Friend Making Monday

I'm slowly getting my stuff together since returning home from the big road trip the Pixie Household took to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  I'm not fully back into my routine and getting there seems to be a bigger struggle than I originally anticipated.  I don't know if it is getting older or what, but I think I need some recuperating time from my mini vacation.  Either way, I'm diving into Friend Makin' Monday.

If you’ve taken part in FMM then you know the rules. If you’re new, please take a moment to answer this week’s question on your own blog, then add your link in the comments section at All The Weigh.  This will give everyone who participates the chance to click on your link and see your FMM questions and answers. Please invite your blog readers to add their links at  All The Weigh too, so everyone has to opportunity to be seen. The idea is to connect with other awesome bloggers so take a moment to post your own FMM post and comment on a couple of other posts. Now it’s time for this week’s topic!

Summer Fun

What is your favorite summer fruit? I have several but the top ones would be cantaloupe, raspberries, and peaches.

Do you know how to swim?  Absolutely! Swimming was my thing growing up.  Every summer I was either in the pool or at the beach.

Do you prefer sun or snow?  I prefer the snow.  I admit I prefer cooler weather to warmer weather.

What temperature do you like most inside your home?  I keep it in the low 60s.  I sleep better and think better when it is cooler.

Is it humid where you live?  Unfortunately, it can get humid.  Luckily, it doesn't get as bad as it does in other parts of the country.

What is your favorite food to put on the grill?  Nothing.  I don't grill.  

Do you prefer to wear a one-piece  or two-piece swim suit?  I wore a 1-piece once in my life.  I was about 2 years old at the time.  It wouldn't matter if I was a size 0, I still wouldn't wear a 2-piece.

What is your favorite summer drink?  Lemonade.

Do you prefer the pool or the ocean?  It really depends on a lot of things like whose pool? The community pool? Hell no! My pool... Oh, yeah.  Though, first I need to get a pool.  I do like the ocean, though I don't like that salty film that settles on my skin, hair, and whatever I'm wearing. I like rivers and lakes too but circumstances do matter. 

What are you looking forward to most over the summer?  My family may be having a get together in July, which would be nice because there are some people I haven't see in a long while.  Other than that, I'm looking forward to summer being over because then it means autumn... My favorite time of the year!

Still Here...

Hi, Pixie Pals! I am still here, but I'm taking a little break from blogging.  The reason for my break is I've been on the road traveling for the past couple of weeks, and time and energy has prevented me from blogging.  But I have a lot to share with all of you, so I'll be back online Monday.  I just need to get cracking on processing all the photographs I took.  There are thousands of them!

But a little teaser of what's to come...

• I actually won something cool...
• I did a major road trip with the Pixie Household...
• I have another major road trip coming sooner rather than later...
• I've stepped into becoming more technically current...

Until then - I'll see you on Monday!

The Back Garden...

The Pixie Household hit the garden center over the weekend.  We've been working furiously to get the garden in shape before we hit the road for Wisconsin, so we thought a trip to the garden center was called for - just to pick up a few bits of color to plant around our patio area.

I have to say, I love the color of lilies.  I love the color of these lilies a lot.  But, we already have lilies growing, so I skipped this purchase.  However, I couldn't resist snapping a few photographs.

I fell in love with this baby many years ago, bought one, brought it home, and planted it.  Within a couple of years, the blasted thing had taken over the garden.  We're still fighting it.  It has now popped up in our yard, it's growing through the tiles on our patio, and it is desperately trying to take over.  I hate it.

I loved these orange lilies.  They were one of the fixture of my childhood - bursting from the corner of the little white cottage I grew up in.  

Salvia is a regular fixture in our garden.  This year is no different.

 

Columbine is another fixture.  It's actually our family flower, for hundreds of years, so we always make sure to have plenty of these delicate beauties adding a little color to our little piece of summer.

Then Naughty Pixie took over the shopping cart.  The herbs dominated, and when we got back home to do the planting - it felt like all I was planting were herbs.  An example... This curled parsley.

Cilantro...

More parsley - only this time it is Italian Parsley...

And we cannot forget the pot full of thyme.  There are more herbs (rosemary and chives to name a few), but this blog posting would go on for hours if I posted it all. 

One thing is certain, our garden this year will be pretty, smelly, and full of good stuff for Naughty Pixie to cook with... I believe my work is done (for now).