Xapa to the World

Category: Short and Sweet

  • Insta-post: Sunny Day

    Today, i got to take an hour break for my lunch. Matt came down to my office and we headed over to the local park to walk around the lake.

    I was very proud of myself, because I  had worn dressy heels to work, but remembered to grab a pair of flip flops (yep, I work best in flips) to change into. However, I found that i had, in fact, grabbed the right shoe of both my black pairs of flip flops. I had another pair of shoes in my car, but they did not make my feet very happy. Regardless, we walked around the lake and I snapped a few pictures while we had time.

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    Wildflowers sometimes feel like an afterthought, but I think they’re God’s attention to detail.
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    Sunflowers…I just can’t help myself!
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    Feather? Feather? Who lost a feather?
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    sigh

    Nothing so sweet as a lunch date in a beautiful place. My feet might be saying otherwise, though.

  • Insta-Post: Mathis Fabric and Sunflowers

     

    Yesterday was a long day, but I decided to instagram some of the afternoon. I heard from a friend that our favorite fabric place, Mathis Fabric, is going out of business. They’ve been around for years and always have an amazing selection of fabrics available. It’s going to take a few weeks to liquidate their stock, so I will probably need to make another trip up there soon.

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    fabric scraps! all for $3!
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    yards of fabric. I love the blue one. This pic is too dark to really show you the beautiful color

    Our garden out back is so wild and random, when I’m not paying attention, it changes its whole appearance!

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    This sunflower should not be alive. There are so many kinks in the stalk and the part at the very top is all but broken through.
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    a mammoth sunflower stalk and a teeny tiny marigold
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    two blooms sunflower!
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    probably the biggest sunflower head we have this year!
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    We got this owl to scare away squirrels…I’m surprised we haven’t seen them draw a mustache on it and play other tricks
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    our zucchini plants have been really lovely and green – lots of blossoms too – but we’ve only been able to harvest one big zucchini. Not sure what the issue is. Let’s hope this one get big and strong!
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    Sweet Williams for a splash of pink in our otherwise very green and yellow garden right now.

     

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    In Him,

    Sarah ><>