i am my mother's daughter and my daughter's mother. . .

the best kind of mother's day is one where you've been granted the opportunity to sleep in,

only to awaken to the savory scents of a fully prepared breakfast. 

and what a breakfast it was! popovers & jam, prepared by tashi. 

eggs, potatoes, sausage, coffee, juice. so much food that we skipped lunch.

 

and there were homemade cards!

with chocolate and gifts!

and flowers!

followed by an absolutely amazing talavya tabla performance. 
if these guys ever come your way, do yourselves a favor and check them out!

 

the performance also provided an opportunity to walk inside the new common ground healing arts center in the renovated jefferson school city center, a quite lovely building.

 

followed by a stroll on the mall where i indulged in one of my favorite activities, photo taking

it was a fine day, concluding with a dinner of the left over pastitsio i made saturday. 
and call the midwife. and a game of dan's vintage version of lord of the rings.

 i leave you with some images of my own gorgeous mother through the years. when i was a child, she was the most beautiful and most mysterious woman i had ever encountered. she lives far from me now, a distance which phone and skype really can't bridge. if we lived close, we probably would have shared in a picnic today, a favorite activity of hers. 

i love you mom, and hope that we have many picnics yet to come.  

thank you for making me the mother that i am today.

 

 

charlottesville blooms in spring

i am always really proud to show off charlottesville to visiting friends and family. 

we had the opportunity to do that yesterday. 

farmer's market day often guarantees a lively downtown scene. 

i was also recently gifted with a new zoom lens that i took these photos with.

the farmer's market often features great acoustic music

this area is home to some awesome producers of kombucha. nugget's and barefoot 

are two favorites. i love the stuff and would like to try making my own sometime.

the farmer's market is the best place to find free range, organic, grass fed meat.

dumplings are a new feature at the market. 

we tried some out and they were terrific.

family!

whisper hill is one of my favorite produce farms. i picked up some tomato plants 

yesterday and put them in the ground right away when we got home. i also scooped 

a bucket full of compost out of our bin which was really satisfying!

strawberries already!

steadfast is another one of my favorite farms, producers of organic grains, beans, and beef.

it's also owned by friends and there is nothing more satisfying than buying 

local, organic food produced by friends!

whimsy

beauty

another favorite, and very close to home

rest break!

and then off to the downtown pedestrian mall. . .

you never know who or what you'll see there!

there are some great views from the parking garage too!

charlottesville blooms in spring!