homegrown.

we've spent the spring heading into summer focusing on our modest little vegetable garden. last year we had just one raised bed and it looked a little something like this:

it was wild and untamed and those poor tomatoes just couldn't hold their own weight. between eating out of the garden and getting our CSA box of deliciousness every other week, we were eating like vegan kings.

this year we decided to take the funds we would have used for the CSA and make a few more beds for food, and it's only the end of June but things are quite exciting out there.

the squash/misc. garden in the back.

the tomato/basil/sage bed in the front.

the greens garden in the middle.

Home

We've spent years and years in quirky rental apartments and homes, and I have to say that nothing compares to THIS home, our home. Whether it's the daylight streaming in on a Sunday morning, or the dogs lounging in the living room sun - nothing compares to spending a whole weekend at home and not feeling the least bit of cabin fever.  I love this place.

I found it odd that even the week we moved in, it already felt like our home. Every little improvement since then is just icing on the cake.

{photos © sweet beau}

hello, 2012.

It's almost the new year and I can hardly believe it.  This year felt like the fastest one yet.  It was crazy and busy at times, and slow and thoughtful at others. Overall a good, good year.

I've seen a few posts from some of my favorite blogs of life lists at yearly birthdays, almost like a bucket list for the year.  I'm awful at resolutions (mostly uttered on NYE and never thought of again), so I thought making a list might be a good way for me to be mindful of my goals before my 28th birthday in September. Some items on the list are ambitious, some are simple, but I love them all.  I showed them to M and he smiled and asked when I would write his down, too.

So without further ado, 27 before 28.