Happy Sunday and Happy Memorial Day weekend!
Our peonies are blooming and I couldn't be any happier. Other flowers are starting to pop and the yard is becoming gorgeous once again.
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Benji and I were chatting this past Sunday about Memorial Day; he said, “I think it’s a week from Monday.” I was sure it was two weeks out, but nope, just like that—snap—the end of May is here, the unofficial start of summer! I did tell him he was right! 😉 Or, as our kids would say, “You’re not wrong!”
I hope that you will take some time this weekend to read up on why we celebrate this holiday. It’s not just for BBQs and weekend getaways; we celebrate because someone lost their life while fighting for our freedom and serving our great country!
What's Happening
The cicada's have arrived! We are seeing the rare 17 year brood and it happens to coincide with another emergence of a yearly brood so we have double trouble.
Not only is it noisy at dusk, but it's noisy all day long. You can hear them buzzing close by and, because we back up to a forest, we hear this low buzz noise all day.
I'm thankful that our two dogs don't seem to care and that they aren't trying to eat them; however, I'm sure the birds and other animals are loving them!
Yesterday we spent the morning at the farmer's market as always. I recipe tested, while serving friends for dinner, last night using what I purchased at the market. You will see two of these recipes in the coming weeks.
We also went to an art show in a neighboring village. It's one of the largest around and one that we go to every year.
Parades anyone? Our village puts on a parade but we haven't gone since our kids were performing in the band many years back. I'm sure it will happen again once we have some grands in the family.
All of our kids are currently traveling so we won't see them this weekend. One couple is in Martha's Vineyard, one went to London and Ireland, and the last child is currently in Bangladesh for work!
Links And Products I Am Loving
- If you need gluten-free easy mixes and baking products, Mom's Place is having a sale this weekend!
- If you are looking for some fun summer items on sale at Amazon, this ice cream maker is terrific. I use this Silpat mat all the time. Nordstrom has it's annual Half Yearly Sale, Wayfair has a 70% off sale, and both Target and Williams Sonoma are running great sales.
- IYKYK - This feels like home....
- A decent list of beach reads for the summer.
- Are you old enough to remember these kitchen gadgets?
- An interesting read all about Veal. This one made me think!
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