Summer Snaps

Summer is in full swing, and The Inspired Year is blooming… quite literally.

*remember if you’re reading this via email, you won’t be able to see the pics!*

I currently have 16 pumpkin plants… which, I now realize I didn’t photograph.
I know, it’s ridiculous – however there is a method to my madness! I wasn’t quite sure where things would grow the best in the yard, THUS I planted 16 plants all over, to see what thrives the best, on where. My cousin Hannah is basically a plant mum, so she will help me with this madness and maybe, hopefully there will be a pumpkin harvest!? 🤞🏾.
Stay tuned!

On the domestic adventures front…

I recently fell into a TikTok rabbit hole about brightening whites and removing yellow stains using the sun. Skeptical but curious, I gave it a go… with my own twist. Do I own a random Rubbermaid container for soaking laundry? Absolutely not. My Rubbermaids are reserved for panic piles of “I’ll sort this later” nonsense. So instead, I grabbed a salad bowl (we listen and we don’t judge), filled it with super hot water and added blue Dawn dish soap, baking soda, and a healthy splash of hydrogen peroxide – all measured with my heart. The pillowcases soaked in the sun for a few hours, then I hung them on my “clothesline” (AKA string lights). When I brought them in? I was shooketh! Blinding white, fresh, and perfect. Somewhere in my soul, I know my Nana and Babcia are very proud.

I treated myself to my first bouquet of local flowers from Firefly Farm while shopping at Maltese. Even better? I got to meet Lauren, the lovely florist herself, delivering armfuls of these beauties. LOOK HOW PRETTY THEY ARE!!

OF course, we have some moon shots, a blazingly hot sun shot and some insane amount of dewy cobweb pictures (sans spiders, because I care about ShoSho).

I am already thinking about posting Thanksgiving Inspo… too soon!?
Let me know!
– Alex