little lamb

albert wrote the best description (see tuesday's post) of our first slow adventure. This little lamb was my favourite.

Alabama Chanin inspired me to find out more about the fledgling slow design movement. I've always loved her work which you can find here and you can catch up on day to day news on her blog.

After the crazy hustle of the fashion world all things slow just seems to make sense. I'm just so excited to be working with albert on this....more slow adventures to come!

oh and albert I just cannot stop thinking about those cookies--today making them is priority number one!

more joyful junes

swimming, swimming in the swimming pool...
and eating the most delicious cookies...
while drooling over the most delicious baby...
honestly june...you're making me giddy!

almond {or peanut butter} cookies {thank you joy of cooking}
oven 350f and grease that cookie sheet!
whisk together:
2 1/2 c flour
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
in a different bowl. beat until very fluffy and well blended:
1/4 c canola oil
2/3 cup almond (or peanut) butter
1 1/2 sticks of butter, softened
1/3 c powdered sugar
then add and beat:
1 egg
1 egg yolk
2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
stir flour mixture into almond {peanut} mixture until well blended and smooth. let the dough stand for 5 minutes. pull off pieces of the dough and roll between your palms into generous 1-inch balls; it will be fairly soft. space about 2 inches apart on the sheets. using the tines of a fork, form a cross hatch pattern and press each ball into a 1 1/2 -inch thick round.
bake 9-12 minutes. rotate halfway through.
note: adding fine chocolate chips makes every bite that much better!

okay. now i'm going to actually work...but first, i think i'll just have one more cookie.

oh juney!

i love june because....
and because
{warning: if you enlarge the above picture you just might fall deeply...madly in love with mr. m's chubby little ankles. gulp!}

field trip

larry had a little lamp
little lamp
little lamp
larry had a little lamp
la la la la la laaaa {lyrics by hugh}

worsley and i had our big field trip today out to the farm. i have so much excitement buzzing around me at this very moment i feel like i could scoop it up and bottle it!

the farm was beautiful...rolling hills...green, green, greeeeeen pastures...herb gardens...sheep...chickens...cats...barn swallows...mud puddles...apple trees and oh-so-oh-so much more. geesh. i'm practically out of breath just revisiting that part of our journey...

we were greeted by our sheep guru who lives in a wee cottage that smells of lemon verbena and lavender with a touch of cedar. i remarked over and over again how wonderful it smelled...and i discreetly took long inhales throughout our visit.
worsley and i quickly introduced ourselves and it wasn't long until we were talking and laughing with each other like old pals. the shepherdess's philosophy of sheep {actually all animal} raising is inspiring and heroic. and not only is she a sheep farmer, weaver, spinner and felter...but she is also {drum roll please} and expert on dying with herbs {all grown in her very lovely garden}. in other words she is living slow design everyday and is ever so keen on joining our own little slow design adventure.
we ended our visit with lots of hugs and lots of wool to begin lots of experimenting!!
can't wait to share with you more...

slow thunder

arriving home from our mini holiday at the cottage... we enjoyed a lovely slowfood dinner among friends... and welcomed a rumbling thunderstorm who tried very hard to shoo away this mind boggling heat.

worsley and i are off to the woolly farm tomorrow...yippee!!!

I wonder if he's really sorry....

I'm not sure if he's really sorry. It certainly looks that way, but honestly how many times can a dog jump through a screen window and still truly regret his actions? I think it's time to put a call into our local dog whisperer.

In the meantime...this is very exciting...albert and I are embarking on our first slow design adventure--details and photos to come....

tiny chats

now that hugh is talking...all the time...i look forward to our tiny chats. sometimes our exchange is only a couple of words...followed by an "oh" or "i see". {those are hugh's favourite follow-ups}
over the weekend we had quite a thunderstorm...actually, more of a lightening show. it began around midnight and although i appreciated it's beauty...i also mildly dreaded it's arrival because i was sure it would awake our not-so-sound sleeper.
sure enough.
hugh climbed on to my chest and pointed out the window.
"look mummy. lightening"
"yes hugh. you're right"
crash. flash. crash.
"wow!!!! do it again mummy!"
"okay."
on cue. flash. flash. flash.
"again mummy"
"sure".
crash. flash.
and then seconds wander by...
"mummy. lightening gone?"
"yes. i guess it is."
"lightening having dinner?"
"uh maybe. what do you think the lightening is having for dinner?"
"asparagus."
and with that hugh climbed down beside me...and fell fast alseep...

we're off to the cottage for the week.
until then...here's to many tiny chats.
xo albert