This is where i will be this weekend:

Here, at our camp in Maine. I can't wait, i'm practically foaming at the mouth looking at thee pictures from last summer. it's breathtaking, and I always come home with a million new pictures and some great new sketches in my sketch book. sigh... 3 more days! check out more pics on my flickr page

weekend round-up

this weekend i took advantage of my free schedule (no guests, no trips up north, no real plans) to check out some places i've been dying to get to this summer. I went with my roommates to the Brooklyn Flea Market in Fort Greene where i found so great vintage stuff, including a cute little wooden box we're now using as a napkin holder. There was also some great new artsy stuff and fresh food goodies there too. it was a lot of fun, now i want to check out the one on sundays under the brooklyn bridge.

later in the day we made our way to the newly opened High Line Park, and while it was beautiful, i have to say, i've never before had to wait in line to get into a park, though it was worth it, despite the fact that the weather turned for the worse once we got up there. 

on sunday I got to try one of these AMAZING homemade juices from a lady in our neighborhood. The colors and the jars are soooo awesome-looks like something out of a magazine- love it!

the colors! the colors!

how breathtaking:

"The beautifully colored patches that you see here are in fact salt evaporation ponds that can be seen when you are flying over San Fransico Bay."

via neatorama

Fourth of July Weekend

I got to spend the 4th of July holiday at my parents in massachusetts and it was wonderful. the weather was (mostly) beautiful, and it was great to go back and visit Houlden Farm, a farm down the street from where I grew up that I worked at for 7 or 8 years. It's a really magical place and the Houldens are like a second family to me.

 

fresh strawberries

boston lettuce

homemade jams and jellies

homemade granola

weekend project

i REALLY want to make one of these this weekend. it's sooo cool!!!!

summer bbq

with my awesome porch at my new apartment i'm itching to have a summer cookout-if the weather ever gets nice again! i love these great little party paper goods:

Outsider Art: Brooklyn, NY

i passed these beautiful paintings at an abandoned lot in Park Slope. They're so wonderful and simple and really embody the southern, outsider art vibe that i love: