Welcome to the second of a 3 part summer series about my experience unplugging for a full day. I’ll be doing it once a month all summer and invite you to join in the fun! You can read part one here.
If there’s one thing I gathered from unplugging this month, it’s that one day might not be enough. What I thought would take me months to warm up to, has quickly become rooted and left me only wanting to do more. One day is great for quieting your mind and catching up on things that have fallen to the wayside. But to truly reinvigorate creativity and relaxation, more days are needed.
My actual unplugging day this month wasn’t anything special. We stayed home and did chores, played, worked in the garden, and I think we drove somewhere {although I can’t remember why?}. I just remember being in the car and consciously having to tell myself to not check my phone. Although, more and more there isn’t a strong urge to constantly check when I remind myself that I’m not missing much. I’m finding that the summer has been a quieter time in blog land and I like it. Do you feel like people are online less in the summer? Everyone seems to be taking their own mini-breaks, posting only when they feel like it, and generally staying busy with other activities like vacation, being outside, and playing with the kids who are on summer break.
To give you a glimpse of how I’ve been spending my time when I’m not online or at work, here’s a peek into our adventures lately:
Sky likes to make messes, but not in a destructive intentional way…..more in a “I’m a boy and this is just what I do” way. Last week, he climbed up into one of the empty raised garden beds and started playing with the dirt. I indulged him as you can see…
I got a new lens for my camera – a 50 MM 1.8 and I LOVE IT. I’ve had so much fun playing around. Lily was nice enough to sit still for 30 seconds so I could take a picture of her ear.
July has brought with it the daylilies, daisies, crocosmia, black eyed susan’s, and spirea in the garden – all perfect for flower arranging. We celebrated 2 birthdays so far this month – both of our moms! So, bouquets were a necessity.
We attended a local street fair and all Sky wanted was an ice cream cone. Sweet boy got his wish and proceeded to bounce off the walls for the next 2 hours. The shoes, the giant band aid, the entire package….he’s too cute.
When I was little, picking huckleberries was one of my favorite pastimes. It was how we spent our summers. I’m happy to report that my boy is a little huckleberry hound as well and we enjoy picking anywhere we can find some bushes {mainly in nana/poppa and grandma/grandpas yard}. The crop is robust this year!
Yet another mess we’ve made lately has been with BEANS. They keep Sky entertained for quite a while with all of his trucks. They do get everywhere but thankfully any beans too small to be picked up can just be vacuumed!
I’d love to hear how you’ve been unplugging this summer and welcome you to link up below!
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