Highlights of our July

• The garden is producing a bit, not a lot. Tons of strawberries, a handful of greens and snap peas. Carrots, tomatoes & radishes are slow. Not sure we'll ever see squash. The corn gave up around 6" in height.Started planning our trip to Disneyland this November!
• Celebrated 4th of July with family at the lakehouse. Loving this tradition, blowing stuff up on the lawn.
• Last-minute camping trip with friends, including crabbing and an awesome thunderstorm, to Saltwater State Park.

• After a harrowing 15 minutes in the garden with a slug, a spider and a dragonfly, we decided it's time for chickens. In research & development.
• Bartered a box of jars on craigslist for 20lbs of Rainier cherries. Happymaking. 
• Participated in a focus group for Starbucks. Get paid to sit around and talk Starbucks for an hour with 7 like-minded people? Sign me up!

• Painted our shutters. (They were green when we bought the house, grey a few years ago, and are finally their destination color: black!)
• Built a vertical herb garden out of two pallets and some great plant-hangers.
• A little updating in our living room: new area rug and replaced the bookshelves with dyed crates.