Life in the Cheese Drawer

this morning i drove into st. joe to check out the new bakery, flour and flower, that’s connected to the highly publicized new restaurant, krewe. i don’t know what st. joe’s 15 year plan is lately, but whatever it is, they’re doing it right, because i love everything about that little town. and the little wood-shingled building that houses flour and flower is everything i’d want if i decided to own a bakery.

the little entryway is tiny, and only 3 people could be in there at a time, but it was worth the very short wait to get in.

i nearly passed out from happiness. as advertised, flour goods and flower goods are available. i picked up a bouquet of late summer flowers, grabbed two cookies (both had molasses in them and brown sugar), and added a piece of the chia honey custard pie on my order. coffee was available if i’d wanted, and the shelves behind the counter that holds all the bread was empty – i had arrived too late for bread!

the good news is they’re open at 7 a.m. tomorrow, so i might swing over there again to check out what other baked goods they have, and get a FLOUR POWER shirt that i nearly got today but restrained myself. (i don’t know why i restrained myself.) it’s got a hippie vibe and is just so perfect.

most years i’m super excited about the lake time i get. big lake time. my mom’s side family reunion is an annual event held up at leech lake. this year, however, everyone bailed due to covid (#thankscovid) and the only ones who decided to do something was my sisters and me. so last weekend, we headed up there for our fake reunion.

which was ok. i mean, it was a little weird. phill came to visit one afternoon, but other than that, it was just us hanging out, which is very different from what it normally is. plus our cabin was super small! but we had some fun, had some paddleboard time, and ate way more food than i should have.

but you know what that means? summer is OVER. booo. august is almost here, and the light is starting to flit away. #thanksaxialtilt