Bright Sunshiny Day

Our outing to Yellow Hill Farm today could not have been more perfect!  The day dawned sunny and warm, and the 20 minute drive was beautiful.  Though we were not the only people with the idea to go berry picking today, there was plenty of room and crops for everyone!

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When we arrived we saw rows of berries on our right and rows of flowers on our left!

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The colors and sheer beauty of the blooms made me swoon a little.

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There were bees and butterflies EVERYWHERE.  They were in heaven!

 

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Being "first time pickers", the very nice owner explained the process to us and gave us our white buckets.  The thornless blackberry bushes were laden with fruit in all stages of ripeness.

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The buckets come with a strap so that you can pick with both hands!  Or pick with one and eat with the other.

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The raspberries were extra sweet but not as prevalent.  There should be another wave of them ready to pick in a couple of weeks.  We may have to go back!

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After we paid our $10 for over 3 pounds of berries, we headed over to the flowers.  For $7 you can pick as many flowers as you can fit in your big Styrofoam cup.  They give you special clippers to borrow- even child-friendly ones for Sophie.  This was about a third of the flowers we ended up bringing home- you can fit a lot in a cup!!!

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Here is Sophie's vase for her room.

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And the vase for the dining room table.  We also have two little sunflowers in the kitchen and a few cosmos in the downstairs bathroom.

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We stopped on the way home for a delicious brunch at Pomona's Bakery, then topped the day off with a couple of lazy hours spent at the pool.  The best Saturday I've had in ages!!!!!  I hope yours was just as great :)

Friday's Favorite Fabric Finds

Happy Friday, friends!  I have concluded that I have FAR too many pillowcases to list them individually.  So, I shall be offering them in sets of 3 based on color family or style.  Enjoy the trios... these will be in sosovintage shortly!

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Do you have any fun weekend events lined up?  We do!  We're planning to go to Yellow Hill Farm to pick our own blackberries, raspberries and flowers!  You can check out their website right HERE... fingers crossed for a fruitful day.  Hehe, couldn't resist ;)

Thursday's Treasure

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We had our new student orientation last night at Sophie's new school.  She was given a school t-shirt and a tour of the school from the principal.  There were refreshments served, and kids and parents were encouraged to ask any questions they could think of.  We left feeling very comfortable with how to get around, and we even got to sneak in a "hello" to Sophie's teacher who was busily putting the finishing touches on her classroom set up.

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My girl awoke this morning at 6:22, and was making her bed before I could even get up the stairs to greet her.  She was breakfasted, dressed and ready a full 45 minutes before it was time to leave for the bus stop!  The bus finally arrived- it seemed to take forever since we were there 14 minutes early and it was 6 minutes late. 

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So, aaaaah.  The treasure of the first day of school.  I can't wait to hear all about it this afternoon, but until then, I will savor every moment of peace and quiet :)

Saturday's Surprise

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*sniff*  Today my little girl became a slightly bigger little girl.  She decided today was the day she would get her ears pierced.  She has been talking about it off and on for months, but I could tell she was serious this time. 

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We made an appointment with a highly recommended piercer at a jewelry store in Hanover, PA.  Eric, father of 5 little girls himself, was amazing with her!  He told her what he would do, let her pick out her earrings, explained how to mark her calendar for when she could change earrings, measured more carefully than you could imagine, then changed his dot placement based on all of our opinions.  He counted to 3 very quickly and did the first one.  Sophie was in shock, and I think if we had waited more than 10 seconds, she wouldn't have done the 2nd one. 

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She wanted me, my mom, and my dad to come for moral support, but she didn't want anyone to hold her hand.  She let me hold it between ear #1 and ear #2, though. 

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Eric gave her cleaning instructions and demonstrated how she should turn the earrings each day.  We went out for ice cream afterwards to celebrate, and Sophie got a scoop for each earring!  I see she has a little ice cream mustache in this photo...still my little girl, just a bit *blingier*.

Friday's Favorite Fabric Finds

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There is a nip in the air these days- especially in the evenings and mornings.  Fall comes earlier here than in Virginia, and as you can probably guess, I couldn't be more excited to start a new season.  I am ready to put summer 2013 behind me! 

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I've been holding on to these beautiful sheets, waiting for the perfect time to introduce them.  That time is now!  Look for these in sosovintage this weekend... if someone doesn't snatch them up from facebook first :)

Well, Dang

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I've been getting on my mom's case for not leaving blog comments lately.  I mean, c'mon!  I don't get many comments in general, so I should be able to count on my mom, am I right?  Well, tonight over dinner, she informed me that she tried to leave me a comment recently and it didn't "take".  And then she tried again today with the same problem.  I'll admit, I chalked it up to technical difficulties of the senior kind, but I told her I would check to see if they had been sent to my blog's "awaiting moderation" area.

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Boy am I a ding dong!  Not only did I find several comments from Mom in that Blogger twilight zone, I also found some beautiful sentiments from several other people.  26 lovely comments, to be exact, that I did not see until tonight. Arghhh!

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So, Jessi, Donna, Cher, Victoria, Puss-Daddy, Gillyflower, Mom, Van and anyone else this may have happened to- please accept my sincere apologies.  All 26 of those comments have now been published, and I am obviously going to have to be better at checking that moderation box.  My settings changed recently, and with the move, I really hadn't noticed.  I appreciate the love, kindness, humor and encouragement you have all shared more than you will ever know.  xoxoxo

Special Day

Today is Mom's birthday!  We spent it looking for shells at the beach, trying somewhere new for lunch, and having a blast at the arcade in the evening.  It's always a little weird to have your birthday when you're away from home, but it makes it kind of extra exciting, too.  Here are a few shots from our day at the beach

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Tomorrow is our last day of vacation.  We have a full day planned- beach in the morning and a dolphin cruise in the evening.  Here's hoping we get some cute dolphin photos to share- I know a special someone who really loves them :)