it's a sweet summer

someone asked me recently

if i missed paris.

i don't.

maybe it's because

i know we're going back 

at the end of the summer.

maybe it's just that our life on 

this island is so different from

our city life.

our days 

and nights

are spent at the beach.

my brother..

uncle dave.

my sister..

auntie jen.

and cousins

nana with some

of the grandkids.

another awesome day

on the beach.

yesterday

after lunch at 

the right fork..

hannah and my niece cameron

went for a thrill ride on the bi-plane.

they fly around the island..

mike the pilot points out

famous peoples' homes..

and does barrel rolls!

we love our summer 

so much here..

but it would be 

much sweeter with steve here.

we miss you so much!

can't wait for you to get here.

birthdays on the beach

we celebrated my niece's birthday with a cookout on 

the beach at dusk.

best time to go to the beach..

in my opinion.

the kids all jump off the bridge.

i'm thinking maybe i should do it.

hannah in the middle

of her two cousins.

going to jump!

the town of edgartown 

on martha's vineyard

is charming and preppy

and the shops are 

as well.

we got takeout 

at the quarterdeck and 

ate down by the docks.

ocean park in oak bluffs.

so pretty at dusk.

we're off to the beach!

around the island

steve is flying back to paris tonight.

we won't see him for 3 weeks.

we brought him to the ferry to wave 

goodbye.

we will miss you so much!

we visited stephen at the 

ice cream shop the other 

night.

i can't tell you how much

i love that he's working!

earlier this week

the kids and the cousins

went kayaking.

will learned to kayak 

when he went to brittany 

this past spring with school.

he did awesome!

tuesday the kids and i 

took a drive up island.

alley's general store is 

always a stop for us.

from alley's we drove up

to menemsha..

a beautiful fishing village

that has the best sunsets

and lobster rolls.

and then on to 

aquinnah and the 

gay head cliffs.

someone asked me recently

if i missed paris...

i don't.

i will be ready to go 

back at the end of the summer..

i'm sure.

but for now..

i wouldn't want to be 

anywhere else.

vineyard song

"won't you stay on the vineyard

for the summer..

won't you stay on the vineyard for the year.

we'll find a little house down there in oak bluffs..

and our children is all that we'll hear."

island life

life here is so very different

from our life in paris.

we stay up late.

sleep late.

i leave the house

with out any makeup on..

i haven't used a hair dryer once.

i wear yoga pants or a 

bathing suit and tunic

to the market

with flip flops.

i love paris

but martha's vineyard

is my favorite place to be.

here is our little cottage

that we've rented for the summer.

it's charming and 

i love how the screen door

slams shut.

we like to sit on the porch

and play cards and drink wine.

i keep thinking that if it was mine

how i'd plant hydrangeas all around it. 

the day we arrived my mom

put food in our fridge

and brought sunflowers.

in paris everyone has their own 

bedroom and pretty much their own 

bathroom!

here we all share rooms

and one bathroom.

i love our little island cottage!

 july 2nd we celebrated

hannah's 15th birthday!

my mom hosted a fabulous

dinner with the cousins.

it was such a fun night!

happy birthday sweet hannah!

we love you!