Monthly Archives: July 2011

I spent the weekend doing this;

It’s a new workout program, it’s called “Deep Squats for WILD BLUEBERRIES”.  It’s highly effective.

Tones the tush and fills the belly.

You know what else is a highly effective workout?

14 miles over two days with a pack on the back!

This type of body-mind-spirit workout requires complete disconnect from the real world and the cellphone and iphone were left in the car for all of the 18 hours we were in the woods.

Tate and I spend a lot of time together, at work and at home, but there’s no quality time like hiking time.  It was a little extension of our anniversary celebration. 🙂

Our “second honeymoon” suite. 🙂

Hope you too had a fit and fabulous weekend!

Last Friday I declared this “eat from the garden week”.

I had no idea at the time how true that proclamation would be.

Our garden is bursting with cucumbers, green beans, peppers, and the first ripening tomatoes.  As if that wasn’t enough, I had the pleasure of foraging in Thomas Jefferson’s garden at Monticello on Tuesday night.

My friend Natasha works for the foundation and she and I had the hilltop to ourselves as we picked beans, pulled beets, and watched the sunset.  A total win as a foodie and a total fail as a blogger-I forgot my camera!

I did get a few shots after hauling my bounty home.

I’ve been in the kitchen for days, my pressure canner is now fully broken in and my tiny kitchen is swollen with veggies.

I’ve got to scoot, there is a bag of cucumbers waiting for me to turn them into pickles!