happy monday!  we spent all weekend in asheville so that the hub could race in the french broad classic.  the sky showered us with rain, thunder and lightening at least once a day, but on our way home yesterday it stopped long enough for this rainbow to shine through.  isn’t it beautiful?  what a sweet reminder that there’s always beauty after the storm.

how was your weekend?

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hi lovelies! just wanted to pop in to say hello!  did you have a happy 4th of july?  we had a picnic up on the roof and watched the fireworks from there.  the weather was perfect, the food was wonderful and our tiny town even had a pretty impressive fireworks show!  i always give my girls our leftover watermelon rind (it’s their most favorite treat).  this is odessa, caught in the act (below).

i also wanted to draw your attention to a new section of the blog, our eat local page! here you’ll find the seasonal veggie guides, all of our seasonal recipes and a resource page on why we should eat local in the first place.  you’ll be able to reference it anytime via the pull down menu in the header up top.   below is the latest summer veggie guide:

see you tomorrow! xo, bonnie

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hello dearies!  the lovely amanda joy over at joy ever after passed onto me a beautiful blogger award last week!  it’s a fun way to learn more about our favorite bloggers, so today i’m sharing with you ten things about me, you may or may not have known?

anything you didn’t know? :) now i get to pass this award on to 5 more beautiful blogs! my picks are:

1. natalie from love, natalie 2. amy from handmade evolution 3. rachel from lovely clusters 4. sam from good measure 5. nancy from wolf and willow

now it’s your turn!

will you tell us one thing about you?

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hi love birds!  i’ve been doing a little house cleaning, and thought i would share the news!  i’ve moved some things around as well as added tons of new things to my etsy shops, so here’s a recap!

first off, aprons and tea towels have made the big move! you can now find all kitchen related goodies in the kitchen roost etsy shop.  here you’ll find aprons, tea towels, and organic shopping bags.

i’ve done quite a lot of work to my long neglected vintage shop, old renewed! here you’ll find vintage goodies to spruce up your your home decor, organization style and retro kitchen.

lastly, you’ll now find only eco-friendly wool felt pillows in the home to roost etsy shop! i’ve added lots of new designs and have a few more in the design stage, so stay tuned!

xox! bonnie

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well, i’m off to the airport to pick up my hub! he’s been gone all week to a stage race in minnesota. i’ll be so happy to see him! our ‘phone relationship’ just hasn’t been cuttin’ it.  the airport is about 3 hours away, so i’ll be slurping coffee and jamming to kanye for the next few hours in efforts to stay awake.  wish me luck!  xoxo, bonnie

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i’ve been thinking a lot lately about where the bulk of our money goes, and it’s caused me to think about priorities.  the things that aren’t so important, and the things that we’ve deemed most important, or ‘worthy’ of spending money on, without looking for the cheapest way out.  here’s what i came up with!

1. due to some injuries, not only do i need good, supportive running shoes, but i have to remind myself to replace them when i they’re worn out.  generally, you’re supposed to replace your shoes after about 400 miles, so for me that’s about every 6 months. don’t let me forget!

2. if i’m going to attempt to do the things ‘the right way’ by starting my own seedlings, i don’t want to skimp out at the gardening store (even though those cheapo seeds are tempting!).

3. i don’t want to spend 1/3 of my life on scratchy sheets, so i’ll buy the softest ones i can find.  not very expensive, my favorites are 100% bamboo and about $30.

4. i became a vegetarian largely to avoid the antibiotics and hormones found in meat, so i constantly remind myself that they’re present in non-organic dairy as well.  at all costs, i skip out on hormones and pesticides by buying organic dairy and veggies.

5. all those ingredients on generic makeup that i can’t pronounce just scare me! so i pay the price for ingredients that i can read and feel good about putting on my face.  i’ll often buy origins makeup or head to the health food store.

6. organic, fair trade, shade grown coffee- yum.

7. i’m not exactly sure why, but i just can’t skimp out on food for little toastie.  he’s like my son, so we feed him california naturals.

8. ok, i admit it. i’ve fallen for the ‘expensive’ jeans.  sure, it means that i can only buy 1 pair a year, but boy is it worth it!

9. i ain’t rasin’ my own chickens to eat the same nasties found in the non-organics at the grocery store.  i pay a pretty penny for organic chicken feed ($25/bag rather than $7), but i’ve never had a more delicious egg in my life!

10. a good camera can turn a bad photographer (like me!) into a somewhat decent one.  i have a nikon d40 and a canon s90 and they are so very dear to me.

so that’s it! what about you? what do you deem most worthy of your paycheck?

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