A WINTER'S NIGHT : MOUNTAIN YURT

:: annual yurt trip

:: ceej, older brother, older sister, + good friends

:: starry nights

:: warm fire and soup to eat

:: sister turned 40...so there was cake to celebrate

:: blisters on our feet

:: combing maps

:: tea drinking

:: story telling and knee slapping

:: wool sweater

:: cozy resting high in the mountains


...more to come

harvest gathering film : made by lumineux

thanks to jenner's magical lens, we can all re-live this pretty little dinner.

enjoy.

harvest feast | part three | backyard goodness {images by britt chudleigh}

this is the late fall meal i am always dreaming of...and britt captured it beautifully.
and, honetsly, sarah winward's home is as magical as it looks.
they did a great job remodeling a post-war home, and bringing the yard to life.
as ceej and i look for our own place to settle i think i secretly hope to find something just
as good as this--that yard, with its foliage and beehives, makes any heart at peace.

i felt as if i had found eden--mostly because i was with gods and goddesses
who had a grace about them that is so admirable--
and maybe it was because sarah was about to have her first baby the very next day.
harvest. in every way.

thank you, dear women, for letting me join you in such a memorable supper.


{part one here. part two here.}

harvest feast | part two | dessert {images by britt chudleigh}

yes, this food was as delicious as it looks. britt's images have me wishing we could do this
meal together every single night.

those salted caramel pears were just right, and the cheese and fruit platter was just the kind of nibbling food i could eat forever.

oh, those were the days...before this new desk job i've got. sigh. the pros and cons of life.
i'm happy now, and i was happy then. which happy was my favorite?
hard to say.

hope you are all well and keeping warm.

{see part one here}

that one day i got to make a delicious galette while talented artists captured it on film {all photos by britt chudleigh}

oh my, oh my, oh my. i think these photos turned out rather dreamy thanks to britt
and her trustworthy artistic eye. i'm rarely on the "other side" of the lens and i am
more than pleased with how britt captured our afternoon and evening cooking away.

we decided a home-cooked, comfort food extravaganza was in order before the frost settled in
and the harvest was ripe. no only did all the vegetables look incredible, but this galette
was quite yummy i'd say. i'm kind of craving one even though i just finished a big meal.
i'm hungry again thanks to britt's magical images.

and guess what? there's more. oh yes. this is only part one, my friends.
just you wait. there's dessert and dreamy outdoor eating ahead.

so happy to know this talented lady.

food, loved ones, good books : craving all three

last fall two of my favorites, marte and mercedes, came over to make things pretty in the backyard...
once upon a time when we actually had a backyard all to ourselves.

anyway, i was just browsing through the ol' archives and came across these images
that i never got around to posting. it was so fantastic to watch marte's creative brain working
and to see mercedes naturally sit herself into the entire dreamy scene.

i could really go for some homemade macarons and a good book right about now...
just a few more hours of work ahead of me, and then on to cooking for the big day tomorrow.
by friday i should be able to put my feet up a bit.