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Monday, June 1, 2009

back to work/school, poppies, dinner with friends, the urban hot dog roast, yard work, summer-like weather





back to school breakfast...banana muffins, blueberry smoothie, and fruit salad...and of course, the gummy vites!


the picture pose these days always includes a glimpse of the tongue



an easy and great smelling way to freshen carpet (if you have it...works on rugs, too!)

baking soda
20 drops of essential oil - - I use an equal ratio of lavender and fir needle to try to recreate a fragrance from Caldrea's Lavender Pine line

Mix together in a jar with a tight fitting lid, let rest overnight, sprinkle generously on the carpet and vacuum up.



making chocolate covered strawberries for our dinner with friends, Kass and Matt


"Matt....Matt?.... are you in there?" Poppy and Sol buried Matt under a mountain of stuffed animals. I think they all had a lot of fun with this game!



Not exactly a ride on toy, but she looks happy on it!




funny Sol...notice the foot trying to keep him from attacking me!






Marshmallows roasted in the fire pit



...and Poppy prefers hers 'plain' (aka not roasted)


summer is truly almost here....a good watermelon!


dinner on the deck


Greg's water diversion project and great landscape touch


the urban camp dinner


beautiful flower basket from Kass and Matt - - makes the front porch so festive!


rub-a-dub-dub...Poppy's in the tub


hard at work


Poppy needs help to get into her 'baby-swing' but is too small for the other 'big-kid' swing so we taught the kids to swing together...fortunately, they love it and can do this all by themselves~





This blossom broke off of our Oriental Poppy plant we planted last summer. I brought it inside to see if it would still bloom and after a couple of days of it not doing anything....we woke up to this!





...later in the afternoon, we noticed this!



and Monday morning.......THIS! YAY!




Have a 'loverly' week!

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