Monday, 8 January 2018
At the sto’ to get milk, we wandered into the wine section, and I discovered some fruity-bubbly leftovers from New Year’s. I guess even the flavored-vodka set couldn’t get into these flavors of champagne-like toasting liquid.
And we passed up both versions, too. Hah!
Friday, 29 December 2017
Very glad for the sunlight, as the cold-cold is headed our way…headed toward much of NorthAmerica, I think.
Among our errands, we stopped for our last phở of 2017. Yum.
Monday, 25 December 2017
Happy and merry! We had a traditional Euro-walk between our Big Meal and our Big Dessert. And I just had Second Dessert to celebrate!
Sunday, 10 December 2017
In the shadow of yesterday’s celebration…
…we returned to routine. Repeating our route, we found a carrot-nosed snow-dude (created after yesterday’s walk) surviving Mr Sun’s best efforts. Wearing a lion-hat…?
Thursday, 23 November 2017
Lotta thanks given by people gathering at table on this holiday…here and elsewhere
Our menu included nephew#2’s first dinner rolls. Only three left after eleven chowed down.
The highlight: dessert, of course. Apple pie we made, and pumpkin from a renowned neighborhood bakery. Both excellent. And that metal cylinder: whipped cream power shooter.
Lovely time, beautiful day (especially after the rain quit), yummy everything, great company. 🥂💖🍷
Saturday, 11 November 2017
We went to the bakery/deli next door to this sign and the bar it advertises looking for an apple pie. Think it’s a good name for a bar…with the tag line.
They were out of the standard version, so we got this one, with meringue flavored with caramel and sea salt. Interesting, we agreed after tasting it. Interesting, as in not likely to get it again…too much flavor, perhaps, competing with the appleness, although the flavored meringue was tasty, really. See? Not truly unhappy, just…well, the typical upper crust, lattice, or streusel would have been superior.
Sunday, 5 November 2017
We wandered across the piedmont in glorious sunshine headed for Athens. Our route took us through the four-corners called Youth. The Guru asked where the fountain shop (shoppe?) was. I wondered if it was down by the lake that you may be able to make out to the right of the yield sign.
By sunset we were trackside, enjoying great company, yummy BBQ and smoked cauliflower (never had it before; tais-tee!).
Also note rose in lower left; by the time we left, it was mostly closed for the night. I don’t think it altered its pace due to today’s time change.
Thursday, 2 November 2017
We started the day with a chore list, mostly household “business”…but also an outside walk. We went to the Park! And walked around the (big lobe of) the lake! We examined the leaves beginning to change, exclaimed at the population of geese and ducks napping/paddling/feeding, watched a father and two young sons fishing, and discovered that the drinking fountains are already turned off.
We also needed a few grocs, and my quick tour of TJs showed that the T-giving items are mostly already stocked…several versions of stuffing, pumpkin flavored this and that, spiral-sliced hams, and…Brussels sprouts on stalks.
And…I cracked 5K on the crutch-steps! Yay!
Saturday, 21 October 2017
Almost all morning, we had overcast, then the sun broke out for the afternoon. Many leaves still on the trees (for this late in October), and I quite enjoyed this double white birch, sporting mixed golden and green leaves.
In the grass underneath I found a white, unripe puffball, and right in the path this ripe one leaking spores—that black smudge toward the upper right.
One time when I was a kid, my dad harvested a perfect-for-eating puffball from up by the garage, probably an ancestor of one I saw today. It was about the size of a volleyball, and Mom sliced it about ½in thick, and one slice filled an iron skillet. As I recall, it tasted mushroomy, just basic fungi-flavor.
Thursday, 19 October 2017
It’s harvest time in America’s breadbasket, and we saw it playing out over and over on this fine fall day. We saw dozens of tractors and harvesters busy recovering maize and soybeans, dumping them into hauling vehicles, and many trucks motoring here and there with purpose hauling the harvest from field to…the next stop. I tried to capture the field-transfer from a fast-moving car, and I should have used the burst feature…as a result of my duh!, here’s half a truck and no falling column of golden food-nodules.
Look at the size of the giant tractors! Note how clean the tires are…you can tell the fields are dry and the weather is perfect…. We weren’t out after dark, but I bet many of the harvest crews were…using fancy light bars like this machine sports.