Gardens, Lakes, and Link Love
Jul 24th, 2009 by Marilyn
If you’ve ever read this post – the one about diamonds and pie – you’ll know that it’s that time again, the time when we get in the car and drive north, and north, and more north. We stop right before people wave maple leaf flags, way up in the tall green woods, at a heavenly place that looks like this,
and this,
and most importantly, this:
Bumbleberry? Five-Layer Chocolate, Blackberry Peach? Oh pretty slices, you will be mine. And soon.
While we’re gone next week, I’ve arranged for a few very special guest posts. I know you’ll love them – but in the meantime, while Greg zones for hundreds of miles and I nibble pretzels and read magazines ’til my eyes pop, let’s do some link love. Bloggers are a generous and fascinating breed – many of them have been awfully good to me, and it’s time to give back. Let’s see what’s virtually happening right now:
Over at A Way to Garden, the genius that is Margaret Roach is answering all your garden questions. She’s also written a very sweet piece about how the web works in mysterious ways, bringing together bloggers like our pal April at Coal Creek Farm, sister Marion Roach of The Sister Project, old friend and crafty crafter Alicia Paulson at Posie Gets Cozy, the delightful Shauna of Gluten-Free Girl, and the very talented Jennifer Rae Atkins from The Daily Mammal. Margaret weaves everyone together in her friendly, dewy web; for great reads, check all of them out.
Speaking of April, the happy chicken-butcherer of Coal Creek Farm has written not one but two posts on how she met Margaret Roach, learned a lot and improved her yard. It’s a must-see adventure in Kansas gardening.
My carp-tastic friend Jean at Renovation Therapy has a super craft post up: how to make lovely cake stands out of thrift-shop finds like old cups and plates. It’s fast, inexpensive, and pretty. And like a lot of Jean’s posts, it features pics of Penny & Tucker, rising blog stars and all-around cute kittens.
The plot thickens: Marvelous Paige Orloff, writer and Sister Project blogger, profiled her fellow sister-citizen Margaret Roach for Berkshire Living magazine. What’s the before and after like when you write about a close friend? Find out here.
If you can’t stand the heat, dear Sara Reddy Coyne from Culinerapy has whipped up a summer drink to die for, a stay-out-of-the-kitchen cooler that I can’t wait to mix. Try chilling with her Watermelon Lime Agua Fresca, and read more about wonderful reality-TV writer Sara in her Tell Simmer interview, here.
Finally, Always Order Dessert’s Alejandra Ramos offers a gorgeous way to eat summer’s sour cherries: prepare to swoon for these Sour Cherry Financiers, mini golden almond cakes baked with juicy red gems. I’d like one or two, or maybe a dozen, for my car ride. I’ll settle for pretzels; you try the cakes.
That is all. Enjoy your weekend, enjoy the links and the guest posts, and please don’t wreck the place while I’m gone. Someone has to clean up around here, you know.
Have a wonderful trip “up north” and hug a tall pine for me. I spent a couple summers at a camp near Bemidji and a couple more on Madeline Island in Lake Superior. I’m sitting here at a loss for what to write because I’m filled with overwhelming, multi-sensory memories.
Pie. You had me at pie…
I thought you were off on a secret mission Betty Spies…. Have a relaxing week of fun and food!
That’s my all time favorite line in any post you’ve ever written…..
“I am sitting on something. I am sitting on something and it’s bothering me.”
I can just see her saying that.
Have a great, wonderful, relaxing trip!
Eat a slice of pie or two for me. Remember, I like pie for breakfast. Have a safe trip and enjoy the cool.
Oooo, have fun! It looks like you’re visiting a wonderful, relaxing place.
I hate to fly, but one of the things I love to do is drive. This makes me want to do something I always said I would: make a cross-country trip in the car. With stops at Betty’s on the way out and back, of course (and definitely pretzels). Have a wonderful time, and we will try to behave. Maybe.
Enjoy this well-deserved vacation!
I am jealous jealous. This Texas heat & humidity is getting to me! And that view is just gorgeous.
I am pastry faced envious of it all: the trip, the magazines, the destination, but mostly the chance to eat those wondrous Betty pies…. Enjoy the time away and we will all be here, sipping whole lemon lemonade (with or without vodka, depending) and waiting to hear all about it when you get back.
Come back soon!
Thanks so much for the fantastic link love!! Enjoy your trip. Every single part of it sounds amazing. Can’t wait to read about it when you get back.
Have fun.
Eat Pie.
Getting in the car now, fork in hand, napkin in neck.