Mates, good day. Welcome to a different Sunday.

We’re within the thick of August, and I’ll let you know – my backyard is trying slightly wild. The flowers are spent, the tomatoes have sprawled into chaos, the zinnias are blooming sideways at this level.  The weeds? Nonetheless extremely motivated, dangit. It’s all slightly crispy, and albeit, a little bit of a mirror for my present way of thinking.

However! I’ve discovered a lot dwelling with this backyard over the previous 4 seasons. I’ve discovered that black-eyed Susans and milkweed are tenacious, even after a snowy winter. That the Texas sage can survive on a whisper of rain and nonetheless present up in full purple bloom. And even when issues appear to be a multitude, there’s progress occurring below the floor.

Inside, I’ve began winter seeds – largely collards, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and broccoli, and I’m longing for a winter backyard. Hope is half of gardening.

This week’s hyperlinks supply slightly perception and encouragement.  We’re speaking about growing old, working with what now we have (and love), and the obvious life-giving energy of connection. I hope you discover one thing in them that speaks to precisely the place you might be.  All of it counts, even the messy bits. (Particularly the messy bits? Working principle.)

•  I’ve been serious about what makes a kitchen really feel good currently – not simply fairly, not simply purposeful, however actually lived in. Ina Garten (our perpetually Auntie Contessa) nailed it in a latest piece about how she solely shows dishes and trays she truly makes use of and loves. It’s not about excellent styling, it’s about cabinets that really feel such as you. Like Ina says, “Your kitchen feels alive.” That is your permission slip to drag out the great plates, gentle slightly lamp within the nook, and make your kitchen really feel like the guts of the house once more. How To Enhance a Kitchen That You’ll Love Working In (Substack)

•  I made a decision I would like a Counter Cake this previous week so I made this straightforward Lemon Curd Crumb Cake with leftover lemon curd I had stashed behind the freezer for too lengthy and saved the cake on a cake stand on the kitchen counter with a knife standing by. I’ll inform ya – nice makes use of of free will! (Pleasure the Baker)

•  I really like a phrase from the smart, particularly from huge sisters just a few many years forward of me. This piece from Leanne Ely is the sort of beneficiant, candid truth-telling that had me nodding at each paragraph. If I Had been 50 Once more, Right here’s Precisely What I’d Do Completely different is about clearing emotional litter, lifting heavy issues, and eventually honoring your personal needs—not 5 years from now, not after every part else is dealt with, however now. It’s a pep speak we deserve. (Substack)

•  Do you’ve a good friend who you hate going out to eat with as a result of they’re so choosy and demanding of the service employees? Meee toooo. However I can’t say I’m in the precise as a result of I’ll bend over backwards NOT to disturb the waitstaff and that may’t be the way in which both.  This Asking For a Buddy piece about dinner with a complainer is attention-grabbing.  I suppose some friendships actually do want a “go/no-go” record. (Self)

•  I sometimes solely purchase make-up below duress and this week I’m happy to report I purchased this Huda Magnificence Blush in Latte. It’s very generously pigmented and I take advantage of it as a bronzer and hybrid, including it to my cheeks, brow, and even over the bridge of my nostril. This goes over a tinted sunscreen and below a fast brush of pressed powder. Quite simple for an on a regular basis routine.   (Huda Magnificence)

•  Connection is every part, associates! The One High quality Most Tremendous Agers Share (New York Instances)

•  This week on Substack I point out that I’m drained and floundering however hey, or not it’s like that generally! Listed here are 9 of My Present Temper-Boosters and Life-Savers (Substack)

•  The 4 cans of tuna on my kitchen counter are destined for the Tuna Soften I’ve been craving all week. (The Kitchn)

•  Again to College Dinners are again in rotation! This record is exhaustive and Jessica can actually work a sheet pan/ one-pot/ dinner on the desk fast scenario.  (How Candy Eats)

•  My good friend Erika’s New York Metropolis House Cafe is on one other degree!  We must always all be making residence cafes this fall. Take word.  (Instagram)

•  If I might return in time, I might have had rather more endurance as my mother was educating me the right way to sew as a teen as a result of I so want that was in my skillset now.  It’s actually not too late! A number of years in the past mother and I made a skirt, and he or she confirmed me the right way to thread my very fundamental Singer stitching machine and stitch in considerably of a straight line. The concept of thrift flipping sounds enjoyable!  I must name in mother for one more lesson. (TikTok)

Have a candy Sunday, associates!

xo Pleasure