Fresh Apricots for Summer Sharing

Time to pick our apricots! The birds know just when the apricots are ripening - so we better get to them first!

We fill a simple paper cone with some to take as a thank you to a dinner party:

Wash some more to prepare for baking:

And then my kids and I prepare an apricot crisp to share with the friends at our play date:

We've added blueberries and raspberries to give it more flavor punch!

And there we have the fruit of our harvest! Apricot crisp! Yummm!
(I used a new recipe that was kind of just ok, so next time I'll stick with my peach crisp recipe. Always adjust depending on the ripeness of your fruit.)

Summer Inspiration - Baby Hummingbirds

My son discovered a hummingbird nest in our backyard a few weeks ago. The kids and all their friends have been loving watching this little mommy:

Pretty soon we saw 2 tiny newborns. Here Mommy is with one:

and now the two babies are filling the nest with no room for the mother:

So sweet! We have loads of hummingbirds and love to watch them flit from flower to flower, but this is the first time we've seen a nest! What a special treat! I think hummingbirds are my favorite bird! What about you? What's your favorite bird? Any nests of any kind in your yard this year?