friday

I love summer. Especially days like today where there is a clear, cool breeze, and I started the day with a walk in the fresh air with one of my boys. Sigh! I am SO thankful that I have the summers off. I am soaking in every minute.

This salad dressing from Rachel is delicious. Since we've started making our own dressings, there is no way I could ever go back to bottled ones. I don't mean to sound snobby - homemade ones just taste real and aren't so sweet and thick. For awhile, I just ate all of my salads naked. (Adam says that sounds fun.) But homemade dressing is better. Adam makes a ranch dressing that he loves; I'll see if he'll do a guest post and share it with you. And I came up with one to copy a delicious dressing served on a seafood salad at Rudder's Restaurant - once I come up with some measurements, I'll share that one with you, too, if you'd like.

And lastly, I wanted to mention a couple of things that I bought at the Fredericton Farmers' Market back in July. Sanctuary's products are lovely. That deserves more emphasis - they're lovely. My skin is especially loving the chamomile toner. It's in a little spray bottle and is especially refreshing on hot days. The Moroccan Rose soap smells perfect (I haven't opened it yet). I sniff if every time I walk by. All of their products are 100% natural, and come highly recommended by yours truly - they're gentle, natural, and smell wonderful. And I say all of this under no coercion whatsoever - I bought these myself, and just wanted to spread the love.

Happy Friday!