nothing says summer like sunflowers!
pesky pests...
So the summer is well on its way here in sunny, southern LA. The humidity has yet to become overbearing, which is great. I finished out this past semester with an A in my art education class and a B in my special ed class, so that went pretty well. The break from classes and homework etc has been most wonderful. Gives me more time to do fun, random things that i’ve been saving up… painting, crafty projects of hair feather headbands and the like, cooking, pleasure reading, trying to learn the guitar!, tending to my garden, swimming, working out. blah blah blah. ha. probably more than you wanted to know. but.. nonetheless. what i’ve been and hope to be doing, when im not working. still at cafe des amis as a server, and great harvest bread co.
a few unexpected turn of events had happened in the last few months. some were pleasant, some not nearly so much. but.. one of the pleasant surprises was when my fellow GH co-worker/long distance cousin, Dallas Begnaud, told me he had nominated me for the Best Artist in Acadiana in the Times of Acadiana, a local magazine that is produced. mostly focuses on local arts and culture/music scene etc. every year they have a best of category for lost of different things. bakery, cajun restaurant, boudin, nursery, dr etc. lots of different categories. well there’s a couple of weeks where names are submitted, then after that the times selects 5 or 6 of the people, then people have to vote on who they think is the best in acadiana for whatever category.. so.. my name made into the finalists actually! i was quite suprised.. we will find out next week who won. the bakery was in for best bakery, and cafe des amis was in for best chef and best bloody mary.. i really dont think won, but it was great publicity to get my name out there and now… i get to display some of my artwork at cafe des amis because our owner realized i was an artist. so that’s pretty exciting.
im kinda coasting through the month of june and some of july doing all the above mentioned. ill also be volunteering with bridge ministry, a tutoring/ summer program in lafayette for a really poor area. im getting the serious travel bug and hopefully will be visiting a friend in idaho/oregon in july and then the family vacation at the beach in august! cant wait for that.
herb drawer: onion tops and basil from seed
green beans! quite lovely how they climb
grape tomatoes!! yum. my fav
the garden is doing pretty well. pepper plants of all sorts, squash, tomatoes, green beans, onions, tomatoes, and hopefully the cukes and okra will pull through! been struggling with those. and of course herbs. i recently made a new flower bed by our house and lined it with wine bottles. it looks pretty cool..:) ha.
tabascos.. love that La!
the wine bottle bed
ive been reading “animal, vegetable, miracle”, a great book about eating and growing local food. amazing read actually. i highly recommend it.
YOU ARE SOOO CUTE!! I wish we lived close to you – maybe some day?? you can always dream. (shouldn’t you have included in there a visit to Jacksonville? – we hope it works out!!) your wine bottle garden is adorable. Maybe you’ll have to help us out some while you are here!!! Can you stay all summer?