Last weekend we took the whole family to a nearby produce stand. We were craving something that tasted fresh from the garden and since I don't have my own garden, we found this place. The fields were full of fall-colored flowered. Can't wait for those cooler days to come. But for now, we are reveling in the height of summer sunshine and produce. It's easy to go overboard here and buy much more than you can use in the next few days. I don't even like okra but they look so inviting in those cute blue crates. These tomatoes inspired a caprese salad for lunch: tomato slices cut into quarters, hunks of fresh mozzarella, snipped basil leaves, salt, pepper and drizzles of olive oil and red wine vinegar. These strawberries wound up being dunked in Silky Chocolate Fondue . Every girl dreams of doing her shopping with one of these adorable woven baskets, doesn't she? Even the boys had fun playing in the sand while I took m
Lovely photos, Misty! Did you decide to go to Allume in the fall?
ReplyDeletelovely glimpses of spring beauty!
ReplyDeleteLovely photos - the flowers look beautiful!
ReplyDeleteoooh I have one of these tress in my back yard. So pretty
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!
ReplyDeletewhat have you got the blooming of the flower nicely mapped
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I literally got teary looking at these photos. I miss my native Atlanta so much in spring, and the dogwoods are at the top of the list of flowers that I miss. We have them here in Japan as well, but they love to tie them to stakes and straighten the trunks - just not the same as the twisty ones back home!
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my corner of the blogosphere... so fun to make new friends! :o)