(Field Trip Fridays are interesting, fun, travel, food-related or fishing adventures I like to share with you!) This is my ‘grandest’ Field Trip Friday ever, because I had to fly more than 3,000 miles to do it! I recently traveled to London with family members and when asked upon my return “What were your favorite things?” I…
Field Trip Fridays
Field Trip Friday – Savannah, GA
(Field Trip Fridays are interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures I like to share with you!) My hubby and I recently drove to Savannah for a few days. Tourism sites say March to July is the best time to go in order to experience peak azalea season, warm temps and outdoor events (especially St. Patrick’s Day celebrations…
Field Trip Friday – Asheville, NC
(Field Trip Fridays are interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures I like to share with you!) My husband and I recently spent a few days in Asheville, North Carolina. . .a much-needed escape from Florida. Summer in western NC is beautiful, with its abundance of farmers markets, scenery and outdoor events. We stayed in downtown Asheville, a…
Field Trip Friday – Nokomis Beach
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you.) Today marks 30 consecutive mornings of beach swims at Nokomis Beach! My hubby and I started this effort to shake up our daily routine, and found ourselves swimming in all sorts of conditions, having tons of fun, and thankful…
Field Trip Friday – Planet Claire Farmacy
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!) Walking through a forest is magical, isn’t it? It’s teeming with life; the trees providing oxygen and shade, and ground cover housing thousands of creatures and habitats. But have you ever seen a ‘food forest’? It’s similar to a nature-made forest,…
Field Trip Friday – Dakin Dairy Farms
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!) I grew up in a New England town with a dairy farm that opened 100 years ago and still provides fresh products to the community, including ice cream. When I lived there, I stopped in whenever I drove by,…
Field Trip Friday – Dooley Groves
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!) I recently drove up to Ruskin to visit a little piece of Florida’s history. . . Just south of Tampa/St. Petersburg is a family citrus business called Dooley Groves. It has been run by the Houghtaling family since 1967,…
Field Trip Friday – The Coudal Studio!
Today’s Field Trip takes me to my own creative studio, where my husband and I work with our dog Libby, and our cat LuLu. Sometimes it’s easy for us to get caught up in day-to-day dramas/work tasks and lose sight of the big picture of what’s really happening within our four walls. So, this week,…
Field Trip Friday – Boston!
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!) I recently traveled to Boston for my college’s homecoming events. While there, I soaked up fall scenery, visited special people I haven’t seen in ages and, of course, enjoyed delicious food. I grew up in southern Massachusetts, and though…
Field Trip Friday – Westport to Westport (Part 2)
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!) This is Part 2 of my road trip from Westport, NY to Westport, MA. . . I moved from Massachusetts to Florida 29 years ago, but still hold it close to my heart. All the imagery, friends and family,…
Field Trip Friday – Westport to Westport (Part 1)
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!) I’ve heard that road trips are good for the soul, and I believe that’s true. My hubby and I recently packed up the car, the dog, and (what seemed like) everything we own, to do what Julia Cameron calls ‘filling…
Field Trip Friday – Sunshine Community Compost
(Field Trip Fridays capture interesting, fun, food-related and/or fishing adventures that I like to share with you!) Garbage. Refuse. Debris. Rubbish. Scraps. Lots of words for stuff we don’t want anymore. . . But the one I’m focusing on today is scraps. Kitchen scraps, to be exact – the magical stuff used for compost, also known as…