Weekend Recap

Once in awhile, the "weekend of productivity" happens.

I left a lot out. Like Friday. Friday was crazy. And the most mundane things...grocery shopping multiple times, fixing the headlight, cutting the grass, fresh laundry and sheets for everyone, Halloween costumes taken care of, power outage...If I would have known all this was going to happen, I would have documented it all. Because, who knows when I'll do all of this again in a single weekend?

Cross Country County Finals...she didn't race. Her knee is hurt. But, we were there. :-)

Pupusas...yeah, I could make them. But for $1.25 each, why? You have to know where to go to get a good pupusa. Some pupusarias are, well..., not good. This one? One of the best I know.

Homecoming.

Planting salad sprouts. Everything else left to plant is bulbs. These will last only for a bit.

LAX...because the day was gorgeous.

Cleaning up the last bits of Irene. Yeah, I know Irene happened a long time ago. Cleaning up just didn't happen.

Butternut squash...you know I love it. The last time I made this salad, I steamed it. Roasted is far better and no problem to do. Peel it, dice it, toss with a little olive oil, sea salt, fresh garlic and herbs and roast at 500 until it's done. This squash gets so sweet. I just remembered this salad is supposed to have pepitas. Oh well, we forgot to notice.

Plantmasters

No School = Field Trip to Plantmasters

I've know Leon and Carol for years. Since Alicia was a baby. I've finally seen their garden. So beautiful...

We took the Daisy troop (and a gaggle of other folks) with us.

Thank you Leon and Carol for the awesome tour. I think everyone had a good time and we all learned some things.

Le Potager (of shame)

1. What you should know about chickens: They are nearly impossible to photograph; especially en masse. One minute they'll all be looking right at you and by the time you can push the button on your camera, one is showing its butt and a ray of sunshine is blinding the rest. Not complaining about the sun. We haven't seen it enough this fall and today has been GORGEOUS.

2. I totally neglected my garden this year. First it was lacrosse season and then FUSE Camp and then a roadtrip. Then it was too hot and then it didn't rain. Then it rained and rained and rained. All the while, the deer feasted. Maybe next year.

3. I thought my basil garden had died. The plants looked dead. And then the rains came. It's really time to get it all in and make pesto, but I don't have any pinenuts. Totally mulling over how it would be with walnuts since I have a couple of bags of them in the freezer.

4. I'm sure Proverbs 31 probably says something about my duty of growing food for my family and whatnot. (I'd go look, but then I'd be reminded of my other failures.) Or maybe I could just say "It doesn't say what kind of food I had to provide." Because, I could totally make a rockin' meal with peppers, green tomatoes and one string bean. Maybe. It probably goes without saying my girls stopped laying right when I was ready to pull in this bountiful harvest and therefore I don't even have eggs to help out that meal, right?

5. Tomatillos. They are prolific. There are millions of them out there. Except none of them got ripe. What's up with that?

6. To sum it all up...there's always next year.