Monday, June 21, 2010

Laundry Room


Besides the obvious washer and dryer what does a laundry room need?  Water in and water out.  Last week we had pipes installed for a drain, hot water and cold water hook up for our new laundry room (old storage room). 




 
Britton then filled the hole he had jack hammer only a few weeks ago with new concrete.    We are a few steps closer to one of these....
 via House and Home 
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An Open Door

Britton recently started his own construction company.  The name of his company is Winters Construction.  I am so proud of him!

Farmers' Market

First Stop Saturday morning was the local farmers' market.  I LOVE the farmers' market.  Many other people in our town LOVE the farmers market;  this is quite evident at 7:15am Saturday morning when you cannot find a place to park!
I came home with Zinnias, Milk, Peaches, and Blueberries.  The milk is from the Brown Family Dairy down the street from our house.  It is so good.  Last year I even called my mom to tell her about the non-homogenized milk where the cream rests on the top of the milk.  She told me that is how she had milk growing up not far from where the Brown Family Dairy is now located.  It seems word of this local dairy made it to the The New York Times where you can read about the Brown Family Dairy. 

With all this fresh fruit, I'm planning on making a berry peach cobbler tonight for dessert.  It was on the cover of Cooking Light last summer when I didn't have a kitchen.  A year later I'm going to finally try it out.
If our back porch was complete, that is where I would want to eat this cobbler, but since it is still a work in progress, check out these inviting alfresco dining spaces.
Country Style
Elle Decor
Martha Stewart


P.S.  Happy Father's Day, Dad!  You are the best!  

Happy First Day of Work, Ashley!  Can't wait to visit you in Nashville!













Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Eat your Vegetables!

This is what our raised bed garden looked like a couple of months ago.  Last year Britton and I had one raised bed garden.  This year we were ambitious and added a second.  We used our compost to fill half of the new garden and our neighbor let us get dirt from his farm. 
And now...

 
I'm still waiting on my first red tomato.
And now in my kitchen...
Squash, Banana Peppers, Green Tomatoes, & Red Cherry Tomatoes


Our garden is producing so much more this year than last year.  What's the secret?




Monday, June 14, 2010

A Tale of Four Littles

My sister-in-law Whitney just started blogging.  She blogged about her recent trip to visit us!

Whitney and Boston are always doing something exciting!
A Tale of Four Littles

Beach Trip in Pictures





Grayton Beach, Florida (View from beach chair)





Thursday, May 20, 2010