A penny for your thoughts

*** Update on Friday's vomit situation (thank you to everyone who left a comment)... so it turns out that the raccoons are not taunting us after all!! It's actually a fungus called Fuligo septica (Thanks for the link S!)

There's a really weird bug going around and guess who caught it? I have a sore throat and it's slowly working it's way to my head - ya know, that cloudy hazy feeling?! So odd, coz I was just thinking... wow, I haven't gotten sick in a while. OH IS THAT RIGHT? BAM! Here you go!

My weekend was a little stressful, work-related stress. I've been working on a big{ish} project for a while now and there's a big chance that it may not happen anymore. I'm not going to go into the details but the whole stress of it prompted me to rethink my work life. Mainly about blogging. Nothing to do with this weekend's events, but lately I've been thinking about it a lot and I'm starting to realize that this world/community, like the corporate world, has parts about it that I can certainly do without. I know, I know - very naive of me to think otherwise. Maybe I'm just meant to live in a secluded cabin (with a garden of course!) Or maybe my head is just cloudy from this damn bug and I'll feel differently about it next week.

Photo: beautiful peacock spotted on a berry picking trip last week

Freakin' gross

Calling all nature experts!!!



What the hell is this??? It's gross and foamy. This is the second time I've spotted this in the front lawn. I suspect that something furry has been vomiting all over our lawn. If I only had one guess....

These guys just can't get over it and have decided to taunt us for the rest of our lives!

Let's go Shopping

1. AG 17 Year Ex-Boyfriend Crop
I SO need this jeans!! Oh why oh why are you so pricey??

2. PEU, Camper
My friend Z has these and they are super ADORABLE!

3. Positivity Project Organic T-Shirt
I'm into Ts lately and this one looks so soft and comfy!

4. Marc by Marc Jacobs Strippy Zippy Tote
What?? I like to pretend that I would be the sort of person that could (+would) have $359.99 dollars to drop on a bag (a cotton bag).

5. Women's Toepaz-Hemp, Simple Shoes
My sister Ces sent me a link to these shoes, $19.50 + organic + free shipping? Can't go wrong. + she says they're super comfy.

Summer Lovin'

I bought a couple of these IKEA lanterns for $4.99 each and plan to hang them from our big maple tree (hook + fishing wire). I also plan to make my own lanterns ...



I scored a couple of good ones from a church rummage sale a few weeks ago. I love that blue one, I may just use it as a vase for my daisies :)

Post Holiday Blues

I always have a hard time getting back into the groove of things after a holiday. I have a tendency to mope around and pretend like I'm doing work when I'm really not. We had so much fun in Montreal - eating, drinking, listening to some really great music and hanging out with a few good friends. Even went to bed early last night AND still couldn't even get my ass up to run this morning and believe me, after this weekend I really needed a good run. There's just something about traveling - whether it's a 5 hour plane ride or a 6 hour drive, I require lots and lots of food to keep me busy. I have to have a constant stream of food/drink or else I go nuts.

Well, hopefully I get out of this funk soon. There's lots of work to be done!!

Mini Break

See you guys on Monday! Have a great weekend everyone!!!

Damn birds

Outwitted by nature again. We draped our blueberry bushes with netting but it was tough to get the netting to close at the very bottom on most of the bushes (next year we'll get larger nets). The tweetlings have discovered the entrance and have now been flying down and entering the bush from the bottom - all day access to our blueberries. I've been running out into the yard like a grumpy old woman with hands flailing yelling hey hey hey get outta there!

Trying to harvest as much as I can so we could at least have some before the bastards eat them all!

Live and learn.

WANTED

I bought this dress from Target a week ago and I should've bought more of them coz I'm so in love with it - it's available in this color (sort of like a brownish/aubergine), black and white. I went back on Saturday and there were none left AND it's not online.

Friends & sisters, if you spot them at your local store give me a shout please!! Hook a girl up (this color <<---- thx Karen!!!! or black in XS), I'll pay you back! The dress has a built in second layer tank-dress inside so it's not see-through. Two pockets. Oh and it's got pintuck detailing at the bib. I believe they were $19.99$24.99.

Spotted

I'm sad to report that this will be the final post for the spotted series (sniff sniff). A special couple wanted to say hello to all of you before setting off across the Atlantic...

A big thank you again to Mr & Mrs H for everything, I miss you loads!!

Spotted

A couple of days left and I think they've finally realized that they're actually on holiday!

First Berry

Spotted

SO good! I think they're on to me.... it's getting harder and harder to take the photos without them noticing!

Spotted

+ they've given us lots of pointers for next season!!