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Photo Fun Day Friday
Well, it’s been WAY too long since I have put together a Photo Fun Day Friday post. It’s been a busy couple of months. I went right from the holidays into my yoga teacher training program, into a month of catching up on work. February has been busy, hectic, overwhelming but as always – fun and filled with happiness.
Here’s some of my favorite moments for the last month and a half or so:
I found this ticket in an old jacket recently, when I was cleaning out some boxes. My husband Mark and I hadn’t yet met. I was at this show with a friend, and he was, as well. The story goes that he picked me out from the crowd, from across the room and pointed me out to his friend as the prettiest girl there. Flash forward a month later after meeting online, through some mutual friends. We are on our first (blind) date, we get to talking and he realizes he had actually seen me once before at a show, he thought. I didn’t believe him and he tells me exactly what I was wearing, right down to the jacket. 11 years later, I found that jacket in a box, the ticket from that show still in the pocket. We’ve since framed it, of course 🙂
I checked in on my garden after a month away and it was going nuts!
I finally got to take one of Kathryn Budig’s classes at YogaGlo. She is so sweet and I found out she actually has a print of ours on her alter at home.
On the Matterhorn at Disney. Took a day off to spend it with m
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Photo Fun Day Friday
After some serious down time on the website yesterday (so sorry if you were unable to get the site to load if you came here) and not being able to log in to the back side of my and post anything for the first half of today, I am so happy to be here and happy to be sharing some photos from the last week.
We have a busy work filled weekend ahead, but then we are taking a couple days off at the start of next week that we are planning to fill with some fun adventures. What do you have planned for this weekend?
This house of ours gets incredible light. It shines in every morning so perfectly right as we are waking up.
Got up early over the weekend so I started a fire and then made some grain-free banana chocolate chip muffins over the weekend using this recipe. Instead of strawberries and basil I added in two mashed ripe bananas (added a bit more almond flour), some cinnamon and some mini dark chocolate chips.
How beautiful is this juice? My post run juice Monday morning – orange, beet, carrot, ginger and strawberry. The photo hardly even does it justice.
Got our first CSA since moving out here. Until my veggie garden is in full effect, this is the way to go. All this for just $15 and certified organic.
I am still totally amazed that this is where I live now. Feels like perpetual vacation.
A new donation-based yoga studio opened here in Long Beach, Yogalution Movement and Ayurveda. I’ve been to several of their classes, it’s been great!
While obsessively trying to perfect a cookie recipe, I inadvertently didn’t eat or make dinner. So spicy chipotle stove-top popcorn was the answer.
I love getting texts from my 3-year old niece, Teagan.
In cleaning off some of the photos on my phone, I realized I never shared the two new tattoos I got just before I left Buffalo. First this “Seester” tattoo that both my sister Vicky and I got matching.
And of course I needed a little something to represent my hometown! B U F F A L O
We went to the opening party last night, for a new business in Santa Ana called Best Wines Online, where our very good friend Patrick is working. Drank wine and spent time with our good friends. Actually got a nice photo of the two of us out of the deal, this was before I splashed red wine on my ivory lace dress. Weee! -
Seasonal Shopping: Fresh Fruit & Veggies to Buy in October!
With the start of October comes a new shopping list of in-season vegetables and fruit. It may feel like with summer coming to an end and the cold weather looming, that produce would be limited and unexciting, but for my money October is one of the most plentiful months for fresh local produce here in NY state. With the much-welcomed cooler nights and mornings, we are seeing more greens again, if we are lucking there might be some peppers and tomatoes still lurking around, plus of course we have all of the squash, the apples, etc. So many fresh and tasty treats to get creative with. Look for a recipe here on Tasty Yummies later today that features some of this beautiful produce.
What is your favorite October produce? I think for me it is a tie between apples and pumpkins.
October Shopping List:
Pumpkins
Squash
Apples
Leeks
Swiss chard
Rutabaga
Concord grapes
Figs
Beets
Broccoli
Pears
Cabbage
Potatoes
Bok choy
Spinach
Turnips
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Seasonal Shopping: Fresh Fruit & Veggies to Buy in September!
As part of my ongoing guest posts with Free People, each month I will be sharing a seasonal shopping list of produce that is at it’s best for you to create deliciously inspired meals with. Although the onset of September reminds us that summer is winding down, it is one of the best months for delicious local, fresh produce, in my opinion! So many delicious things that have been flourishing and growing all summer long just waiting to be ripe and ready for the picking before the cool weather sets in.
Here is a list of some of my favorite produce that is in season right now!
Corn
Eggplant
Tomatoes
Peppers
Kale
Pears
Basil
Parsley
Beets
Grapes
Summer Squash
Green Beans
Spinach
Celery
Onions
Turnips
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Photo Fun Day Friday
Can anyone tell me where the last week has gone? It has just flown by. I feel like I just did my last Friday photo post. It has been a busy week over here, lots of social commitments, lots of fun, lots of work. We have a weekend full of stuff, too. The temperatures have started to drop, it is getting darker earlier, the nights are really cool and the stores are just filled with Back to School stuff. I am kinda not ready for the summer to end, personally.
How has your summer been? Are you ready for it to end or are you enjoying it?
A new art print that we printed this week! Available for purchase from our etsy store.
A new branding thing I am working on for a new line of Hero x Tasty Yummies prints I will be releasing later this year.
Beautiful, colorful goodness at the Elmwood Bidwell farmers market.
Last Saturday’s CSA share from Porter Farms.
Look at those beautiful rays shining through the clouds, over Lake Erie.
Ominous looming storm over the lake.
My adorable Seri being silly in the grass.
Discovered that our shed is the perfect place to practice my handstands. I love inversions.
Delicious, grilled sweet corn from the farmers market. Hands down, THE best corn I have ever eaten.
I have been wanting Tara Stiles’ newest book, Yoga Cures, for a while and I so luckily won it from Brooklyn Fit Chick.
Our good friends, Erika and Devin’s, sweet boston terrier, Mrs. Bean.
Hand drawing some type for a new art print.
I had the pleasure of babysitting my sweet niece, Teagan on Wednesday. We had so much fun.
Me and Teagan flipping off the couch and doing yoga. She’s a natural yogi!
Savoring the end of blueberry season. Gonna miss them. I made these delicious muffins from Healthful Pursuit, last night.
Got an advanced copy of the fall issue of Where Women Cook Magazine in the mail today. I have a 4-page spread featuring my chai concentrate recipe. First time Tasty Yummies has been published in a magazine. I am pretty excited about this.