Rain, rain go away. Also shrimp, corn and peonies.

There’s a local myth that it rains every weekend during the summer in Maine. Some think it’s to keep tourists away, others think it’s just bad luck. I don’t specifically track the weather, but I do kind of feel like we have more rainy weekends than not. Maybe that will work in my favor this weekend as I head out to three more stops on my book tour - I mean what better way to spend a rainy afternoon than browsing a local bookstore or shop?

This weekend/week, I’ll be at Water Street Books in Exeter, New Hampshire, the Stonewall Kitchen in York, Maine, and Longfellow Books in Portland, Maine. I’ll be signing my cookbook and handing out a free recipe card and cute sticker to anyone who attends. I have on good authority that there might be some yummy snacks also….but that’s unconfirmed at the moment! Either way, all three events should be a lot of fun, so if you’re in the neighborhood, stop in and say hi! Dates/locations/times are all here.

It was nice to be home to catch up with the girls. Mean Kate is still sitting on a nest full of bedding and feathers that will never hatch, and our Cayuga duck Kiwi is sitting on a nest of eggs but won’t let me close enough to see exactly how many she’s sitting on. So will babies be in our future later this month? Who knows?

If you haven’t already bought my two cookbooks, this coming week will be a great time to do so. It’s Amazon Prime Days and both cookbooks will be on sale! The Fresh Eggs Daily Cookbook is packed with more than 100 of my favorite egg recipes, and In Season celebrates fresh eggs and produce in more than 125 recipes to enjoy all year long!

No one likes to cook when it’s hot, and I’m no exception, so we do a lot of burritos and wraps in the summer. This shrimp and corn wrap in a flour tortilla with cheese, shredded lettuce, and a lime guac crema was a winner that I’ll be making again. it was so easy, and really, really good. No real recipe, just cook the shrimp, char the corn, heat the tortillas to melt the cheese a bit, then pile with lettuce and a dollop of the guacamole/sour cream.

We have trail cams all over our property so we can see what’s lurking in the woods. It’s fun to check the cameras, especially when they capture a mother deer and her fawn right on the driveway early one evening.

It was a beautiful week in Maine. Sunny, light breeze, temperatures in the 70s. It’s been a great season for peonies, and I have been cutting them and putting them in vases all over the house!

In corgi news, Cooper and Ingrid are getting hard to tell apart as Ingrid gets bigger! She’ll be one in August and Cooper will be two in July. We’ve learned that besides having to buy two of everything, having two corgis isn’t much different than having one!

And lastly, I know today is Saturday, and I’m sending this a day early, but in case anyone hadn’t heard about my book signing in New Hampshire on Sunday afternoon, I wanted to get this out prior to that.