Stick With Me

This song has been swimming through my head for days.  

This couple is so super talented and spirited, I cannot get enough of their sound.  

          UNDER THE BRIDGE - Nicki & Tim Bluhm "Stick With Me"

Peach Torte

I brought home a huge basket of local peaches from the farm yesterday.
 Now that Irene has me indoors, I am baking up a storm... until the power goes out.
This is a favorite family treat, takes a little time to make
and your entire house smells YUM. 

 

Fruit Torte      

 freshest fruit (peach, plum, berry)    

1 cup sugar                             

1/2 cup butter

2 eggs 

1 cup flour

1 tsp. baking powder

pinch o'salt
Cream butter and sugar, add eggs one at a time.

Add dry ingredients, blend well.

Spread batter into a spring form or square glass 9" pan.

Cover batter with sliced fruit. 

Sprinkle cinnamon, sugar and lemon juice.
Bake about 1/2 hour at 350.
voila!
It will be gone in split seconds.  

weekend window

                                                         

                                                             Welcome to the weekend...

                                                                 open here and  dive in.

The Girls

 

Lauren and Amanda have worked at Beehive since we opened our doors 3 years ago. 

We have learned LOTS together... 

they taught me a thing or two about stuff and life 

and being a senior in high school.  

I like to think I shed a little light on their lives as well. 

I will miss working with them, their smiles and constant chatter, their jokes and stories, 

their wonderful ways with the children.

It's time for them to set off and spread their genuine loveliness elsewhere. 

I miss you already... come visit when you can!

BEEHIVE WORKshop

ART WORKSHOP
before back to (WHAT??) School!
Mon, Tues, Wed 
AUGUST 29, 30, 31  11am - 1pm Design and create back-to-school essentials... file folders, journals, mini notebooks, pencil cases, pen holders and school calendars, as well exploring a  colorful menu of mixed media projects, collage, sculptures and paintings. Bring a nut free lunch, For kids 5 years and up. $120

Today is the day

                                                   I'm off to make some great things happen.
                                                                   
                                                                     photo credit here  

summer bowl

                           Summer breakfast fruit bowl... mango, peach, strawberry and grape with organic slivered 

                                                          almonds & coconut flakes & lemon. 

                                      I sprinkled a spoonful of CHIA seeds in my bowl...YUM!   

This reminds me, I will be shopping at 

Debras Natural Gourmet   

today to replenish my pantry. It is a gift to yourself to walk through the door, 

shop the organic produce, peruse the isles and check out what's cooking. 

I just LOVE Debra's.. and my breakfast!

PIN THIS

It's been a week of sorting, sifting, stacking and sewing.  I'm playing with colorful combinations of textures, pattern and shapes.  The studio is empty except for me, my machine, my music and piles of my favorite fabrics. I'm savoring every minute. 

LINK with love

                                                     

                                                     I'm in!  Thanks Kal and LINKwithlove

summer trails

               We're home briefly unpacking and re-packing for more summer adventures!
                                            Hope you are enjoying every minute of yours.
                                                                                
                        photo credit from here

a stamp a day

These fun stamps are carved  from erasers! 
I like the shapes of the actual stamps 
and colorful stamped images with the added marker details. 
  You can check out the daily inspiration creation at
   a stamp a day.
   

BKFST!

 I like to make special breakfast on the weekend
and have been oogling over
these tasty ideas from BKFST.
Everything looks so delicious and fresh...
now I'm hungry!

MAGIC BUS

LET'S  just say that if I was going to attend the
5-9yr.old Expanded ART class on Tuesdays
at Beehive, my mom would be dropping me off in this rig.

In fact, I think I can see us jumping around in the back seat! 

I can remember the smell of the bus, the great view, our dogs in the back, 

getting my finger caught in the door and my mom driving  to the train station.

We loved this bus. My dad, however, was livid it didn't fit in our garage. 

Oopsie. 

Outside in

I dream about these thistles in January

when I cannot walk around my house due to the huge snow drifts. 

My friend Ellen gave them to me from her garden when we first moved here 9 years ago. 

They grow in the hot hot sun, next to the tomatoes in the back of the house.

In shades of  blue and purple, they're prickly to touch,

and have a wonderful grape scent.  I love them so much I had to bring them in.