summer – Page 8 – Jennifer Michie

September 1, 2012 / 0 Comments

The First of September

Oh, the First of September! Where did you come from? It seems only yesterday I walked out of school with the sun on my back, heading toward vacation and Summer with open arms.

August brought a visit home to see new places, to see my family, a baby shower for my sister, shopping, eating, eating tomatoes that actually tasted like a tomato! August brought, getting to talk to my mom in person instead of skype, getting to see my dad every day. Getting to play with Maisy, the cutest dog in the world!

August brought suntan lotion and heat and skin warmed by the sun as you swam in the pool. August brought one hospital trip for me after a really bad case of food poisoning, where my dad was still my dad, no matter how old I am and held my hand as they tried to start an IV. It brought my first trip to the Wakarusa Dime Store, home of the famous GIANT JELLY BEANS, where my mom and I tasted almost every flavor and I got to see her beautiful smile and laugh.

August brought a road trip from Indiana to Viriginia, where I drove past Upper Sandusky, movie “home” to Doris Day. August brought me having to tell my family goodbye, to watch their beautiful faces as they waved and blew kisses from the other side of the ticket gate. I hate August, I love August. I am so blessed for the time I had, but I am ready to see them again.

School starts on Tuesday and I am not sure I am really ready for it, this time around. I still feel worn out from being sick and flying, but Tuesday will come whether I am ready or not and so this new school year shall begin.

Mr. Michie and I went out yesterday to run a few errands and the sun was out, but it was cool and breezy, the light is changing, Autumn is on her way. It won’t be long before we turn our clocks back and the night creeps in faster and more candles are lit in the cozy cottage behind the racing green door.

(Image Found at Golden Gems)

August 3, 2012 / 1 Comment

Just a Girl…

I’m just a girl from Upper Sandusky, she said. Oh, Upper Sandusky, the town where Doris Day hailed from in That Touch of Mink, I am so glad I drove past you!

Have a wonderful weekend!

August 1, 2012 / 0 Comments

Honey Harvest

I love this video from Kinfolk. My aunt keeps bees. There is something so beautiful to see, as those bees buzz around their white boxes and flitter too and fro through her garden, the fruits of their labor turned in to a golden sticky flowing river of wonderfulness.

Honey is one of the sweetest parts of Summer. Fresh honey on a warm biscuit just out of the oven that has been slathered with butter, is one of the best breakfasts I can think of. By biscuit, I mean a Southern biscuit, not an English one, aka cookie!

I am doing a little harvesting of my own this August and am going to enjoy where I am right now. So, for the next few weeks I will be taking a break and just posting images of my adventures, here and there.

Happy August! Happy Summer! I am welcoming you with open arms that have longed to feel your warmth against me.

Kinfolk Story: Honey Harvest from Kinfolk on Vimeo.

July 27, 2012 / 0 Comments

Campfire Twisted Bread

What is it about Kinfolk? They just get it right. Their magazine, their photographs, their films.

I want to be at this campfire baking my twisted bread over it, while laughing with friends, passing around a knife laden with butter to coat my fresh baked bread with dairy goodness, as sparks from the fire fly into the night sky.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Kinfolk Recipe: Campfire Twist Bread from Kinfolk on Vimeo.

July 26, 2012 / 0 Comments

Goonies Never Say Die!

I grew up watching “The Goonies” and somewhere far away, over an ocean and on a small island, Mr. Michie grew up watching this movie too!

What could be better than a Spielberg movie from the 80’s? A great cast? Pirates? A treasure hunt? Cyndi Lauper singing the theme tune?

It is one of our favorites and we both felt, it was the perfect movie to watch on our screen. So, we had a carpet picnic. Mr. Michie made dinner, I took care of the popcorn and the movie and we just vegged out.

It was a fun night, it has been awhile since we had a carpet picnic and we always love doing it, it reminds me of being little, my mom would do this for my sister and I on rainy Summer days, it always made your house feel more exciting, like you were going on a mini adventure!

Mr. Michie, popcorn, a quilt on the floor and “The Goonies” on the “big screen” all equals a great date night!

July 21, 2012 / 1 Comment

Pinecone

A beautiful pinecone we found on a walk.

July 20, 2012 / 0 Comments

Dazed and Confused

“Dazed and Confused”, is how I feel some days, how I feel most mornings as I tumble into the shower and also the title of one of my favorite movies!

If you haven’t seen it, please go out and get it! It takes place over the course of one day in 1976, one very important day: THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! It follows the lives of high school students, as juniors become seniors and jr. high students become the new freshmen.

The cast includes among other greats the wonderful and delicious to look at, Mr. Matthew McConaughey! The music is perfect. The clothes are fantastic! The cars are cool!

It is the perfect movie to watch on the last day of school, on the beginning of summer, on the eve of freedom and that is exactly what we did!

It was drizzling last night, so we couldn’t go outside for movie night, we just changed our plans and put the screen up in the house instead. Rigged the projector up on the couch, on top of a box my mom had sent me a package in. These are the days I know my grandpa is smiling at me, because it was some kind of crazy ingenious concoction he would have rigged and it worked!

We closed the curtains, turned off the lights, got our rice krispy treats ready and ice cold coke-colas and sat down to enjoy!

It was perfect! We had so much fun, we are going to do it again tonight and as soon as we have nice weather we are planning a little movie night in our parking lot with our neighbors, we are already going back and forth on what the first movie to watch should be, we are leaning toward something old and classic! Stay away rain, because I am ready for a movie night under the stars!

July 19, 2012 / 0 Comments

School’s Out for Summer!

School’s out for Summer! The sun just seems to be shining brighter because of this fact! Here is a clip from one of my favorite movies! More to come on that, so stay tuned until tomorrow, for now, just enjoy!