As you might remember, we moved into our house about a year ago... One of the funny things about first moving into a house (especially in early Spring like us before the leaves are out) is that you don't necessarily know what kinds of plants & trees you have on your property. This past year it's been so great to watch the place bloom around us & to find out what everything is. One of our favorite "mystery trees" that we saw when we first moved in turned out to be a mulberry tree!
{Mulberries}
And we love to eat them!! (Things just taste better outside & especially when they're from your own yard, don't they?) It's so relaxing to head outside at the end of the day & pick mulberries. I love that we don't have to do anything at all to keep them alive (because my thumb is the blackest of blacks.)
{Christian's getting so big -will be 3 yrs old in July- and can reach the lower branches}
{yum! yum!}
...After we pick them we head to the backyard to the adirondack chairs to relax & enjoy the mulberries ... and forget about how messy our house is, the work that needs to be done, and the craziness of daily life etc.
They're not the cleanest of foods...
{Mulberry-stained hands, feet and face}
...But they sure make us happy...
Chores, work, messes and "things" will always be there...
Think of what you can do with the people you love to take a quick break from it all.
Savor all the little moments you can.
simple happy beautiful living.
xoxo,
lauren