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Hauling pumpkins at the pumpkin patch last year - I must plan a visit this year before pumpkin season runs away from us 🎃
Ladies who lunch 😁 I can just imagine these two in 10 years time, cruising around the South Bay on rad bikes, grabbing boba tea or a smoothie together 💕
Physically I am enjoying the last day of Summer but my mind has turned to all things cosy and Autumnal. I went to buy a Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks yesterday and they had sold out - a sign of the times 🍂
Another year has passed with no evidence of my gardening - one of my greatest joys and favorite hobbies - making an appearance on the grid. So here, before they fade forever, are some of my Dahlia’s which I grew for the first time this year.
Summer is elusive isn’t it? For weeks it feels like it’s not quite here and then one day it’s on it’s way out. How did the 6 week Summer break of my school years feel so completely endless - probably the lack of chores and responsibility had something to do with it. I’m currently typing from the hot tub at our beautiful Airbnb in Palm Springs. In about an hour it will be time to stuff all our belongings into a suitcase and hit the road back home to the South Bay. Next week it’s back to school, preschool, dance and homework so I’m soaking up the last few minutes as much as I can. I hope you’re enjoying these last days of summer too ☀️
I am loving these slower paced Summer days 🏖 The first Summer we moved here our stuff was still in a shipping container making its way across the Pacific so it was just me and the girls in an empty house. Next came the Summer of COVID where all the beaches, trails and parks were closed and now here we are, vaccinated, open and able to properly enjoy Summer in South California for the first time.
I saved my favorite Miami lifeguard tower for last but which do you prefer - 1,2, 3 or 4? This bright pink and orange one brought me so much joy one bright morning in Miami. I had woken up early and walked to a little Italian bakery to buy breakfast to take to the beach. I took this photo as soon as I arrived and by the time I finished my croissant stuffed with fresh tomato and mozzarella (and my coffee, of course) the beach had started filling up and these dreamlike clouds had evaporated into another scorching Miami day. Whimsical city architecture is so fun - think of the joy these lifeguard towers bring on a daily basis, when they could so easily have been built to look all the same and painted grey.
Lifeguard Towers of Miami Part 3: I love the stark, almost brutalist facade contrasted with the fun and vibrant color scheme here. Proof that blue and green should always be seen 💙💚💙
One myth about my corner of South California that I can bust right now is that it’s hot all the time. Yes it’s usually sunny and yes that sunshine is warm but it is more nuanced than that - step into the shade in the Springtime and it is suddenly chilly, just like in the UK. Add to that the fact that it is a desert climate so the temperature suddenly drops at night time all year round. Then throw in the Marine Layer - a mysterious bank of fog that rolls in and out from the ocean, swirling over the peninsula and surrounding us like a cloud.
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