60th rainy day I'm ready for snow and twinkling Christmas lights. When I'm tired of scraping the freeze off of my car and going to work in pitch black I can't wait for the lighter days and the cheery spring flowers. And when Oregon gives me torrential spring rains I am giddy at the thought of steamy summer evenings drinking tall iced teas in our hammock under the grapevines.

Oregon always teases this time of year. Giving us a couple days of balmy, sunny weather...only to then keep us on our toes by bringing in near freezing temperatures just when I had gone out and bought four new summer tops and scored a great deal only shorties and tanks for Lucy. It's always a bummer to bring back out the winter sweaters after you've already sported a tank and shorts. And I shaved my legs for this?

 

Two weekends ago the Farmer's Market opened up. Do you have one near you? We start counting down the days starting in April for the beginning of market season. We are huge fans of the market and go every weekend without fail. The first market day did not disappoint, the weather was lovely and we scored some beautiful basil and tomato plants which just called my name to make a plateful of bruschetta and enjoy it outside on the patio al fresco. It's lovely. It means summer is literally knocking on our door. Horray!

Here are some pictures of our last couple weekends of fun times, in good weather and in bad! Also, notice the new "do"? Lucy got her first haircut!

“Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.”

-Yoko Ono

Autumnal Fun in Pictures...

Last Saturday we had a day of Autumn fun-- a trip to our local Farmer's Market, a jaunt to the park and then I baked a pie (my very first EVER!) and took along our new camera (a Canon EOS 50D) to document our Saturday of autumnal fun...

Getting ready...



In the Ergo to the market...




Pretty lady...




The Beaverton Farmer's Market...




So earth friendly!...




Delicious...




New "green" cups that the vendors are using, I was so impressed I took a picture...




This is how vegetables should look...




Pumpkins and squash...




The Rob...




Fun in the sun at the park...




Fall colors...




Inspecting a stick...



Little Lucy...




Discussing world peace with daddy...




Fun with mom...




So beautiful...




We are so lucky...




Kisses...




Favorite pony...




My first, and very successful, attempt at pie-making (Butterscotch Pear Pie from Gourmet Magazine)



So delicous...



The end...

"Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever..."
-Isak Dinesen

Welcome October...

Fall is my most favorite season. I love those first gusts of cold air and the wind beginning to whip the leaves around like confetti across the roads. I love the colors--the fiery reds, the warm browns and the cheerful yellows. I love fires in the fireplace and pumpkin scented candles. I love hearty meals (cooked by my very own personal chef, Rob) like pot roast, roasted butternut squash, meatloaf and mashed potatoes. I love wrapping myself in cozy sweaters, knit scarves and pulling out the tall boots. I love the cheesy Disney Halloween movie Hocus Pocus, which Rob searched for high and low for a couple years ago, that we're planning on watching tonight. I love going to the pumpkin patch and taking the hayride to choose our pumpkins out at Sauvie's Island. I just love everything about it! But this year I love this most of all:


Hurray for Lucy's first Autumn! What do you love about fall?

PS. Awhile ago someone mentioned to me a better option for posting pictures on my blog so that they come out clearer. I cannot find the comment and my pictures aren't looking as good as they should. Can anyone help a gal out?

"No spring not summer beauty hath such grace
As I have seen in one autumnal face."
-John Donne