Lounging

Sometimes there is more work than it seems possible to accomplish, but I get to come home to rest and allow my spirit to be restored before trying again tomorrow.

An evening at home, happily alone.

Day Trippin'

Red. Love it.

Care Package

Friday's mail brought a fun surprise from my parents: a care package full of food. And not just any food either, but food they've grown and/or preserved. In this case, dried apples and tomatoes, cookies—chocolate ones, plain, some with nuts, others with mint chips—and a marmalade they call Sunny T, which I have yet to try but have heard all about.

As I understand it, my dad's responsible for the food dehydrator. Over the years, I've been the delighted recipient of quite a few of his dried fruits and veggies. This box, though, contained three (three!) packages of my very favorites: tomatoes—tomatoes so sweet and tender (most likely because he peels them!), I usually end up eating more of them as snacks than actually rehydrating them for use in recipes.

But last night I used a few in a sauce with zucchini and grilled polenta. Very tasty.

Doin' Time

Theo and I spent the day in the lovely accommodations provided by the specialty vet. We were not amused.

Spring

After a long, gray winter,

there is little better than spring's

sun and warmer temperatures.

But this, this is the very best bit.