days fly by

i baked zucchini bread yesterday.  two loaves, using this recipe, and they're almost gone.  i'd like to bake more today, though i might not in an effort to stop eating it.  i especially love the crust.

it's raining here.  the boy stayed home from camp today.  i'm listening to brian's summer mix.  i have lots and lots of pictures from the last few weeks to share and i don't want to sit at the computer long enough to share them.  i haven't been reading blogs much lately, and when i do read i find that i'm not commenting - instead i'm sitting here wishing that we could sit together over a cup of something and talk to each other.  really talk to each other.  i have the strong sense that i would learn so much from you - i do learn so much from you all of the time, and i know that i'd learn even more sitting across a table or a lawn or a patch of sand or gravel from you, instead.  and somehow, i've been resenting the notion that a comment could come close to a conversation.  it's awful of me, i know.  but there you have it.

i've made one of my paintings into prints.  i'm stalling on printing two of my photographs really huge (20x30 huge) for a friend because i'm afraid that i won't like the quality.  i'm working on a commission - a smallish flower painting.  i cut a big board into 3x3 inch squares to make some tiny seascape paintings.  i have my easel set up in the living room lately in an effort to squeeze in as much painting time as possible.  it's not going so well - i've been spending too much time eating watermelon and hula hooping and making zucchini bread and sitting around the campfire.

i'm woefully behind on the gocco swap, yet again.  and on my pay-it-forward obligation, too.  we harvested the first two cucumbers from our garden.  and one grape tomato.  i'm pretty sure we don't get enough sun in our little plot of land, but things are coming along.  

i am wearing my hyacinth necklaces almost every day.  i am re-reading a year of mornings.  i am loving rachel's beach photos.  and zinnia's from the farmer's market.  i am waiting impatiently to pick up a second roll of film from the photo shop.  i am waiting even more impatiently for our trip to the beach in two weeks.  i am trying not to pay attention to how it is that summer is half gone.  i am here and life is full and i think tomorrow i'll go to the pool while the kids are at camp and sit.  just sit.  and try to slow down the passing of time, if only for a morning.

Comments

[Sarah Jackson]

if it makes you feel any better, I'm behind on the swap too. I have my artwork - I just need to scan, copy and print. This weekend, it's happening. For sure.

I can't think of anything better than sitting down with you right now. We'd have much to talk about. xoxo.

[Rose]

I feel very similar. The summer is flying by and I feel like I'm missing it. Thanks for the reminder to enjoy the moment.

[heather smith jones]

i know, i want summer to just hover right here in a blissful holding pattern and not end in a matter of weeks. and too i want to sit & talk over a cup of something.

[Tara Thayer]

beautiful, emily. you do have a way with words that makes me suspect we would get along just fine, sitting across from each other. savor the rest of summer. i will, too.

[rachel | buttons magee]

I feel exactly like this emily. summer is going too fast, and I too am finding myself reading the blogs less and less. I am trying with all my might to continue to relish in everything that is summer.

[erin]

you know that i would sit with you and chat over a cup of something any day. and the summer is flying by...way too fast. i think this is the first time i am not ready for these girls to go back to school. which surprises and pleases me all at once.

oh, and gocco swap. not so much here too.

[julia]

i have stacks and stacks of prints that have not been scanned or uploaded. i want to, but like you, i do not want to spend that much time in front of the computer. and you know what, that's good. i haven't been posting that much because i've been too busy doing and not posting about doing. summer is great, even if it is going by too fast. and fall, when it arrives, will be wonderful too.

[kendall*micayla]

oh, emily. i love it when you post... about anything. we made some zucchini bread too, with a lemon lime icing on top- it is really good!i wish we lived closer to one another so we could talk... blogging has a way of making you feel so close-yet so far away from your friends. maybe someday i will be closer.i hope that your summer has been lovely.xo

[Tracy]

I've been kind of doing that about commenting too. I totally feel you there, and have been longing for real conversations, too.

[Mama Urchin]

Are you going to the Outer Banks in 2 weeks?

[RW]

I have mixed feelings about the passing of time.

My comment turned into a bit of an essay...suffice it to say - I think I would enjoy having coffee with you.

Here's to another great month of summer.We are having a bit o' heat wave here. 38 degrees C. warm.

[Katie @ cakes, tea and dreams]

I do wish I could have coffee with you, too...I think we would learn from, and enjoy, each other. But the comments are still a nice thing. :)

That zucchini bread sounds delicious...and so does your summer. Thanks for the reminder to savour it all as it flies by.

[cloth.paper.string]

oh yes, there's a yearning here too for more of a connection than a comment or a reading (or writing) of a post can bring. to sit, to chat, to sip, to watch, to be...

and i love the notion of tiny seascapes. xo

[Grace]

I miss you, girl.

I am feeling that way a bit about blogging lately, as well. So much to say, but wouldn't it be better to say it in person? Feeling a little writer's block-ish because of that -- not for lack of ideas to share, but not wanting to do it all by computer right now.

Also, can you believe this, I STILL have not seen "A Year of Mornings" the book. STILL.

[leslie]

yep. i want to sit in a chair. next to you. on the beach. wouldn't that just be fantastic!

these days. i want them to slow down. so so badly.

[this little light]

I feel the same way. I feel so connected to those in the blogosphere and sometimes not so connected to those right down the street.I was reading another blog of where alot of bloggers are feeling this way lately. Maybe it's the season? Hot and cranky....

[Rachell]

Everything is going by fast. I hate that too. I really hope you enjoy the beach though. Savor every moment. Life can be delicious.

[Jennifer]

I discovered your blog today and immediately added it to my Feed. I'm inspired by your photos and lists. All is lovely. Thanks for taking the time to share.

[Julie Alvarez]

Maybe everything exactly here.

[Linn]

Sounds like you're living in the moment this summer. It's such an important thing for us to remember, isn't it? Lovely.