the stuff trees are made of

When I saw this fabric online, I thought it would make fun curtains for Lil Dub's room. (Lil Dub is one of the many nicknames we have for our 5 week old little boy.) The print ended up being larger than I expected but I liked the bold graphics and the colors. Now for some black out shades behind them and we're in good shape.
I'd seen a similar example online of using fabric to make rattles and stuffies, so I embellished some remaining trees with a squirrel friend, birds and some apples.




The tree stuffies make great mini pillows and it makes me wonder how our little one, after seeing these, will draw his first tree.

harvest

Our Moby Grape tomatoes were nearly falling off the plant, they're so taut and red so I snatched all of them up this morning.
I'm not sure what they should become! Red sauce? Salsa? Maybe a Caprese salad?

little sun on the prairie

Tonight RD and I went for a walk in Sunfish Lake Park in Lake Elmo. The woods were already dark at 6:30 and full of mosquitoes. We chose to take the prairie path, and I'm so glad we did.