It feels like fall! No wait, just kidding; it was nearly 80 degrees yesterday and is supposed to hit the mid 80s again early next week. It’s a gorgeous sunny day with crisp blue skies! No wait, just kidding; now it’s gray and windy and threatening rain. Florida — please, make up your mind. It’s mid November, not May or September, and I’m ready to enjoy some open windows and al fresco dinners on the patio! But in the meantime, I’m contenting myself with seasonally appropriate activities, like burning apple scented candles and baking fresh quick breads at pretty much every chance. I might not be able to keep the windows open, but at least it smells great inside the house anyway!

Speaking of the house, we’re about to make a pretty exciting change to ours. It’s not anything major, and we aren’t doing renovations or anything. But it’s going to be an upgrade to our home, and to our kitchen. After spending last Friday at EPCOT for the Food & Wine Festival to celebrate our anniversary, we were pretty inspired by the greenhouses we saw on the Living With the Land ride. So, naturally, we came home, Danny spent a good bit of Saturday researching, and we’re about to dive into growing produce with hydroponics right on our lanai. We’re kind of excited. (Okay, we’re really excited!) We’ve had plenty of success growing potted herbs, like this oregano that’s gone a bit feral, but we can’t wait to attempt kale, lettuce, spinach, collards, cucumbers, winter squashes, and much more.Oh, and EPCOT and our anniversary — it was a blast. Going to theme parks makes me feel like a kid again. Going anywhere with Danny is a always fun. We frequently joke to one another, as if we’re shocked, “I never get bored of doing life with you!” I love that, no matter whether we’re working or dabbling in unconventional gardening or spending a day just relaxing, we always get to do it together.

~ Laura