May is always difficult. This one is more so. Yoga has helped, but sometimes an unexpected distraction adds spice and gets the community moving together in the same direction again.
Inspired by Lemonade Day (and our hot, hot weather!), I've been experimenting with lemonade at home. My most recent winning combination included sliced strawberries (leftover from a giant, irresistibly cheap box), mint, and limeade. We had an extra can of frozen concentrate from our lemonade taste test, and this seemed the perfect use for it. I brought in the rest of my slightly sad strawberries this morning.
The children practiced knife skills
and harvested mint from our garden.
Fiesta lemonade! Naturally pink and a delicious distraction! So much beauty and so many smiles--for only $1.09!
Fantastic! The lemonade must have been delicious. I shall try that out sometime. Did the children calm down a bit? Do you know where you can buy mint cheaply?
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I haven't bought mint in years because it's so easy to grow here. In fact, the challenge of mint is not getting it to grow but stopping it from taking over every available surface of your garden. We planted ours under a condensate drain pipe from the air conditioner blower. So we don't even water it! The grounds crew mows it every once in a while, which fills the air with the fresh, green smell of mint (and helps to keep it relatively tame).
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