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A Visit to a Christmas Tree Farm
It’s Christmas time again and I couldn’t be more excited! I’m the type of person who must wait to start celebrating Christmas until after Thanksgiving, but that begins the moment Thanksgiving is over. I start pulling out all the decorations on Black Friday and this year we went to get our tree the Saturday after Thanksgiving. If you’re in the Seattle area and are looking for a place to cut your own tree, this post is for you! We’ve chosen Trinity Tree Farm for our Christmas tree in 2019 and 2021 (no tree last year when I was on the east coast for the whole month). This farm is located in Issaquah and…
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Cherry Blossom Season in Seattle
The beginning of spring in Seattle is marked by the thousands of cherry trees lining streets and parks bursting into bloom. Cherry trees are very special to the city of Seattle, symbolizing the city’s history of friendship with Japan. Seeing the snowy white and pink blossoms is one of my favorite parts of spring in Seattle, and every year people flock from all over to see them. In this post I’ll share the best places to experience cherry blossom season in Seattle! A Gift of A Thousand Cherry Trees Seattle’s history with cherry trees began with the arrival of 2,000 trees gifted to the United States by the City of Tokyo, Japan in…
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My June Bucket List
June Bucket List: 10 Summer Activities to Do This Month Summer always feels like a season full of possibilities and opportunities. In the beginning, it feels like you have so much time to accomplish the things you want, but summer also has a way of slipping away from us. I started making a monthly bucket list of activities in my bullet journal or planner to help me really live in each season. Here is my June Bucket List of 10 summer activities to do this month to make the most of June! 1 – Make homemade lemonade from fresh lemons Nothing says “summer” like fresh-squeezed lemonade. There are so many different recipes, from…
