Hugs and a happy, happy springtime to you, wherever in the world you are! It's been many sunrises and sunsets since I've shared updates in this space...so here's a quick peek into recent months:
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| Oregon sunshine and lunch in the field... |
These days, life escapes the computer.
On-the-ground, in-the-kitchen, through-the-weeks...photos are only sometimes snapped.
Mental scribbles for future posts get sticky-noted to the sidewalls of my brain...and they grow a little old, a little dusty, then the adhesive gives out and the imaginary yellow squares flutter away...
So it is, home from the great world beyond.
Learning how to settle again.
Learning how to grow a new life, in more ways than one.
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After five months spent sharing life and meals and kitchen duties with my family in the rural countryside (waking to views of agricultural fields spread wide beneath Mount Hood), Ted and I found a home back in our favorite Portland neighborhood (Montavilla!), and just a week and a half ago, we regained possession of our first permanent address in 18 months.
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| Home, sweet home. |
This also means: first permanent kitchen in a year and a half!
We're unpacking bins and boxes. Pulling out the cookware that hasn't seen daylight since Thanksgiving of 2011...
I'm reassembling staples: flours, beans, those little bulk bags of ground cumin and turmeric and paprika... (Of course I was giddy when Marissa from Food in Jars invited me to pin on her new Herb & Spice Storage board; I've got serious kitchen nesting to do and I need all the inspiration I can get.)
Lindsay (from the lovely Rosemarried.com) and I have been working on a new series of PDX Food Swaps and hope to have a new site and set of resources rolled out soon...
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| Vestal Community Garden Plot |
I'm grateful to be once again tending my Vestal Community Garden plot.
Many thanks to my friend Allison for taking the helm during 2012 and returning the plot to me with even better soil and even bigger herbs! Just last month, kiddos from the school came out and harvested volunteer raspberries that hopped the path and sprung up in my territory... The little patch of land keeps giving and giving.
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| Pregnant with Baby Oregonian! |
So...
New home, new kitchen, new little life squirming and dancing in my belly.
Same garden, same city, same love for all things local and nourishing.
Balancing online and offline living...
If you're in Portland, come say hello at the next Food Swap...or maaaybe the next Food Group? Who knows? With a new living room, I may just be able to open my doors and invite you over to my place sometime soon :)
xo,
Bethany
A note: My cousin Charlotte at Champoeg Creamery is hosting a terrific Farm Camp this summer for 6-12 year olds who are ready to spend a week learning about the honest-to-goodness roots of real food.
If your kiddos are interested in milking cows, making cheese and ice cream, learning about raising turkeys and chickens and gathering eggs, getting their hands dirty planting plants in Oregon soil, quizzing bees, and learning to brush, saddle, lead, and ride horses, then visit Charlotte's blog for details: http://champoegcreamery.com/farm-camp-july-15-19-2013
**As of 5/28/2013, there are only three spots left for the July 15-18 session.**
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