Summer is my favourite time of year, and we’ve been having such a good summer so far. We’ve had lots of relaxing time at home with the animals, the garden, crafts, books, baking and projects. We went up north camping for a week. We’ve met up with friends and family. There’s been strawberry picking, haying, bonfires, kayaking and swimming.
As I wrote last month, my goal is to do summer. We’re filling it with as much fun, relaxing, play and memories as we can, and there’s more to come.
Here are some of the other things that have been part of our summer so far.
Source: John Cialone
This North Carolina mountain home feels rustic, traditional and comfortable. A lovely getaway.
Our camping week highlighted how little I need social media. I came home and purged my Instagram. I’m now following only family, close friends and a few organizations that are doing work that’s important to me.
This artist’s silhouette drawings say so much.
Source: Sergio Duce
Seeing all the wildfires happening (and experiencing the smoke ourselves) has given me new motivation to finish my death binder. If we ever have to evacuate, having copies of all of these important documents will be helpful.
On the topic of wildfires, The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells was a tough, but informative read. “We are still building… committing ourselves blindly to generations being punished by natural disasters… We tell ourselves we are “developing” the land… What we are really building are bridges to our own suffering.”
Other gentler summer reads so far have been The Music of Bees and Crow Talk by Eileen Garvin. The Library of Unruly Treasures by Jeanne Birdsall was amazing for both Ellie and me.
“If we go through life assuming everything will be complicated, and then it is complicated, doesn’t that make us better prepared? … If we expect life to be complicated, and life is complicated, then life is simple, right?”
The Eyes & The Impossible by Dave Eggers
(Another good summer read. Though more life philosophy than a children’s book.)
Home on 129 Acres 