Zucchini Carrot Bread

Jack and I had fun using the giant zucchinis from our garden to make a delish zucchini carrot bread! Yum! We made a bunch and tried out different combos. On the whole we used half whole wheat flour and half regular. We substituted apple sauce for some of the oil, and we added chocolate chips, raisins, and walnuts to one batch! yum!

Sauvie Love!

We were so worried that our beloved farm concerts would be canceled over a land use battle!
Thankfully farmer Don of Kruger farm got to continue the farm concerts, for now....
It was an especially incredible night. The weather was gorgeous, the music was wonderful, and the Audubon society had 3 young barn owls to release. It was surreal watching these gorgeous little guys get to fly free for the first time. They were siblings from an abandoned nest. After that the night was filled with berry picking, sprinkler running, and dancing! ohhhh heart!

Summer Treat!

I started the Aestlight Shawl by Gudrun Johnston for one of my dear friends for her birthday. I had some Blue Sky Alpaca light cotton in this rich teal color. Perfect summer treat knit. During my relaxing porch knitting session my son had decided that he would be a doxie pup for the day too and joined Jimmy in his crate...

A hat for Lincoln!

Lincoln just turned 1 yesterday and is the cutest cutie pie so I decided to use some leftover Blue Sky Alpaca dyed cotton to make him a stripey hat! My son, Jack-Jack, modeled it for me as I still need to ship it out to the birthday boy! We love you Lincoln pants!

Rosario Resort

On the first rainy day we visited a museum at Rosario Resort. It is the home of Robert Moran, a ship builder and mayor of Seattle. He purchased a chunk of the island back around the turn of the century and built the sprawling resort from the ground up. Later he donated the land to the public. Everything was beautiful and inspired from his days as a ship builder. Handcrafted molding and furniture everywhere, incredible light fixtures, an indoor salt water pool, and a music room that make you weep! It had the most gorgeous stain glass accents! Another interesting note was that he purchased the old street lights from Seattle and used them to line the pathways. Incredible place!

Raspberry Season!

We were blessed with an already established back fence full of the most plump and juicy raspberries! It is our favorite thing each year to graze daily on the sweet treats! I have yet to pull off a jam but we have had toppers for pancakes, ice cream, and yogurt! This year our new pup doxie, Jimmy, has indulged selecting only the ripe ones and carefully eating them off the vine. The kids will usually have red faces for a month! LOVE

Dreamy Alpaca

I stopped into Orcas Island's LYS called Poppies Fine Yarns. It was a sweet little shop with a super warm and welcoming vibe. The owner was down to earth and kind and showed me a dangerous little cubby of new local yarns she carried. Amongst the delish pile I found a heavenly skein of buttery soft cream colored alpaca and merino. It was made by her friend, she told me, who delighted in naming each skein after its wooly contributor. In this case it was Prada and Chanel! I would have loved to meet Prada and Chanel but our time there was coming to an end! After careful consideration I chose that skein, only $24!!! for handspun! and some new mission falls wood buttons for my Feb gal sweater! Yay!