Slices of Life

 In writing up my final post today I realized I must have forgotten to photograph one box somewhere along the way as I recounted our pick up days and found that we have had 17 Thursday pick-ups but I only have 16 photos. I'm betting there was zucchini, and corn, and tomatoes... and more of the same! LOL.  All in all this program was well worth the $500 it cost us at the start of the year as I feel 100% confident that buying this much produce over the span of 17 weeks would have cost me more than $500.  I feel like we did real well with minimizing food waste too and actually used 99% of what we were given. That said I think if we were to participate again next year I'd drop us down to the 1/2 share size only because the vast majority of the vegetables were only eaten by my husband and myself. And it really started to feel like a job to find something to do with the produce before it went bad.  Box 12:  Corn on the cob, zucchini, butternut squash, green beans, mini potatoes, toma

 This West London Life took over the summer photo scavenger hunt this year and while I haven't shared any updates as I went along I did enjoy participating!  The final linkup will be this coming Wednesday (the 2nd) but I decided to share my final round up of photos today since many of these are my favorite photos of the summer!  Family pet or cute animal a nest of baby birds Look up to the sky beautiful skies at the beach A colorful front door our front door What’s on your feet flip flops! Favorite Summer food/meal cookie jar ice cream Something with wings a beautiful pair of butterflies  Favorite Summer reading nook/space My back deck Something colorful in your garden/neighborhood hanging pots in the garden Moving water at the ocean Something that casts a shadow Ribbon canopies at the botanical gardens A kitchen utensil you hardly ever use My apple/peeler/corer A place of worship an old stone church Mark the passage of time high school graduation Your nation’s flag at the library

With the first official day of fall this weekend I figured today was the perfect time to share my fall bucket list and also look back on how I did on my summer bucket list!  My Fall Bucket List: Break out my puzzles again and work on a few Celebrate Evan's birthday  Go to the 21 Pilots Concert Go to the movies Go on lots of hikes Pick apples and make apple pie Decorate the house for fall Burn some fall scented candles/melts Make a new Spotify playlist  Find some good books to enjoy Work on another couple of painting/art projects Find a fun way to celebrate my husband's birthday! Send Alec a couple of care packages Enjoy parents' weekend at his college with him Try some new fall recipes My Summer Bucket List 1. Enjoy some fun and cute summer beach reads!   Check!  2. Try and get to the beach.   Check! 3. Spend an overnight near the shore with our friends -- Check! (See same photos as above!) 4. Celebrate my birthday-- Check!  Shopping day with my mom 5. Enjoy 4th of July wit