oh kristin. my heart is aching for you as i read this. sending hugs your way. xo.

i love. love love. i want the whole series on my wall. in the kitchen. love. (and suddenly regretting that i bought the yellow ones. must go back for more.)

ok, i did it. i made the pie and i took it to the pot luck and everybody agreed that it fully deserved the name. delicious! in the end, i used this version of the recipe which is slightly different from the one you linked to. my only adjustment was to the baking time - the recipe calls for baking 25 minutes and i baked much closer to an hour because the center just seemed too runny. however, the pie set up completely in the fridge, and next time i will reduce my baking time (though i'll still bake longer than the 25 minutes called for) and trust that the filling will set fully in the fridge - which i think will make for an even more velvety pie. a must make. thanks again for the introduction to the recipe!

something we love to do. i have a batch frozen right now - waiting for next week to make some matzoh balls and eat it up!

my muffins were a hit!?! yay. so thrilled to know that. (we ate them this morning too, and thought of you, of course. thank you for that.) i love your candle tradition, too. i'm thinking about how i can bring a little bit of candle light into our life between now and the start of our festival of lights - in some meaningful way. happy thanksgiving grace! xoxo.

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes. xo.

grace! these are be-autiful. thank you for the directions - i think we'll make these for the solstice. xo.

yes yes yes yes yes.

ack! invite me next time? please?

oh grace. amen. i hope today is brighter, of course. xo.

you know, i have such a hard time with the change of seasons. it takes me til the middle of the new season to let go of the old, and then a bit longer to make friends with the new. i'm encouraged by your change of habits, and hoping that mine aren't too far behind. (though now that i think about it, i've been making loooots of soups lately. and wearing scarves. those are fall habits, right?)

so maybe that's why i like bloggy people - the overthinking. love it. and the envelopes, of course.

every single time i pick up the paint brush (or think about picking up the paintbrush) i wonder if anything is going to come out. every time.

first, i have to tell you that homemade lemonade popsicles are a huge favorite around here. in constant rotation with homemade chocolate milk popsicles. and second, i have to tell you that i love making little necklaces like these! i've also used black silk cord and a single larger shell to make gifts. can. not. wait. to. get. to. the. beach.

the sweetest, as usual. (but what will you do now for eggs!?)

what are you trying to do to me with those kitten pictures!?!

happy birthday! six is so good.

safe happy travels, sarah! looking forward to hearing all about it. (and to your east coast trip in the fall!)

i cancelled all of my magazine subscriptions a few years ago. every single one. (though dave still gets newsweek, a gift from my mom.) i just felt that there were the same ideas over and over again. and the same things making me feel all want-y and inadequate. and all of the inspiration i used to get from magazines, i can find on the internet (which is another story). and they were piling up. and taking me away from reading books. and making lots of recycling. that said, i do miss them sometimes. and think about buying them in the grocery store. but so far, i've stayed strong. this last airplane trip, i didn't even buy any in the airport. sad. but true.

can. not. decide. will have to revisit shop later. (ps. i just mapquested directions from my house to yours. 17 hours. which i think is too many hours for drinks and bbq. sad.)

i'm wondering why you close them at night. i love the ritual of opening the windows - at any time of day. and is there anything that i do every morning? not so much. though i used to step out onto the porch first thing to breathe the morning air. i think i ought to go back to that one. (and this picture? love.)