During our time in Scotland we took a day trip to the Highlands. We hopped on a bus in Edinburgh at 8am and returned to the Royal Mile at 8pm. It was a long day of riding and sightseeing but all of the views were amazing and the trip turned out to be one of…
key lime pie with pretzel crust
I had every intention to post this recipe yesterday, as I usually do. I had all of the pictures ready, the recipe written on a note card, ready to be transcribed, but I have bad reactions to bug bites and stings. What does that have to do with this post, you ask? On Saturday I…
link love
It’s Friday and I’m ready for the weekend. Ready for sleep and relaxation. We’re so close! via Here are some links from this week: I know I have mentioned shadows before but I think the dispute over building shadows in NYC is so interesting. Central Park is free for the public to enjoy. It is…
scotland part II: arthur’s seat
While we were in Scotland, we spent one afternoon climbing beautiful Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh. Arthur’s Seat is the main hill in Holyrood Park, right next to Holyrood Palace, where Mary, Queen of Scots, lived and where Queen Elizabeth stays when she visits Scotland. Scotland was chilly and none of us had taken our jackets off…
a new phase
Today is a different Monday in our little abode. It is a day of routine-breaking, of breaking out of comfort zones, of new beginnings. It marks exciting changes for both of us. Today Will started his second year of medical school and I started in a new job. Until today, we had our summer routine…
brown sugar peach shortcakes with basil whipped cream
Summer produce is the best. With one look around the farmer’s market you see yellow squash, zucchini, blackberries, peaches, watermelon, corn, the list goes on and on and on. Everything is so fresh, vibrant and flavorful. Last weekend on his way home from a quick trip to Alabama, Will stopped by a large farmer’s market…
link love
Happy Friday! We made it! via I hope your weeks went well. It is hot and humid here which makes it hard to believe that the school year is about to start again soon. Will’s classes start on Monday and the rest of the university follows suit soon after that. Summer is so distinctly different…
scotland part I
Scotland. Oh my, Scotland. Let’s go back, shall we? Will and I recently returned from a two-week vacation in the UK with my family and some family friends. We visited Scotland and England and packed the trip full of great views and historic sites. During the five days we were in Scotland we stayed in…
no-churn chocolate chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream
The summer after I graduated from high school I worked in a small local ice cream shop. The shop opened a month or two before I applied for the job and I’m pretty sure they were just desperate for anyone who was willing to learn how to make waffle cones and work minimum wage. The…
link love
via It seems like forever since there was a Friday link love! My bad, sorry about that. No worries though, we are back in action! I have notice that I go through phases in my website viewing. Some weeks I read a lot of news stories (spoiler: not this week), sometimes I look at a…