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This week we are thinking about and celebrating local places, local-ness, the beautiful scenery we are lucky to have, and picnics. Let me explain! Tomorrow is International Picnic Day, not that we need a special holiday to make a picnic worthy of celebrating. And since we want to share time with Dad on Sunday, I think we should all spend the day outside with our family and friends enjoying a picnic. There's nothing that sounds bad about that, right? Consider that aside from some well-earned downtime, there are health and general wellness benefits too!!
Keep reading to see my list of local Prescott picnic-worthy spots. ~ post continues below ~
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You know you need to tackle a few things in your home (or garden) to get it dressed up a bit, but it's so overwhelming and confusing that you just never really get going and it drags on and gets stale. It can get confusing with all the media and buzz about what the latest trend is and what's in and what's out. If you're not a do-it-yourselfer and want to hire professionals to do the work, the truth is you still need to be able to articulate what exactly you want to do and in what priority. It can be really hard to know where to start. And maybe even more importantly, how to bring it all together so that it makes sense when you are done can be very elusive. The result can be some false starts or even not getting started at all because you aren't confident with how to get going. I get it.  photo: Ovan Samkov/pexels ~post continues, click Read More ~ Every autumn we do a monthly cottage feature, to share with you the wonderful local inspiration of other homeowners in the Prescott, Arizona area. #cottagesofprescott For October, we got to check out Vyne House, in downtown Prescott.  ~ post continues, click Read More ~ Every autumn we do a monthly cottage feature, to share with you the wonderful local inspiration of other homeowners in the Prescott, Arizona area. #cottagesofprescott For September, we are starting with a sweet downtown cottage.  ~ post continues, click Read More ~ This is a new summer monthly feature for us. #gardensofprescott So, for the month of July, just to kick things off, I've decided to start with my own garden here at Juniper Hill Cottage - in downtown Prescott.  Although this is a standard sized downtown lot, we've packed a lot into the space including meandering walks, covered porches, patios and gazebos, tons of shade, and even a completely custom built kitchen garden where I am growing over 100 different herbs, almost entirely from seed. One of the biggest highlights that make it feel luxurious is the creation of many small garden "rooms" and extensive integration with the massive old trees we are fortunate to have (13 of them at last count) and some outstanding views. ~ post continues below, click read more ~ Every year, usually the week leading up to Independence Day in July, we support a state-wide effort called Indie Week which highlights and encourages Arizonans to support small, locally owned businesses in every way that they can. This year, of course, nothing is normal. Indie Week kinda got squashed. And so it was brought back a bit late for the whole month of September to make up for it. We are proud members of Local First Arizona who sponsors this event and hope that you will support this effort, now more than ever. It's fun, it's the right thing to do, and... you stand to win some cool prizes. 
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This week, we are thinking about some ways to incorporate artfulness in our lives.
I think it's vital to carve out time in your schedule, whether it be weekly or just monthly, to open yourself up to creativity. It may seem frivolous if you aren't an artist, but the truth is that doing something creative is beneficial in countless physical and emotional ways. It's good for you!
And it brings you together with other people in a positive and open way. Nothing bad about that.
There are two general ways to incorporate more creativity and artfulness into your life:
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I think it's vital to carve out time in your schedule, whether it be weekly or just monthly, to open yourself up to creativity. It may seem frivolous if you aren't an artist, but the truth is that doing something creative is beneficial in countless physical and emotional ways. It's good for you!
And it brings you together with other people in a positive and open way. Nothing bad about that.
There are two general ways to incorporate more creativity and artfulness into your life:
- Do it yourself - as in, create something
- Explore and support the arts in your community
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 International Beer Day is August 2nd. | Happy beer day !We are excited to celebrate International Beer Day, in the spirit of taking some well earned downtime on the front porch and enjoying a local brew. This year the party falls on Friday August 2nd. |
I'm actually not all that much of a beer drinker, too rich for me, but my husband is and has traveled the world enjoying the wonderful local-ness of this beverage. I enjoy wine and whiskey, and we'll have lots more scoop on that later this year.
Since I'm all about local makers and creators, we are going to share a few local spots that craft adult beverages here in the Prescott area.
I have not had the pleasure to visit them all personally just yet, but we've got them on a list to check out soon. Hopefully you will do the same and share your thoughts.
We are lucky here in Prescott to have a nice variety of crafters specializing in everything from beer to cider to mead and even whiskey. We'll get to local wineries in another post...
So, let's get to the list:
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