Spring is a fast one.

It's been a glorious spring. For real. The weather has been perfection. We are all soaking in as much outdoor time as possible before the 110 degree weather moves in and sits on our chests. We've been busting a move getting the yard ready to be on the 4th Annual Lawrence Food Garden Tour in 2 weeks. I'm really looking forward to it. Here are just a few pics of the yard and stuff.

Garden planning

Tulip magnolia in our front yard early spring

Soaking in the plants at Pines nursery when it was still too cold to plant anything

Bleeding hearts from our garden

Finally warm enough to get pepper plants!

***Eureka!***

About a month ago my friend, McKenzie, told me about a spontaneous trip that she and her friend had taken to Eureka Springs, Arkansas and had stayed in a sweet little hippie cabin in the woods. She showed me some pictures and by the end of the conversation I had made up my mind that I would copy her. Chris and I booked the cabin for the following weekend. Eureka Springs, it turns out, is a gem. It's charming, tucked away in the mountains, perfect weather, totally walkable and a little bit touristy. Actually it's really touristy, but in a cute way, not an obnoxious way. We happen to be going during the off season so the town was pretty quiet and we got a great price on the cabin. We loved the cabin so much with its awesome collections and decorations, the fully equipped kitchen, the wood burning stove and last but not least, the hot tub on a deck with a gorgeous view of the mountains. It was a 10 minute walk to downtown which we explored for one afternoon. The rest of the weekend was spent relaxing and cooking at the cabin. We got in the hot tub 7 times over the course of 2 1/2 days! It was great. By the end of the trip we had decided that we want a hot tub and someday we might move to Eureka Springs. We'll be back for sure.

Our bedroom

Such a charming little cabin

Our hot tub was hanging out off the mountain over a deer trail

The Windchime Cabin

50 feet from our cabin

 We walked down these 100 steps (yes, I counted) from our cabin and 

popped out right in the middle of downtown.

Steep streets and walkways

Snacks on the hot tub deck

Blue bottles are everywhere in the Ozarks. 

We bought a couple so that we could copy their funky style.

Coffee in the morning looking out into the woods

Slag glass everywhere

Thorncrown Chapel

Land Bridge

A short hike through the woods to Pivot Rock

Pivot Rock

Yum!

Somebody's happy and relaxed

Bamboo everywhere!

An evening stroll near our little cabin in the woods. 

We spotted some white squirrels!

Still chilly enough outside for a little fire with our cocktails

Christ of the Ozarks

The gorgeous Ozarks

Big Brutus!!!! A quirky Kansas landmark

From their website:

The statistics give the hard cold picture —

• Bucyrus Erie model 1850B

• largest electric shovel in the world

• 16 stories tall (160 feet)

• weight 11 million pounds

• boom 150 feet long

dipper capacity 90 cu. yds (by heaping, 150 tons — enough to fill three railroad cars.)

• maximum speed .22 MPH

• cost $6.5 million (in 1962)