it's too cold to wear this

I bought this dress in Antigua last year. It's much too cold to wear it right now, but the colors are so cheery! I've been slowly organizing my photos from this past year and uploading some of them onto flickr. It's been fun revisiting them. I hope you all have a nice weekend.

from the sea

Still dreaming of tropical water and air. And some things the sea washed ashore.

tropical

Antigua: that's where we went last winter. No trips planned for winter '09, so I'm just going to enjoy the memories. Today: snow on the ground, drinking chai, sewing.

Today is filled with hope!

and the winners are...

Thanks to all of you who left such sweet comments for the postcard giveaway!

The winners are:

Stylemaedchen

Michelle Y

Sarah

Happy Monday and please take a moment today to think about the great Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday. His life, his work and his sacrifice have paved the way for tomorrow's inauguration of our President Barack Obama.

grey

On a grey day this week, it's not suprising my camera found grey. It's incredibly cold here today and I will be wearing this sweater and cowl neck all day, perhaps all weekend. It's the sweater that makes me feel like I've raided the costume department on a Jane Austen movie set. I promised Esti I would show her.

Thank you for your wonderful comments this week in the anniversary post. I treasure each one and it's so nice to hear from you all. I'm extending the postcard giveaway deadline until Sunday, because why not? I'll let you know Monday when I draw the winners!

And lastly, this blog is brightening my days. Kim also has a lovely shop too, but perhaps you already know that!

Have a great weekend.

on the menu

Before I get to explaining the vegetables, I have to say a huge thank you to this kind lady who posted about me and my shop sale! Bliss is a spot I go to every day for a dose of beauty and I feel really honored that Traci was kind enough to mention me.

Now for the vegetables:

I haven't been posting too much about food lately, but believe me, I have been thinking about it! This winter we bought a share from Enterprise Farm, an organic farm out in western MA that comes to our city farmer's market every week, spring through late fall. Now we get a big box of assorted organic vegetables each week from Enterprise and are no longer slaves to Whole Foods for our veggies. I like Whole Foods, but it's really nice to be able to buy vegetables and fruit from a small organic farm that's local, although they partner with other small farms farther south to bring us some of the produce. Anyway, long story short, cooking with vegetables like kale, turnips, cabbage (things I normally wouldn't seek out to cook with) has inspired me to try new things, and these veggies we're getting taste so fresh...I swear I can tell the difference from the grocery store produce. Plus it's less expensive. So, the blackboard menu tells what we've been eating this week. It's not easy to get the kids to eat some of this stuff, just so you know, but they try it. When the box arrived yesterday, both kids separately asked me if there was any kale. And rejoiced when I said no. Oh, and my bible to cook with these days: Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison.