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Our Favorites from the 4th of July Weekend: 2025

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We had such perfect weather for our long 4th of July weekend and made lots of great memories too. Friday my husband was up early to smoke a couple of pork shoulders for his family's 4th of July party on the 5th. I headed to the grocery store to buy some fresh fruit then came home to cook up some new recipes. I was making a new turkey burger recipe for dinner and had some veggies from our farm box to use up so I whipped up a macaroni salad with fresh peas in it. We made a tossed salad and then I put together our lemon/blueberry ice box cake (also for the party on the 5th).  Ian was off with his great uncles for the day helping get set up and cleaned up for the family party so my husband and I went periodically to see if they wanted additional help. I spent most of my afternoon reading on the deck and/or patio.  Around 5 my family showed up to watch the lake's annual 4th of July boat parade. We all had fun watching the decorated boats go by. The guy across the cove from us has a...

Spring in my Garden

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I know it's officially been summer for a couple of weeks now but I never found the time to share some photos from how my gardens were doing this spring. It was a very wet season but the plants seemed to like that.   The hanging plant Alec bought me for Mother's day is continuing to bloom. I am loving this beautiful plant so much.  With all the rain we've been having I've only had to water it a handful of times all season.    Though my plants are loving all the rain it has been a bit chillier than usual this year so many things bloomed late and slow like my rhododendrons.    My azalea bushes were really lush despite having whole branches that bloomed at different times.    I'm pretty sure this is called a pearl bush; it seems to like the spot we planted it in.    I bought this plant at Lowe's and within a month the color of the blooming flowers completely changed. I'm not upset or anything but I have never had this happen before. I d...