Merry Xmas 🤶

New haircut! I lopped off several inches and cut long bangs again. Much fluffier and healthier.

Central Oregon

Halloween movie night… The Evil Dead with pumpkin pie. 🎃

Honey poached quince and pomegranate on my oats. Feels very wintry already!

Fall walkies with Miss Lucy

Stitchfest 2023. I had the best time and met such amazing people!

Fall so far. Now to figure out what to do with a quarter bushel of quince.

📚 Just started reading Wellness by Nathan Hill, and it’s drawing this old Gen X’er in on pure 90s nostalgia so far. Can’t wait to get deeper.

We call this “double decking”.

Brunch at Canard with mom

Lucy and her buddy, Jet.

Early morning walks with Miss Lucy

Fruit bonanza 2023

Back to school. Met so many amazing people from around the world while in Boston the last week.

Those pink toe beans and tail curl! He lives to stretch out on the window like this in the morning.

Me and my bestie ❤️🐶

The apples are almost ready for harvest. This year, I finally learned a bit about pruning, but I think I was too conservative. Still too much fruit, but that’s ok.

Blackberry season in full swing.

Stand off! Lucy isn’t afraid of the kitties in the slightest, but for some reason when they’re waiting at the bottom of the stairs she’s suddenly very respectful of their space. 😂

Morning walk, evening walk

Rusty!

Blackberries on blackberries. Smoothie bowls on repeat, with nut butter, cashews, coconut, hemp seeds, and cacao nibs.

Green beans from the garden with farro, walnuts, and dill.

Hammock kisses

Fren?

Wildflowers in my new vase

Our late July backpacking adventure along the salmon river, more challenging than anticipated but absolutely beautiful.

New fabric for making some easy projects like tote bags. Pre-washing is about as much as I can do today while Lucy naps.

Rusty and Duke are keeping their distance, but they’re very curious about this new creature. Rusty in particular is keeping tabs on her.

It’s Lucy! She’s starting to settle in, learning to use the stairs, and becoming (cautiously) acquainted with Rusty and Duke.

The annual birthday hike 🎈

A gift for me, and one for Duke.

These guys. 🙄

The evening walk down the hill

Afternoon on the lawn reading Jeanette Winterson and eating cherries in the sun.

Pre-birthday brunch with the fam ❤️

A colorful salad: greens, pineapple, avocado, plantain chips, toasted cashews, and jerk tofu with a tropical green dressing. Smoothies and salads all day every day.

Morning and evening walks, such a different experience from the rest of the year, when everything’s covered in mist.

Hand stitching a hem on my birthday dress. 🎂

Morning in the garden

Lucinda

Hanging lanterns in the new shed!

Evening walks down to the creek.

Strawberry sorbet 🍓 so easy and delicious!

Installed a rose arch, and Kenn made some planters out of old wine barrels.

Before and after. 😒

Unpacking treasures from the local antique store, while Rusty plays with the box.

Brunch at Canard

New favorite pants!!! Can’t wait to make these in every favorite color. Seamwork Chelsea jeans with a modified leg shape (video forthcoming on the Seamwork YouTube channel).

Twinning

Summer party with the rose ladies!

Ireland - Tramore

Waffles, a full day of landscaping the garden, and a green tea mochi. Perfect Sunday.

📚 Finished Bowling Alone, a worthwhile 500 pg slog.

Spring flowers in Portland, then a drive home through a thunderstorm.

Palm Springs day 2

Palm Springs

Cinnamon doggy

Eggs from the neighbors’ chickens.

Bros

Backpacking in Henry Coe state park

Morning ritual

Coconut oat cookies. I add 1/2 tsp kosher salt, vanilla, and (this time) some dried cherries.

Mini horses!

📚Finished reading Existential Kink. Verdict: 👎

Pancakes for lunch. Again.

My Vietnamese violet in bloom.

Wearing the sweater I recently finished knitting. In love with the color.

📚Currently Reading Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, which is much sweeter than expected so far. I’m not quite drawn in yet.

📚 Currently reading Desigining Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life. So far, it’s got some solid advice and smart, practical exercises rooted in design thinking.

Caturday with Rusty

Family dinner, featuring the clementine cake from Benjamina Ebuehi’s The New Way to Cake.