i heart travel

my newest obsession is this travel blog, i have spent an hour or more on it and am going crazy with travel lust. oh to have the funds for some of these vacations! i especially like the italian villas on the coast, this site keeps me busy for hours.

 the style of these pointy topped houses is called "trulli" and is from the puglia region of italy (the heel of the boot). there are houses along the coast made of mostly rock (small rocks too, how do they do that?) unfortunately i can't post the pics from this site, but i will put a few on with links so you can see what i mean!!

one of my favorites: here

 

new dog 101

so life around here has been all about less less less... evenings off, no meetings and no obligations other than picking tomatoes and watering... and pulling weeds (work of course but...i am talking evenings). OH and lots of dog walking, trying hard to get maggie to walk on the leash better. my goal is to run with her but so far if you start running, she starts freaking out... so its walking for now. 

 

 

my garden is overflowing with tomatoes so i asked my buddy jen if i could steam her kitchen up to 100 (or more) degrees and can some of them. lucky me she said yes!!




and of course chuy kept the girls occupied!



thank you jen for the dozen jars of salsa and i was so inspired i came home and made the best strawberry jam and a few jars of tomato sauce (bringing my own kitchen up to 100 degrees) but man, how good it feels to save some of summers bounty!!

survived camp shiwaka

spent the weekend recovering at camp gvl...

 

lost another tree to the bark beetle...



this tree hugger is bummed at the loss...



but we carry on.
loving this artist and this at the moment (special note, the marcy playground is of amazing importance because i LOVED their breakthrough album and thought they were a one hit wonder. oh was i wrong!! all their albums are insanely good... just like the dandy warhols are so yummy... check them out and enjoy!)

camp shiwaka day one

 












two groups, one week, wonderful time!!

100 Years of Camp Fire!!

 

singing "flicker" with emily and she gave me a big kiss at the end... ahhhhh!

Camp Fire Centennial

 
chris made an awesome display for us



yes i am on the display committee...





















so we have the displays up and tomorrow is the BIG DAY!! 100 years of Camp Fire!!

camp wintaka

emily just returned from another week of camp wintaka. while she was away i spent the week putting a photo album together for the centennial celebration, pictures of camp wintaka over the last 50 years. it was surreal to look at photos of camp while i knew my own daughter was experiencing it in real time. next year lizzie can go as well, not sure if she will truly be ready to go... but if she wants to, i will let her. 

 

 

i just showed emily the book i made and she was surprised at how much camp wintaka has changed. a big thing to me is the lack of "work" and "chores" at camp. i asked her if she had to clean the lodge (i found a great picture of a kid mopping the lodge) and she said "what?" when i went to camp we had to clean the lodge, the bathrooms, the showers... all sorts of chores that were a part of the camp experience.... hmmmmm will need to talk to the staff about this.



the gangs all back... safe and sound. every year more and more of my group goes to camp (six went this year) and i hope someday the entire group attends.