We spent Saturday in Carmel Valley at Earthbound Farm Stand’s Fall Day. The farm stand is one of our favorite places to take John Shea. He gets to freely roam and pick from the veggie and herb gardens, play with and/or eat dirt, or right now during Fall, roll pumpkins from their huge, beautiful patch, all while we sit outside eating something yummy from the cafe or drinking a coffee watching him.
Thank you Deb, Jon and baby Nora for making the drive to come spend time with us!!! Deb became like a little sister to me in college. She came and visited me in DC after I followed my heart (Cam) and wasn’t able to make it across the country again for our wedding. Then we moved to Okinawa… and just like that, five years have passed without seeing each other. While we were in Oki, she got married and had sweet Nora, I had John, and now finally reunited, we got to meet each other’s spouses and babies and catch up on years. It felt like only days!! Her and her little family could not be more lovely. We loved getting to spend that time together, Fosters!
I loved their eucalyptus and flower chandelier hanging in the barn!
The chilly weather we had all morning turned into about 90 degrees when we took these… lucky for John Shea we can take off his shoes and socks and let him run loose barefoot, but I was sweating!
Cara says
Beautiful! Love the snip your own herbs and mix and match idea. I hate having to buy a whole bunch of one kind of herb at the store and I never use it all!
Amanda Marshall says
Me too! We started growing our own and it's so much cheaper and easier to use whatever I need!
Lauren DOrazio says
We spent the weekend in Carmel. I'll have to check out the Farm Stand next time! I finally made it to Point Lobos. It was so gorgeous!
Amanda Marshall says
you're kidding! Next time you're here if you want to meet up, I'd love to! Glad you guys made it to Point Lobos. We love going there… if you like wine tasting and antique shops there's a lot of great places near the farm stand in Carmel 🙂
Lauren DOrazio says
I would LOVE to meet up! We're in Carmel often. Have you made it to Caraccioli Cellars yet in downtown Carmel? It's our friends place and my favorite pinot 🙂
Karen Johnson says
Carmel Valley, where is it? Can you give me more information about it? I just saw there really nice pictures of this place http://spinsucks.com/communication/content-marketing-use-chaos/ and really wanted to visit it
19216811ll.com says
I like to get up early to go out and breathe fresh air. I feel that it is good for health and a good habit