early summer

my eldest daughter is working on completing her emt and lifeguard certification, that will make six lifeguards in our family now! ( my kids were junior lifeguards, chuck and hannah are certified now) my eldest son is working on his down in fiercly competitive los angeles county. what this means is even if you pass everything, the only thing that counts is the thousand meter open ocean swim. in my girl's case she has to finish in twenty minutes.

right now, although the days are warming up nicely, the pacific ocean temperature is around 59 degrees. horribly cold. so we have been swimming in the pool. i've been coaching her since i have a bit of experience and she's out of practice . it's been a lot of fun, however, since the swim is in two weeks we need to make the switch to the beach. this is something i'm beyond dreading (we both are) but i've promised to stay with her through the training and the actual swim.  if your listening weather gods, please warm up the ocean a wee bit, and while your at it stop those dreadful tornado's. thank you.

(i hope it's not like this)

( but more like this)

(with dolphins to help her along)

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one nice thing about being nearly out of a job is that i can go to our local farm stand during the day. i love being there with only a few people, discussing recipes and uses for all the lovely vegetables and fruits and even beans. yesterday though, it was the bouquet of sweet peas i brought home, that made my day.

here, i picked some for you!

have a wonderful weekend everyone!
xo lori