Hello, June! It’s a new month, and that means a new printable calendar…. I’m sort of congratulating myself for being more regular with these printables this year. The school year finished up last week, so we are about a week and a half into our summer vacation – excitedly! We’ve spent this week getting lazy at Busy Bee for our annual summer kick-off trip to the farm. The weather seems unseasonably hot for May, but it hasn’t stopped us from enjoying these first days of summer slowness and freedom – early morning quiet time on the deck, pasture walks, pancakes for breakfast, a few wanders through county roads, water fun, bonfires for hot dogs and s’mores, and searching for ripe blackberries and wildflowers. It’s not quite time for wild blackberries yet. They are mostly green and red right now, but we’re spotting them everywhere and hoping to come back in a few weeks when more will be ready for picking.
We’re heading home tomorrow to start our summer routine. It really isn’t much of a routine, but still an adjustment to juggle that new freedom along with freelance work, Small Pond projects, everyone’s favorite summer activities, taking time to do a little summer jar wandering, and making sure we sufficiently take advantage of these lazy, hazy days. As June rolls around every year, I feel so, so blessed. Overwhelmingly blessed. To be able to spend these days of freedom and laziness with my children while they are young and summer holds a special excitement. Owning a small business is not without its challenges, but it’s a tremendous blessing to have Small Pond Graphics, where I’m able to craft the kind of life and creative enterprise that preserves these free days. Gratitude makes me want to be even more committed to being intentional about the kind of care-takers we are of these blessings!
I’ve put together my monthly printable calendar that I hope you will enjoy! It’s a reminder to me to preserve those lazy days as I’m balancing the season’s tasks and activities.
Hello & welcome! I’m Haley Montgomery, and I’m the designer and owner of 
