ingredients

3 new ingredients came home with me to my world from the grocery store yesterday.

loving the color of these brown cocoa nibs and their flavor.  so pure.

 large flake coconut is my current favorite snack.

and chia seed...loving the gloopy way it thickens liquids without heating.

all on their way to our stomachs and our emergency kit for that "just in case".  

reading

currently bringing up more questions than answers at this point:)

but inspiring all the same.

loving this getaway. would love to be gumby and walk into this book:)

loving the happiness in all the details here.

this weekend is the monster truck rally at the fairgrounds nearby.  we drove by today and it is aligning with big trucks etc.. 

i am so not that but...at the same time the noise is grounding and powerful and raw in my rural surroundings.  i love it here in sonoma county ca. and it's simplicity...so close to all that is me and not.

tonight was pizza night as thursday always is.  homemade dough and sauce...and whole foods pork apple sausage and olives were the toppings.  it always changes and is always new:)
"yum" in my world is always the priority!

i love this

keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life - proverbs 4:23

today

i bought some "pink knotweed" today:)  i have admired it for so long in historied gardens and today i realized the scale of the tiny blooms were perfect for my miniature wanderings.

i would much rather study and admire tiny plant forms than do anything else. quiet tiny daydreams are my habitat.

two favorite tiny views

trying a new way to serve up our tiny tea service in our etsy shop...with woolen steam:)  in celebration of how much i love tiny curly woolen forms.

the tiny shoe we use to prop up our acorn pouches if they want to be lazy and roll over and not sit up straight and tall for the camera.

i love the train for travel.  my spring vacation was spent half on the train across a piece of the usa to the high desert of new mexico. 6000 ft of high desert for 4 days in the middle of 2 days train travel in both directions.  i got a spider bite that itched incredibly...and cleared many cubic feet of tumbleweeds.  not ready for home again after the time away but...i have been with acorn pouches and nut boxes trying to begin again.  so much to finish, so much to photograph...sigh...how to get there quickly and efficiently in the midst of housework and caring for the family needs?

tonight was big salad night with mixed greens and chicken and onion and avocado and pate choux cheese puffs.  i loved the informality/spontaneity of all tonight.  so much catch up after time away...finding my center mostly and the launching pad from home to all the satellites in the universe of miss t:)