Hello there! Sorry I have been MIA lately, but I have found that as the weather warmed up I got so busy! I suspect that it's because I have been trying to be outside as much as possible and that keeps me away from the indoor things like crafting, computing, and reading etc. Pretty soon the Georgia sun will be accompanied by the sweltering humidity of summer and then I will be back to more of the indoor hobbies.
What have you been doing outside then you ask? Well I have been helping around the gardens and yard. I have helped my in-laws plant new plants like
Hydrangeas,
Knockout Roses and
Azaleas, as well as cut back and clean up the existing yard. The back porch has been our favorite place to relax in the warm afternoons. I have been known to read my Nook while Emily naps each afternoon enjoying the outdoors as long as we can.
You wouldn't know from my above ranting about the beautiful weather that I have been dealing with some really horrible allergies these last few weeks as well. It's our 2nd year down here in the South and I was literally surprised to wake up one morning feeling like I was going to die from my allergies. I got right on the new Allegra craze and suffered through a week of going through kleenex box after box while in an allergy daze. Even poor Emily had to be put on toddler Allegra because her little red eyes and running nose was too much to bear. BUT, the pollen snows of the April spring are subsiding now and we are more than ready to be well!
I'll end my post by telling you all about our recent fun activity. The time is perfect here in GA for the strawberries and we indulged these last few weeks stocking up. We went out to
Adam's Farms, in Fayetteville, GA, and picked buckets full!
I found that going out into the sweet smelling strawberry field on a nice cool morning seemed to sum up spring for all the senses. They were so red and all screamed take me home!
These strawberries are the most beautiful and sweet things in the world! Even better is that these guys are only $1.72 or so a lbs. and we went to town pickin' em'.
We took over 25 lbs. of them home that day and cleaned and froze the whole load to save for summer indulging! (Well...we did use a small amount that night though to make a fabulous batch of strawberry shortcake.) Teresa and I laughed because later that day Emily got up from her nap and came down to find the whole kitchen counter full of washed and drying strawberries. She was so excited and demanded a snack of them. She continued to steal strawberries all afternoon from the counter as she ran around.
If you have a local farm or farmer's market near by, I highly suggest you go out and indulge in the locally grown treasure! In a few weeks Adam's Farm will have blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries to pick and take home. Can you say Blueberry Cobbler! ;)
