Decided to try baking crescent rolls over the fire after seeing it suggested online.
BRILLIANT. Seriously going to do this from now on! Great for breakfast especially with a little bit of honey. I meant to wrap a hot dog up in one for a pig in a blanket but I got too greedy and just ate them all with honey.

Sometimes it just feels really great to get outside, enjoy each others’ company, and (mostly) unplug. This time I put together a “classic campfire” playlist that included Blue Öyster Cult, Carole King, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Kinks, Chicago, The Mama’s and The Papa’s, and others.

The temperatures have dropped this week so the fire served as both a stove and heater this time around. I packed sweaters and fuzzy socks as well. There’s a knitted blanket we always bring too. Its color is cream and brown and always reminds me of the outdoors.

I sometimes get asked what I wear when camping so I took this as I started packing. I brought a few more things than this but mainly this Free People Scottish Fringe jacket was most important item since it was really needed once the sun went down.

Making the camping one helped motivate me to get the camping supplies together and start planning out weekends I can get out and get to it!

This next one I tagged as #fem!winchester summer followed by #gardening with cas

Today I was really motivated to reorganize my closet for summer. Get realistic about which skirts and tops I’d actually wear now that it’s summer hot day after day. Pack away some things for fall. Got a small pile of maybe 5 things together for the donation bin. Then I hit up my makeup stash. A few things I’ve hit pan on and were ready to be tossed. 7 items in total. When I’m feeling more purge-like I might go through it again and remove things I like but rarely use xP

Felt SO GOOD to walk into my closet at the end of the day :)

I found myself missing it throughout the week still. Even the storms that passed through. Huddled in a dry tent, napping, with the radio set to light classical. A bit Wes Anderson’esque in that moment. lolol

It’s mid-July. Summer activities will be over soon :drops:

Planned it a few months back so when I saw this spread in 古着MIXガールズ I couldn’t have been more excited! It’s focus is on hiking, camping, picnics, and outdoor music festivals. I’m always so torn between dressing how I want and dressing for the environment. I obviously don’t want to bring my favorite things because I’ll be building campfires and sliding down rocky terrain. It’ll also be pretty crazy hot too with cooler nights. So this was helpful inspo.

Anyway, the inspiration~

There’s a nearby lodge resort. It’s in easy walking distance from the campsites. There’s actually a FANTASTIC restaurant there. Because we weren’t 100% sure we’d get a campsite we only brought snacks to eat. So we had large meals here. :hungry:

This was an EXCELLENT weekend. :deco3: I loved it so much. Even though that night it was extremely windy with temperatures in the low 40’s, :deco11: :deco13: we had a an amazing time just being out in the woods working hard to keep the fire burning bright to keep us warm. We talked and roasted marshmallows all night. And surprisingly the tent didn’t get blown down, not even once! lolol We saw other campers weren’t so lucky. And of course we saw tons of wildlife too. Deer and even bears! I hadn’t been camping since I was a kid. I would definitely do it again next year though~ … but maybe before the autumn temperatures set in, haha! :P