Weed!

Okay, that title should be weeding, but hey made you look! Today was the perfect day to spend out in the garden doing the least favorite task. It was overcast but not too cool. All the damp Seattle summer has made for a bumper crop of weeds. I pulled up eleven (yes that's 11) wheelie buckets full of them today! Three from the front flower beds and 8 from along the back fence line, including the ginormous dandelions that were hiding behind the berry patch. I sure hope I can move my back tomorrow.

Speaking of the berry patch, it's taking off! Today, we harvested strawberries, raspberries, and the first of the blue berries. We had the former as part of our shortcake dessert tonight. The other two kinds went on pancakes this morning. Yum! I love berry season.

We finally made it to our local Wednesday farmer's market. It used to be really, really small, but now has lots of variety. Of all things, we found a gal who sold British sausages and bacon made on her local farm. Among the other highlights were the Philippine lumpia stand and a local jewelry artist whose silver and natural gemstone work is exquisite!

Since Ari and I were soooooo tired from going to the midnight showing of Eclipse last night (our fav of the 3 movies so far), Alex and David commandeered the kitchen tonight. While they made tostadas with all the trimmings. Us girls: read a book, drank a latte, and built a tower out of Lego. Just try to guess which girl did what.

Alert: Check tomorrow's post for a special photo!