old and new
Some things are the same, and some things are different.
fava harvest
towel entourage
vintage dresses
birth-day cake (as seen here, of course)
as close to hands-free…
…and as close to sleeping in her bassinet as our daughter allows.
Speaking of parenting:
We snuck our turkey poults under a broody hen in hopes she’d default to an assumption that they were a) baby chickens and b) her baby chickens. Considering the downy little things are destined to become 30 lb giants among fowl, it’s kind of the trojan horse approach to poultry farming.
The hen in question has dutifully adopted the pair but seems to know something is amiss. They don’t quite look, sound or behave like chickens, but she seems resigned to the fact that whatever they are, they’re hers to make the best of.
As for us, we are also learning how to parent. Along with many more important things, I am finally intimately acquainted with the anatomy of baby feet and realize I would have made all the socks totally differently.
Those little yellow and white socks look pretty perfect to me!
Beautiful post! Thank you.
Everything about this post makes me feel utterly serene! The towels, the pink-tipped hair, the ombre hued cake for year 0, baby toes in baby socks, sweetly slumbering baby & daddy & pup, & the merging of chicken & turkey. Sublime!
You really inspire me to be a wonderful gardening, knitting, chicken-rearing mom like you someday.
This is such a beautiful post and that baby sure is a looker! I’m honored that you made my cake for your little lady’s birth-day and I say, it is a very happy coincidence that this went up on my very own birthday. Happy Summer to you and yours!
i love how you convey so much with so few, such well chosen words – and I love the pink ends of your hair – gorgeous!
So I am totally dip bleaching my hair TODAY! also, chickens: your thoughts on the deep litter method? I am thinking that it may help out once the cold winters creep around here in Maine.
Ah, everything is so lovely! I love the 0 candle