Friday, April 22, 2011

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day, everyone! My "Small Measures with Ashley" post is up on Design Sponge. In recognition of the holiday, I've listed 25 of my favorite ways of enjoying the splendor of our planet.

We've been humming along chez English, planting new blueberry bushes and blackberry canes, watching the peas tendril up the trellis, putting up hanging baskets with strawberry plants, messing around with lemon verbena in baking, noshing on Georgia strawberries, listening to the glorious sound of rain falling, eating outdoor brunch with friends, and generally enjoying all that the season offers.

We're having friends over for dinner tomorrow evening, and then I plan to get busy in the yard and garden on Sunday while my mom hangs with Huxley.

Wherever you go, whatever you do this weekend, may it be grand!

*Image courtesy of Rene Treece Photography.
**My friend Meredith made Huxley the little Viking hat. Isn't it amazing???

6 comments:

tigress said...

happy earth day to you! man, i wish spring sprang up here as it sounds like it has in your neck of the woods! a couple more weeks and we're golden up here!

enjoy your lovely weekend!

Liz ~ A Natural Nester said...

Sounds like you are steeped in the season, enjoying Mother Nature the way she intended! Happy Earth Day and happy digging in the dirt Sunday!

6512 and growing said...

I loved your 25 ways to enjoy the Earth on Earth Day. Extra kudos for tree-hugging at a young age.
I recently found a picture of me at 5 in my grandparents lush garden, all google-eyed and awed. It made me smile to remember how it all begins.

Anonymous said...

Happy earth day, and thanks for the great suggestions!

EcoGrrl said...

happy Earth Day to you this day and hereafter! although you should have added #26 - baby stuffing fist fully in mouth is definitely an activity, right? love the pic! :) (wow he is getting big!)

Apseed said...

Happy week!