Friday, September 22, 2017

#SummerFeels

Happy equinox! As summer comes to a close, I want to share my theme of the season: #SummerFeels. I made a point to relish any activity that felt quintessentially summery and to dive headlong into whatever would maximize #SummerFeels. Here are some of my faves:
Saw my bees thriving in their hive

Harvested backyard red currant and raspberries
and made a drinking shrub
Swam and paddleboarded in the Clackamas River
Swam with family in my parents' pool
Hung out with nieces eating popsicles
Drank beer after hiking, chilled in the 
ice of a semi-frozen alpine lake
Went climbing in the North Cascades
Descended snow fields in the smoky sunlight
Harvested backyard hops and helped brew fresh-hopped beer
   
Watched the sun rise over Mount Hood
Hiked at Mount Adams
Ate salsa Gabi made from her homegrown 
tomatoes, onions, and peppers
Grilled corn!

Climbed trees
BBQ!
Watched the total solar eclipse from the Path of Totality

   

Rode bikes around Vashon Island and
played in driftwood forts on the beach

Ate cabin breakfast of pancakes with wild-foraged huckleberries

Swam in little-visited Idaho rivers
Learned to fly fish

Caught fish to eat for dinner
Packed the car to the brim
Swam in mountain lakes

Harvested and ate forest blueberries
 

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