experience is wisdom

experience is wisdom, originally uploaded by sproutgirl74.

ah yes...the older i get, the more i believe this... (the wiser i'm becoming)

on the agenda for the 3 day weekend:

*make homemade sauce with 9 lbs of tomatoes, basil, eggplant & squashes from the market
*make fieryeyed's challah bread
*package up sprout studio orders & do a mini clean
*pot up new clover plant & succulent plant
*make fried green tomatoes from my poor tomato plants that just aren't liking the SF fog
*have a picnic in dolores park & see the SF mime troupe
*put away all my recently thrifted vintage wardrobe scores & do a major haul out of the stuffed closet
*go for a hike with dixie loo dog
*book club meeting to talk about the sucky book (don't read "be near me" no fun -- an official phhtthgfffff.....
*rest up, because those little grubby peeps gave me a cold on my first week back - they are true germaholics those kiddos!

what's on your weekend agenda?

negligent blogger - update now!

wow, have i been the absentee blogger or what?! well, first things first - oregon was the super duper head cleanse we needed. highlights from the summer:

*i went home for a brief week; to see some ladies & catch up with my 3 year old nephew & the fam. virginia delivered the requisite hot weather and amazing thrift goods.

*we had a 4th of july camp out that was lovely. our neighbors joined us in another bus we loaned them - we need to do this more actually. wanna come next time?

*the renegade craft fair was awesome.

OREGON (i love you) (but my heart lies with california):

*portland pickathon (with shash & liz) -- a wonderful community of musicians, sustainable culture & the just the right amount of people as festival goers/campers. the line up of music was really terrific and i hope to go again next year.

*deelish dinner in portland neighborhoods with locally grown produce & locally brewed beer. i wish i could love 9 months of gray & rain, alas, i cannot - but portland, you are just great & i will always come for visits.

*backroads - why travel any other way? i mean, can you beat fern & birch tree forest grove campsites? we stayed at maybe 3 or 4 designated campsites, other than that, off roads & U.S. forest land way way way up in nowhere ville. just our style. thank you oregon for giving us these byways and no-highways :)

*mt hood & the columbia gorge. hello gorgeous land, you do the soul good.

*some sasquatch love, some golden light & some dixie loo time.

*THE THRIFT STORES! if you are really nice to me, maybe i'll tell you the best 15 mile thrift run in all of oregon. there are gems on that road - true diamond thrifting to be sure!

*the best part though? spending time with my favorite person in the whole wide world, the mister :)

& as long as i'm divulging highlights - did i mention the part about the heroin addict living in our home (thus the disappearing acts & stressful emotional drama on our ends) & the tiger penis found at the bar down the street? oh yes, it's been a very full, long, draining summer. hooray for autumn and new school starts right?

i'm climbing back up on that bucking bronco life and going for the ride again :)

xxx.

we're back!

we're back!, originally uploaded by sproutgirl74.

...& semi-relaxed & ready to go. we had a really fabulous time. i'll be posting more photos and a few stories over the next week or so. however, school started back this week and the students come back tomorrow - so i'm just oh, a wee bit crazy!

i'm so happy though to be back in san francisco, i just love my pretty city so very much.

kisses to everyone. i've missed posting here.