Hi, friends.

I ended up taking an unexpected break from just-for-fun blogging this summer, I suppose. There are several reasons for this, not the least of which is that I’ve been knee-deep in working on my forthcoming sewing book. I imagine that any of you who actually care about such things read The Coletterie already, but if not… look! I have a book coming!

Boy oh boy, books are a lot of work. You probably know that already, as did I. But now I know it in a real, visceral way.

I also managed to contract pneumonia back in July, which was really pretty awful and took me down for the better part of a month. Pneumonia is no joke, guys! Yikes, I’m glad that unpleasantness is behind me. It was nasty, and when you couple it with my workload, I started to feel like I was drowning.

In spite of that little whine above, I really did find time to enjoy the meager summer we had here. Here are some lovely things I did this summer:

• Grew a crazy huge crop of tomatoes
• Went to San Francisco
• Visited the Oregon coast and drank beer
• Kept our house stocked with fresh flowers from the garden
• Went to Seattle
• Bought tickets to go to Argentina this December (!!!)
• Made a pretty dress to wear for a fantastic 4th wedding anniversary (see above)
• Ate Peruvian food for the first time
• Had fun visits from family
• Picked berries
• Did a lot of canning
• Cut my hair off (also see above)

I hope to find more time to write and share now that I’ve perked up a bit and finally feel like I can breathe again (literally and figuratively).