fireweed farm, and two views from my lap.

Honey-yogurt scones from the Fiddlehead cookbook.

Hiking this weekend. It was Narnia the whole way.

I listened to John O'Donohue speak on one of my favorite podcasts, On Being.

He spoke about beauty, and real friendships, and mentioned Blais Pascal, who said

"In difficult times you should always carry something beautiful in your mind."

There are such things as lavender cupcakes on rainy days.

"Peril, lonelieness, an uncertain future, are not oppressive evils, so long as the frame is healthy, and the faculties are employed; so long, especially, as Liberty lends us her wings, and Hope guides us by her star."

-Charlotte Bronte (from Villette)

hearty: two definitions.

A Man's Man.
from here


I made this, I ate this with marmalade, and learned soda bread is so easy.
And Seeded Soda Bread from 101 Cookbooks

"Rest is not idleness,

and to lie sometimes on the grass under the trees on a summer's day,

listening to the murmur of water or watching the clouds float across the sky

is by no means a waste of time."

John Lubbock

Starting Summer Off Right.