I woke with energy and motivation to go into my studio and make journals to put in my shop.
But that changed when I went down to the kitchen, windows open and that spring breeze blowing in. I knew it would be a baking, fresh-air chores day.
(I'm just learning Instagram...bear with me...these photos look a little weird don't they?)
That sky-blue sky with those puffy white clouds. Breathe deep deep deep and savor all that fresh air...
just the remedy for that teenage-boy-smell that sometimes accompanies the clothes on that young man that I love so much...
and with windows open and fresh lilacs catching the breeze, I don my apron and start baking...
stacks of waffles to put in the freezer (there is no end to how many waffles a 14-year-old boy can eat in one sitting)...
almond butter cookies that will be gone within 20 minutes of the kids getting home from school...
and fresh bread for dinner and maybe even some for tomorrow too...
What do you like to do with your fresh-air spring days?
Ahhh.. I'm feeling this post! Most def. Happy Spring. :)
Posted by: rachel | 23 March 2012 at 16:49
On fresh air, spring days I love to open up every window, turn on some happy music, and clean. When the cleaning is done, and I can feel no guilt about not being "house" productive, I LOVE to spend the rest of my day in my art space just creating. It's the best ever!
I'd LOVE your recipe for almond butter cookies! They look delicious!
Posted by: Heather Ales | 23 March 2012 at 17:54
Then they become 18 yr old boys and eat even more!
Smiles, Andra
Posted by: Andra | 23 March 2012 at 20:26
Ditto! Windows wide, baking and maybe even some spring cleaning... the first, best Spring day is a true gift and one to cherish.
But then again, I would love one of your journals too...
Posted by: Jillayne | 23 March 2012 at 22:01
I love the way the land rolls there. Clothes on the line, that's something I don't see here. Lilacs remind me of my mom's lilac bush. And I'll be right over for a waffle! You got a lot of baking done. I know the aroma wafting from your kitchen had people salivating for miles around.
Posted by: pattisj | 23 March 2012 at 22:49
You don't, perchance, have a potato flakes sourdough recipe, do you? Those look like the ones I bake every week. What a wonderful, prosperous day for you and you can always "work" another day. God's gifted you in so many ways.
Posted by: Sally Smith | 24 March 2012 at 06:32
Your photos are lovely. I can almost smell the bread and the almond. LOVE the way laundry smells fresh from the line!
xo, Cheryl
Posted by: Whosyergurl | 24 March 2012 at 20:23
OOOhhh, that bread looks amazing. I love fresh baked bread.
Posted by: talin | 25 March 2012 at 15:51
I love to open the windows and just listen to the birds sing! I love this time of year when you can see the faint green on the trees and all the flowers popping up all around! I am like you and love to cut branches of flowering bushes like red buds and forsythias in the early spring, then when all the other flowers bloom I love a vase of fresh cut flowers from the yard...........just something about what we grown and being able to enjoy them not only outside but inside! Thank you for sharing always!
Posted by: jackie | 27 March 2012 at 15:04