there's no place like ashfield

last friday, sara and i ventured out to the quaint and tiny town of ashfield, mass to visit our lovely friend, miss rose. it was picture perfect and a nice escape from the city. saturday morning we were awoken by the enchanting sounds of flute and fiddle cascading up the hill into rose's bedroom window from the farmer's market RIGHT NEXT DOOR! not only did we attend the market and empty the contents of our wallets there, we got to collect eggs from the coop and play with the 8 week old goats! it was dreamy...

here comes the summer!

fiery furnaces- here comes the summer

jam-in'

with a little bob marley and a lot of fresh local vermont strawberries, my mom and i conjured up some sweet strawberry jam this weekend. the color is so summery--i love it. and can't wait to try it on biscuits! ps- i have some extra if anyone's interested

camping & speakeasies

knife skillz required

last weekend while camping out for memorial day weekend, my friend liz made some amazing food that so good that i couldn't resist buying the cookbook the recipes came from the moment i got home. i re-created one of the fabulous dishes liz made-- "seaweed and cabbage saute." check out liz's beautiful blog here! thanks, lizzie!

tomatoes, peppers and sage oh my!

yesterday, sara and i took a trip to mahoney's to pick up some veg plants for our mini garden and some unique indoor plants for my recently acquired chemistry vessels (which were destined to be thrown out but i spotted and snatched them up just in time!)

all the junk in my trunk!