Days of Summer

Summer. Rain. Green. Watermelon.




1. Storming out our bedroom window. Sitting cozy at my desk.
2. Reflections. And another storm.
3. Our new favorite recipe for amazing chocolate chewy cookies. ;) make them with chocolate chips, plain, or with coconut and m'n'm's. ;)
4. Jollof. Yum. It's a dish from Ghana, I believe it was. I enjoy making things from around the world. Jollof is easy and deliciously different. But it's for a cooler rainy night...it's got a nice warm spicy flavor, and it stays hot in the bowl. And the chicken is so tender and flavorful! :)
5. Another cookie! What a surprise....not! Lol. Scrumptious and healthy is this cookie...studded with dried fruit, oatmeal, and black chocolate. Oh yum.
6. Dark chocolate whole wheat muffin. Very heavy, but a great snack if you're really hungry. :)
7. Another storm coming. Over one of our neighborhood temple/shrines.... That's the temple.
8. Double rainbow around the sun! It was amazing and gorgeous.
9. Feathery evergreen and our gold summer sunsets.
10. The two sisters, taking pictures of each other. Lol
11. Parmesan herb popcorn. It was so yummy. We had it with sandwiches a week or so back and had a picnic outside our house in a tent we set up.
12. Our rolling hills. Green, it's so green here!
13. The birthday present I made for my mum. <3
14. Rain on our van's sunroof.
15. First watermelon of the year! It was so delightful.
16. A project Abigail and I have been working on...this is the smallest version of seven skirts we've made/are making, all matching. ;) maybe a post later about us two Minks girls skirts? Who knows. :)

....We don't have a three month vacation during the summer like most American folks, (we have a three week one coming up) but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy all things summer!

I hope you are having a lovely summer as well. Let me know in the comments your favorite thing about summer!

Mine would definitely be ice cream and the water...whether it's the ocean, the river, the city fountains you can play in, water balloons, water guns, waterfalls, or summer storms... I love them all! :)

See you around!
Victoria <3

Little Things

Hello!
Today I thought I'd do something a bit different and have a little questionnaire that I would answer about the little things that I'm really being blessed by/have been enjoying right now, recently. Let me know what you think of it. ;)
Abigail is working on a smorgasbord post, as well, so hopefully that will be forthcoming.

"What has been your favorite ---- recently??"

1. Song?
But I have Prayed for Thee
2. Color?
I've been drawn to bright summer teal a lot this last week. Everywhere I look I'll see it and be like, "Oh that's my favorite color!" ;)
3. flower?
Not sure what type it is, but it looks like this:



They come in varying shades of orange to deep coral. Sadly most of them are gone now. (They're wildflower around here).
4. Bible verse?
Habbakuk 3:10-13 has really caught me the past few days.



5. snack?
Chocolate cookies with m'n'm's and coconut. :D
6. drink?
Green tea (Not sweet, for you American readers information ;P)
7. projects?
I've been redrawing my dress designs on paper and coloring them in with pencils. I also have been working on my book a lot. This week I'm going to be sewing up some skirts. ... Might be a post. ;) Other than that and cooking/baking not much.

8. looking forward to?
The missionary summer picnic, July 21st!! So excited. ;)
9. game?
Played tag in the rain outside with some missionary friends the other day. Epic. :D haha, not really. Just fun. I enjoyed it a lot.

10. book?
I just finished reading these two books today by the same author. There are a couple words you'd have to mark out, but I really enjoyed them. They were different from the books I normally read, but I was fascinated by the culture in the two books. Inspired me to share cultures more in my books. ;) They were both by Joan Hiatt Harlow... book one was Star in the Storm, and book two was Thunder from the Sea.
They are both about the people of Newfoundland and Labrador, the first in the 1910's and the second in the late 1920's. They both involve a Newfoundland dog. The stories are not related however. I had never read about the people of Newfoundland and found it very interesting. I never imagined that Celtic culture was so strong (at least back then). Or that they mixed believing in The Lord with old wive's superstitions. As an American, I tend to link that idea with the Ozarks. However, since many people in the Ozarks were Irish and Scottish, it makes sense, because I found out that a lot of Irish and Scottish settled in Newfoundland. The stories are based on many true happenings and the real way they lived, so that said--I don't agree with everything (for example their folklore--it's just silly. It does say so in the book too, at least) but if you want to find out about how Newfoundlanders lived, they're very interesting.

Well that's all for now! Hope you are all having lovely days, enjoy all the little blessings and happy things that come every day. :)
In fact, you could pick a couple of the questions above and give your answers in a comment below. We are so happy to get comments. ;)
If you like our blog, let us know, and tell us what you would like to see more of. :)
Also... pardon if there's little hiccoughs in the blog format right now. We are in the middle of giving the blog a makeover. ;) It's taking a little bit of time, but hopefully it will be a little more professional looking and easier to navigate soon. :)

See you around! <3
Victoria