Fair well dear sewing space, may we meet again soon.

I'm leaving in 48 hours. I am bringing a sewing project with me. And OF COURSE my latest knitting project. I even packed and extra ball of yarn, just in case I finish the sweater I'm making for Cliona. Just in case.

Packing up my sewing space was the hardest thing. I just couldn't seem to do it. I kept procrastinating! To the point of actually sewing a few things in stead of packing. One is a great little nightgown for Cliona. I will post it soon, well maybe not that soon. And I also finished a little cashmere hat for same spoiled princess.

Once I survive the redeye with two kiddos and a kitten cat, I'll be back!!

EAT MORE KALE

Kale Chips (see below)
Garlicky White Beans and Broth
Black Olives
Red Pepper Slices
Mini Seedless Cucumber sticks


This was a really satisfying and yummy meal enjoyed by little and big ones alike. We LOVE the garlicky white beans, and when I make it I use unsalted homemade lamb or beef bone broth. The Kale chips were inspired by another GAPS family - thank you Majica for the endless inspiration!

Kale chips:
wash and dry kale
ripe into small pieces
coat with salt and olive oil
spread on cookie sheet, kale should not be overlapping too much
cook at 350 for 15 minutes

We have a green circular sticker on our car that says "EAT MORE KALE"

Its a Vermont thing. On a recent trip to Mendocino, Ian and I feel in love with the area - to us its the Vermont of California. And we met some lovely people with another Eat More Kale sticker!!!!! Wow. I love this little green planet.

Market Berries

I set off this morning to enjoy a rare solo farmer's market trip. But, dear friends the closer I got to market, the heavier my heart grew. I found a shady parking spot just as the tears began to roll down my cheeks. Moving, really is not easy at all, despite my previous sunny post. I have really come to love our dear friends here in Sacramento. Oh big dear friends, I will miss you.

I have even come to love these wonderful farmers who have shared so much food, and so many smiles. I feel a responsibility to say goodbye to them, so when they miss me next week and the week after that they wont feel like they have fallen out of favor. The work they do is just so important and I feel so greatful. And, wow when I showed up to pick up our eggs today I got a great big hug from Kristy (the Chiken Lady). She could see I needed it, she knows we are moving and has predicted chickens in my future. I simply couldn't say goodbye to my farmers today, I have only one more market day and I hope my heart is lighter and I will tell them just how much I love them and all thier veggies, and berries, and meat, and fruit and eggs!


Usually I have Sylvan on my back and Clio by my side while I push our stroller full of market booty through the crowds. Well today they had to wait for berries until I got home. And they were oh so sweet (both the berries and the kids).
Cliona picked all the BIG berries for herself and piled them onto this little bowl. Thank you dear for the photo inspiration.

Moving, Again, for the 13th time in 10 years!

2001 Burlington, VT
2002 Seattle, WA
2002 Riverside CA (5 addresses locations)
2006 Montpelier VT (2 addresses locations)
2008 Eugene OR (2 addresses locations)
2010 Sacramento CA
2010 North East Kingdon, VT

My friends all think it is so amazing that I am not that stressed about moving. Well, HELLO! I am used to it by now. Just another adventure I guess. Selling all our furniture, packing the van and riding off into the sunset . . or sunrise, depending on which direction we are moving. Here are some pictures from the many, many homes I have shared with the man I love, who is simply compelled to move about once a year, and I just somehow keep following. We just celebrated our 10 year anniversary. We are both looking forward to 10 years of not moving . . .please.

Father's Day Sashiko

Father's day tea party. We spent a lovely afternoon eating coconut cupcakes, topped with fresh blackberries and keylime coconut frosting. Ohh, Dad loved the key lime adn that was special and made me happy. We also had homemade strawberry lemonade ;-).






The Presents: These practically deserve their own post. I really love them.

Embroidered wool photo book covers (photo books themselves were thrifted for $1 and 50 cents). The concept and basic technique was inspired by this tutorial, but the embroidery technigue is my version of sashiko stitiching. I first encountered it when I got the book Zakka Sewing from the local library.

The smaller dark green one is for my father, Poppie! The rows of stitching at the bottom, and the french knots at the top, were inspired from one of the projests in the Zakka Sewing book. When I was 16, Poppie took our family on a trip to Japan, so it seemed to fit to honor this connection on father's day. Poppie is a simple, zen kinda guy, one who would like to share photos of the grandkids with his friends, but doesn't like to fus with phots too much.

The light green one is for the Dad of our family, the adventurer and man "driving" every camping trip and this whole west coast adventure. I plan to fill this book with camping pictures from all of our adventures in California and Oregon. It will be a family momento of our west coast years (can see the ocean rolling into the mountains?). Over the years, I imagine the whole fmaily will enjoy this book, but it is also a way of honoring some of the family values that "Dada Ian" brings to our sweet little clan.