Of all of my favorite things to do when we travel to California, visiting family in Ojai tops the list. My husband’s great aunts and uncles have lived there for decades and seeing them each year – where not much has changed besides the size of my children – fills me with a familiar peaceful…
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While in California we make a point to always bring the girls to Butterfly Beach. It is where we were married years ago and remains one of my all time favorite places on earth. This year we had a celebratory almost 11 year anniversary high tea at the Biltmore before heading across the street for…
It must really be spring when the vegetable garden is planted and thriving, the lawn is freshly mowed, the butterfly garden is blooming, the hose is out, bathing suits are on, songs are sung in after dinner concerts on the porch, and the evening light is glorious… The last of my (backlogged) spring garden series….
Last year we started our little veggie patch. It was an experiment that yielded great results: more tomatoes than we could eat, the most healthy looking basil plants I’ve ever seen (there’s still some pesto in the freezer), zuccini, lemon cucumbers, strawberries, and more. That was all from one little rectangular bed (shown here). This year…
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