Summer is my favorite season, but spring is pretty magical too — especially in the garden! 🌱 This year I’m experimenting with lots more direct sowing because starting seeds indoors never works too well for me. It's been warm this spring (thanks, climate change) so I'm taking my chances. Here’s a little peek into what I’ve got going so far.
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1. Purple nebula carrots hanging out on my clover-filled lawn! 🥕 I planted these in the fall to experiment with overwintering, but they never really took off. I finally pulled them all; they’re small, but that just makes ‘em better for nibbling. Plus, I’ve got all those carrot tops to play around with!
2. I also planted these collards in the fall, and they’ve been supplying me with green goodness all winter. I’m letting them bolt this spring and the little yellow blooms are so cute! They smell nice, too. Pollinators seem to like them, and I might try to save some of the seeds.
3. My beloved garlic. So easy to grow: Plant the cloves in the fall and wait!
4. From left, mesclun lettuce mix, salad rose radishes, and kale! 🥬 Can’t wait to harvest those peppery radishes soon.
5. Spring-sown collards and a TON of volunteer tomatoes. 🍅 Going to try to salvage and share as many of those little tomatoes as I can! There’s also some Kyoto red carrots and some komatsuna sprouting to the right of the collards, but they’re too little to see here.
6 + 7. Fleabane! This little ‘weed’ pops up everywhere and I let it grow. Bunnies enjoy munching it, which distracts them from my veggies. :) This one sprouted between two garden beds like a little sentinel trying to stop rabbits from visiting my beds! 🐰
8. Year three of growing these chives. Love the blossoms.
9. The herb bed, with sage, oregano, and lavender. I’ve also planted basil and parsley; fingers crossed some of those seeds sprout soon.
10. My trusty gardener’s notebook. 📒 I like to diagram where everything is planted; row markers can be a little fussy for me. 🌞
What've you got growing?!
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Bruges was such a dreamy destination during my first solo trip a few years ago. I visited the Netherlands and Belgium just one week after one of my pups died unexpectedly, and I was nursing a very bruised and battered heart. I can't tell you how nourishing and healing the trip was. Getting to spend peaceful time alone in such beautiful surroundings gave me a chance to sit with my grief, to reflect when I needed to reflect and to distract myself when I couldn't think about Luna any longer. I spent just two and a half days in Bruges, but they've become some of the most memorable of the trip. Not because I did anything especially noteworthy, but because when I think back on that time, I feel peaceful. The city was good for my soul.
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I was one of the last people admitted to the Bruges belfry the day I visited, and I enjoyed some late-afternoon views of the bustling market square from the tower. If people-watching were a sport, I'd try out for the Olympic squad: I could sit and observe for hours. I spent a while at this window, watching the crowds contract and expand below, the muted sounds of gathered people — chatter, laughter, shouting — just barely reaching me. 〰️
This photo reminds me of one of my favorite parts of solo travel: being alone, but not alone. Knowing there are dozens-hundreds-thousands of other people nearby, each with their own secret quiet heartache or joy or any of the other emotions we all feel so strongly, yet tend to keep inside. Knowing that if I wanted, I could say hi, make conversation, maybe sit down to share a drink and a story with someone, to share my grief and my gladness. I don't always do it, but I could.
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I'm a week away from my next solo venture, this one to Denmark. The past few months have been challenging in a lot of ways, and I feel like I haven't properly exhaled in a while. I'm looking forward to doing so. Here's to new adventures in new places... even if those adventures are just people-watching.
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I turned 32 on Friday and celebrated with my first dinner at @fancyradishdc. 💃🏻 More to come on the blog, but: SO. GOOD. Steven and I shared five “medium plates,” which was the perfect amount of food. (We opted not to get dessert because Steven had made me a birthday cake 🎂, but if you’re anticipating ordering dessert, I’d recommend just doing four savory dishes between two diners.) We had rutabaga fondue (!) served with a pretzel 🥨 roll and house-made pickles; a lox-like chioggia beet toast; the eponymous fancy radish with a yuzu-avocado purée; shaved brassicas; and the delightfully spicy dandan noodles. 🍜 Nearly everything was so creative and nuanced, including our cocktails. I haven’t had #vegan food quite like this before! 🌟 .
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