Summertime.
This summer is flying. by. I can't believe it's almost the end of July! I feel like I've spent more time traveling than I have at home - for work and for fun - so I'm looking forward to staying put in August.
Not that I'm complaining - after all, our last trip was to St. Croix! We went for a week to visit the Virgin Islands Sustainable Farm Institute (VISFI), see old friends, and relax. Jacob was actually there through a grant from his work, but I got to tag along as well. YAY.
so relaxing.
The folks at VISFI are doing awesome stuff - their mission is to educate about sustainability and they are totally working with the community in St. Croix. And Nate, who is the program director there, is an old, old friend - we grew up in the same neighborhood! It was really fun to see him again and see this totally awesome place where he works and lives. We stayed at the farm for three days and ate delicious food and met great folks and relaxed. and I slept. A LOT. I mean, there was a hammock on a porch, people.
We also spent lots of time on the beach. We got to go snorkeling a bunch - and visited Buck Island, which is an amazing national park with a HUGE coral reef. It was so beautiful!
The pier in Frederiksted.
o hai I am snorkeling!
Amazing Buck Island.
It was a fabulous trip, and I'd love to go back to the farm again! (except for the outhouse. I do not want to go back to the outhouse.) More pics on my Flickr - there are three sets labeled St. Croix.
So what else is new? I've been sewing and knitting, although my sewing frenzy has slowed down a bit. I have a bunch of patterns I want to try and some great fabric to use, but I just haven't had the energy lately. I did manage to put this one together:
Trapeze Sundress from Weekend Sewing.
And, I've been working on pretty, pretty Ishbel. I totally heart this pattern.
Ishbel, almost done!
AND, we're getting a free rug! CSNrugs.com is sending us a rug - we picked it out - so we can test it and review it. oh yes. We've been looking for an area rug for right by our front door, and CSN Rugs has a bunch of great area rugs to choose from. We got one that's all natural fibers, and I'm excited to see how it looks in our house. Bella is also excited to lay on it. I'll be posting a review once we get it in the house and try it out.
So, that's all I've got! We're going out of town one more time this weekend - to go to the wedding of the fabulous Kelly and Matt! It's going to be super fun times.
Comments (13)
You look great. The dress is so cute!
Posted by Gina | August 10, 2009 9:23 AM
Congrats on your pregnancy! Hope all goes well!
Posted by Susan Farner | August 1, 2009 8:08 AM
Hooray for summer! The snorkeling picture is very cool, indeed. Hope you guys are doing well!
Posted by Haley J. | July 27, 2009 3:13 PM
Your dress is so cute! It makes me really wish I knew more about sewing. One of these days I'll find the time to learn.
Posted by whitney | July 27, 2009 7:11 AM
i love that your awesome vacation including a sustainable element. he must have an awesome job.
and you give me reason to try the sundress....very cute.
Posted by mamie | July 24, 2009 2:08 AM
st croix is definitely moving higher on my list thx to all your awesome photos.
Posted by carolyn | July 23, 2009 11:03 AM
I'm so jealous of your trip! next time, can I be a stowaway in one of your bags? :)
Posted by yahaira | July 23, 2009 10:16 AM
so. jealous.
I want to go to the Virgin Islands. Instead, my big vacation is coming to Georgia ;) :-P
Can y'all throw some sand on the ground to humor me?
Can wait to see you again, girlie!!!!! :)
Posted by Lara | July 23, 2009 9:45 AM
You are gorgeous ! Ishbel looks great so far.
Seems that you have had wonderful trip to Buck Island. I am a bit envy , i dream to try diving too.
Posted by Dilan Rencontres | July 23, 2009 7:10 AM
A free rug? You're so major. :)
Loooove your vacation pics, and your dresses are the cutest!
Posted by Mary-Heather | July 22, 2009 5:08 PM
You are SUCH a cutie patootie. St. Croix looks beautiful!
Posted by Jen | July 22, 2009 4:51 PM
The dress came out so nice. I'm sure your sewing bug will bite you again, soon enough. LOL.
Ishbel looks beautiful so far, too.
Posted by Susan - Knitters Delight | July 22, 2009 4:11 PM
Cute dress, I should get sewing again but I'm finding it hard lately to even knit.
Posted by ellen mallett | July 22, 2009 3:26 PM