Just wrapped up a trip to visit my parents. Mom asked me to help her clean out the fridge. There were two contenders in the 2014 expiration date category. A good laugh for both of us

The asters be blastin’

End of the season garden discovery today.

Cracked the code and sourdough doesn’t kitchen scare me anymore

The tomato plants have become a forest.

Cecile Brunner roses are so lovely. They bloom all summer

Thanks to the Pom Pom lady on the clock app, I have a new hobby

My garden helper, Athena

The number of used Ruggables for sale locally tells me they were too good to be true

Did a shed clean out over the weekend. A lot discarded, but this tray table stays

My raku masterpiece. Welcome, pumpkin everything season!

A moment of garden zen

Not who I expected to be pollinating the cucumber flowers. Welcome, giant bee!

Chaos flower gardening strategy was the best idea 🌸🌻🌼🐝🦋

It’s August. Why aren’t these tomatoes turning red? (Finally reads label) yellow boy tomato plant. That’s why

Got click-baited by AARP today. Article title: Ways to See Better When Night Driving. Even put on my readers for it 🙄

Garden fairies + mushrooms = winning aura

Gen Z daughter Boomer request of the day. She wants these vintage Corelle cups from our cupboard. Wish granted.

This is dinner for the rest of the summer. Tomatoes, cucumbers, match-sticked summer squash, basil, and whatever else is ripe from the garden. Balsamic drizzle. Candied spiced pecans. P.S. no need to look at the label for ‘serving size’ for the burrata. Go ahead and feed your soul.

Went to my 40-year high school reunion over the weekend. There was karaoke, and confessions about crimes and crushes. Still processing it all.

It’s so fluffy!

It wasn’t there yesterday! I believe this is a stinkhorn mushroom although I didn’t sniff for proof. Gardening guidance: view with disgust, amusement, or curiosity.

From a distance, I thought a new color of rose had bloomed.

I used to shop there a lot. And this is all I got for sharing my info all those years? 🙄

Rural Idaho thrift store shopping. So many saddles, hats, boots, and Wranglers! Seen in Middleton.

Old Navy is serving me ads online featuring shirts that are whole shirts. I have questions. Is the half-shirt trend over, or is this an age-targeted campaign?

I went to the Boise Farmers Market this morning and ran into so many people I knew. It was good for my soul. And the feast we had tonight!

Squash bee sleeping in a zucchini flower early this morning 💖

Dang. Neighbor’s tree lost a big branch. And we just paid for a new fence

Two random memories this week. Buying white satin shoes that were then dyed to match my dress for a party. And going to a bank to purchase traveler’s checks back when having a credit card was rare for a young person.

Leslie Knope? Nope. It’s me at one of favorite restaurants in Scottsdale: Uncle Sal’s

Slight trauma this week. Once a mouse is stuck in a glue trap, it cannot be unstuck. I wanted to set it free after it was caught at work.

Being a homeowner means endlessly digging up rocks in the yard. But this time, I found ‘GOLD!’

Blue balloon flowers. Single and double. Pro: they return every year. Con: they require staking.

Was going to refresh this planter for my parents in Arizona. It can wait

Moss appreciation fans, cool skeletal pods have released their spores

Sitting in my car waiting for my eye dilation to wear off. Crazy they send you out the door like this after an eye exam. No way I can drive.

I clicked the RSVP for my 40-year high school reunion. On the last day to RSVP. Trying not to overthink it.

Pinball tournament fun every Thursday night at the Idaho Pinball Museum. Do you have a favorite game? We have 80+ machines!

I checked out at Lowe’s with 6 bags of mulch. Young person at the register asked if I needed help to my car. I said no. Immediately after getting to my car, a man rushed over to help me. Thank you. But also. I’m a first-born GenX daughter. I can do it myself. I think?

Look at my flower! I have never seem cosmos in this color before. Also. I didn’t plant it. It’s just grew.

I go out to sit in my car to warm up several times a day in the summer. Office air conditioning is 🥶

Small town Idaho drama. ALL CAPS

Shenanigans from my work peeps 💖 🐥

Funny that I was behind this car while icing my finger after a bee sting 🐝

I put together homemade aioli with a little basil added. Never buying it in a bottle again.

My MIL collected matchbooks. Are there any businesses that still hand them out?

Any curtains can be patio curtains. $12, a little sewing for length, and they’re perfect.

Four hair brushes throughout the kitchen. I am sure this makes sense to my young 20-something daughter.

Saw several of these mothers in the garden today. Happy to see them