I LOVE this time of year. You always think of summer as the time when food tastes so fresh and wonderful, but these golden days of September are when the harvest shows its true bounty.

The other day I was scrolling through my Pins and noticed several images from my “Arts and Prints” board that truly capture the colors and the festive spirit of the harvest season. When I clicked on the links, to my surprise they were all from the same shop, Anek. I thought I’d share a few of my favorites with you (click on the image for a link to each print).

Which is your favorite? I am torn between the plums and the tomatoes (although tomatoes usually win my heart).

Like I said yesterday, we were recently invited to a friends’ family farm to help them with their blueberry crop this year. This year has been gangbusters for Washington State blueberries and their freezer was already full so we came to take some off their hands (twist our arms).

It was a beautiful day in the valley, and before we knew it, 3 hours had passed.

We picked almost 8 gallons and we have literally been eating and canning blueberries every free minute since. There are still 3 huge bowls in the fridge. Oye! Antioxidants FTW!

Have you ever found yourself with LOTS of produce on hand? What are your tips for making the most of it?

Over labor day weekend D and I headed up to a friend’s family farm for some blueberry picking. After a couple hours in the sun, I sat back and admired the glory of the season. The sway of a sprinkler in the garden is almost like the hypnotizing pendulum swing of a clock, isn’t it? I could have stared at it forever, soaking up the sun and feeling the slight mist on my cheeks.

Its been quiet around here, ironically.

Summer in Seattle is an amazing thing to witness really. It rains through fourth of july and everyone complains that summer will never come. But slowly the sun peeks its head out and BAM! Before you know it, its one breathtakingly beautiful day after another.

You can practically hear the brakes squeally across town as people stop everything to get out and enjoy it. Instead of golden hour, its golden month, and its absolutely splendid.

So, we’ve been practicing Blog after Life, and the irony comes in that there has been A LOT of life happening around here. Birthdays, families, travel, exciting talks about the future. Our garden is in full harvest mode. Exciting new projects at work, and of course, a little bit of stress.

D and I have been diving head first into whats left of Seattle’s beautiful summer. This weekend we slept in, went to get coffee, and flipped through the issue of Sunset that had landed in our mailbox moments earlier. They have a feature called “Weekend Day Trip”, and in this month’s magazine, they were featuring Vashon Island, which is just a short drive and short ferry ride from our house. I said, that sounds fun, and D said, yes it does! And I said “Let’s go!” and so we did. Literally we drove home to grab sweatshirts and we drove toward the ferry.

It was the most spontaneous thing we’ve done in a long, long time, and there was such satisfaction in the afternoon of exploring and not really having anywhere to be. We have lots more photos to share of our little impromptu day-trip, but for now this is just to say to all of you – if there is something you’ve been talking about doing, just do it. Laundry and yard work can wait for a little while, but these moments are fleeting and sometimes it feels good to just soak it all up.

Back here with regularly scheduled programming this week (I have like 20 posts in draft form).

Also, we added instagram galleries to the sidebar ——-> You can follow us at RavennaGirlB & danielle_merseles

Here’s my set, too, instagram style! I’m over there at RavennaGirlB or follow the hashtag #tenonten

As always, head over to A bit of Sunshine to check out all the other wonderful sets!