Are We There Yet?



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By "there",  I mean summer.  Spring is only now beginning and I'm already thinking about summer.  So when we are finally there, meaning summer is here, I plan to make lots of this lemon-thyme soda, which is a refreshing twist on classic lemonade.

Lemon-Thyme Soda

Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups sugar, 2 cups of water, 1 oz. fresh thyme, juice of 6 lemons, soda water.

Bring the sugar and water to a boil, add the thyme and let steep until cool. Pass mixture through a fine-mesh strainer. Combine 1 1/2 ounces of the thyme syrup with 1/2 ounce of fresh lemon juice in a tall ice-filled glass rimmed with sugar. Fill with soda water and garnish with fresh lemon and thyme springs.

Recipe and photo courtesy of  Culture Club Monaco

Window Shopping



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As I dream of having my own shop and my own business, I've been admiring those who do.   Photos here of designers Heiberg Cummings store in Brooklyn, New York.



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  The following photo is from Bloom in Sag Harbor, New York.  I would love to visit this shop some day (perhaps I would run into Ina Garten--she's a fan of the shop) .  



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Straw hats and Espadrilles.  I can almost feel summer (well, maybe not yet).

 



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I love the textures and the neutral colors.



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I wonder what these canister originally held.

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And here's the exterior of Bloom.  It looks like a delightful place, doesn't it?

Here's to a happy weekend (a bit early) and to the first day of spring, even though it is still snowing in Boston.

Thoughts of Spring



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 Here's to the first day of the Daylight Saving Time.  Spring is just around the corner.