Heatwave things
Also in here: flowerscrolling and a cast iron question
Hi! Good news and bad news: the hottest weekend of the year invited itself to David and Audrey’s wedding. Fear not, everything still went perfectly; my sisters and I are declaring this our family’s best wedding yet. One photo at the end!
And now, our secret to surviving the triple-digit heat with no A/C in our little old house, and a little present I’m giving myself…
today’s bouquet
My plants have been ~thriving~ in the heatwave; our fiddle leaf fig tree sprouted three new leaves over the weekend! And apparently, the pothos and monstera have fallen in love:
Meanwhile, this little powerhouse has been keeping us humans alive.
Kacey Musgraves chats about her childhood home and other sacred spaces.
Any advice for getting rust out of a Lodge cast iron pan?? We make “tiny eggs” in their adorable 3.5 inch skillets, but they get rust in them after like, seven minutes. Help.
Is my blue your blue?
Bobbi Brown’s guide to the UK.
Easily the prettiest Doen dress of the year.
Rewarding myself with this hoodie for finishing my most important summer read. Just in time for Charlie to start playing flag football! (*blinks back tears*). Also, is anyone else feeling like A&F has really snuck up on us?
The other night, Nate and I were sitting on the couch waiting for the laundry to finish so we could get it into the dryer before bed. I was tired from a long cry, so I asked him to put on something funny. He picked Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ acceptance speech of the Mark Twain Prize. Oh my gosh, the Merchant of Venice audition 😂 (05:29)
Quick pick-me-up: scroll your favorite flower on Pinterest.
“Other creatures have journeys far greater than ours. The salmon crisscrosses the ocean many times, the monarch butterfly summers in Maine and winters in Mexico. But we are the creature that lives to tell the tale.”
—Patricia MacLachlan
three things
Three things from Trader Joe’s in my kitchen right now:
Freeze dried tart cherries — better than the best sour candy! (via Sarah H.)
Mango kefir
Crispy Crunchy Mochi Rice Nuggets
last thing
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Zero Waste Chef has a good post on cast iron: https://zerowastechef.com/2018/02/12/how-to-maintain-and-revive-cast-iron-pans/ If it's getting rusty, I think the key is to dry and then season after cleaning (rub a little oil on with a paper towel and heat it for a couple minutes on the stove; then use a clean paper towel to absorb any excess left). My son loves eggs in that pan too! Bought it with his allowance money.