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Dahlias and Pie

By on September 23, 2012 in iPhonography, Photography

It’s been one of those days, filled with sunshine and sweet family moments, that I’d like to bottle up and savor for years to come. We woke early and made a pie to share with friends. Then we left for church; Phoebe fell asleep 1 minute from the building, so we downloaded a sermon to listen to in the car and hit HWY 16. We drove West until the highway ended in Gorst, turned around and headed back to Tacoma, through the September foliage and Washington evergreens. On the way back home, we detoured at Point Defiance Park, shared a sandwich at the duck pond, and explored the flower gardens. A lovely day.

PART ONE: Lemon Meringue Pie, made from scratch

pie crust from scratch little handstoddler helper pie crust baking rolling pintoddler helper pie crust baking rolling pinpie crust piecesmmm pie crustempty prepared pie crust from scratchjuicing meyer lemonslicking the pot cleanlicking the pot cleanlicking the pot cleanBetter Homes and Gardens traditional pie recipewaiting at the oven for the pie to bakeperfect lemon mereinge pie. bam. meringue lemon zest as sprinkles in the meringue piemessy slice of pie

PART TWO: Dahlias in the Park

(For the record, we didn’t pick any of the dahlias at Point Defiance Park, today. But there was one on the ground, already severed from the stem; this is the one Phoebe is holding in the pictures, and afterwards, we placed it back on the curb of the flower plot.)

riding on mama's shouldersballoons in the the September sunat the picnic table with papaPhoebe in the dahlias at Point Defiance ParkPhoebe in the dahlias at Point Defiance Parkslouchy babylegs leg warmerscaterpillar caterpilar septemberhugging under the rose trellis

^_^ Erin Wetzel
2012-09-23

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4 Responses to Dahlias and Pie

  1. souphead September 24, 2012 at 7:14 am #

    beautiful pics! beautiful family!
    <3 <3 <3

  2. Rose Taylor September 26, 2012 at 1:35 am #

    Great pictures! And I would love to taste that pie.

  3. danica December 2, 2012 at 11:55 am #

    so cute!

  4. Amy December 28, 2012 at 4:27 am #

    Ditto above…and super cute recipe book 🙂