Until next time sweet summer…

As summer is coming to an end, I can’t help but reflect on all the things. If this pandemic has taught me anything it’s taught me the beauty in just being home surrounded by the people you love the most and making your home a place you love. It has reminded me that there is nothing better than a leisurely breakfast with your family on a Monday morning to start your day. That the Sunday blues don’t have to exist. That the most important work you do, is within the walls of your own home. Giving our kids a solid foundation to take any lemon life gives them and make the best lemonade they have ever tasted. When our kids look back on their childhood or the year 2020, I hope they don’t remember a pandemic that took away their freedom, but a pandemic that gave them and our family a new sense of what we wanted freedom to look like for us. They say the year 2020 is the year of perfect vision and I am not sure it’s given me that, but it has given me a vision of what I want my future to look like, and what I don’t miss pre-pandemic. I have never been happier home with my hive and dreaming up Hive to Haven. As we begin a new season of virtual learning and new routines, and as summer slowly turns into fall… Here’s to a new season of how we define feeling of being free and new adventures. Here’s to Hive to Haven.

In honor of the last day of summer we decided to make our favorite summertime lemonade. I discovered this recipe years ago from a family friend and have been enjoying it every summer since. We hope this recipe turns every lemon life gives you into the best lemonade you have ever tasted. Enjoy.

Blackberry Basil Lemonade

5 lemons

10 cups of cold water

1 cup blackberries

1 cup of white sugar

10 large basil leaves

* extra berries for garnish or ice cubes 

1. Add water to pitcher

2. Wash lemons and juice

( make sure all of seeds are removed and add lemon juice to pitcher

3. Add blackberries and basil to a bowl and muddle them until they are crushed.  Add to the pitcher

4. Pour in sugar.  If you like your lemonade sweet you are going to want more sugar 

5. Mix Well and serve over ice

6. Garnish with basil leaves, blackberries, and lemons