03 Friday Jan 2025
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avocado, big girl pants, blessed, food, lobster, memories, moments, prime, remembering, salad, serendipitous, ten years, widow
ten years ago today, this was my lunch… which included lobster, steak, and avocado…
and this was my lunch today… which included prime rib and avocado… no lobster though…
can’t decide if I am that boring, or if it was serendipitous;-)…
10 Saturday Apr 2021
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big girl pants, birds, blessed, food, garden, moments, nap, nature, pond, potato salad, read, salad, Spring, squirrel, weather, widow
made my first potato salad of the season this morning and then spent the rest of the day in the garden…
apparently snow is coming so it just makes sense to be out there while it is nice…
napped in my rocking lounger and sat in one of my repaired chairs…
watched and listened to many birds… saw what might have been a purple finch, which stood on a chair to oversee the garden, but I didn’t take any pictures;-)… the sparrows and juncos were enjoying drinks of water when they weren’t searching for food… the red squirrel hopped all over the deck for some reason… it was fun to watch…
when I wasn’t watching the wildlife, I was reading a new book and eating potato salad;-)..
16 Sunday Aug 2020
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big girl pants, Black Market Provisions, blessed, delivery, food, friends, gift, gift certificate, provisions, retirement, salad, shopping, treat, widow
one of the gifts I received for my retirement was a gift certificate to Black Market Provisions…
a few days ago I ordered one of their Care Packages… it arrived right at supper time the next day and included the most delicious salad with beets, goat cheese, chicken, and greens… I also enjoyed some garlicky bagel crisps…
there were a few frozen items, more crackers and some delicious looking cookies…
I am excited to taste all of these as well…
19 Monday Nov 2018
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banana, big girl pants, bourguignon, breakfast, carrot cake, dessert, dinner, food, friends, Kitchen Sync, lunch, Modern Plate Catering, salad, shortbread, widow
pretty darn fine eating day…
started out with Rice Krispies, almond milk and half a banana… still giggle when I hear the snap, crackle, pop…
was at Kitchen Sync at lunch and had a delicious salad, beautifully plated with a large slice of cheese, and the most amazing beef bourguignon with bacon… food was by Modern Plate Catering…
then to end the day on a good note, was treated to supper at Yafa Cafe… shared some hummus and pita and had red lentil soup… ordered some falafel but ended up bringing them home…
thought that was the end of it, but at our BS gathering shortbread turned up and a super delicious carrot cake…
yummy day;-)…
14 Monday Mar 2016
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. soup, basil, beloved, big girl pants, conversation, entertaining, garden, pictures, ReImagining, salad, St. Patrick's Day, widow, zucchini
had a wonderful day…
began with making my favourite zucchini basil soup for tonight’s dinner…
took the time to take pictures of each step in the process…
turned out great… as I worked on each step I thought of the people coming for dinner and how lovely it will be to see them and spend time together…
the hardest part of making this is finding the basil and zucchini at the same time… much simpler in the summer, lol…
had the screen door open as I was working on the soup… was so beautiful, decided to eat my lunch on the deck and read for a bit… the sun was so warm…
set the table and went for a walk…
planned the dinner with St. Patrick’s day in mind, thus the green soup, lol… enjoyed preparing it as I don’t do much entertaining these days…
made a huge garden salad and shredded a bbq rotisserie chicken to go along with the soup and some fresh bread… the salad reminded me of my beloved’s wonderful salads… have not been able to recreate them…
also set up our conversation spot to focus on lean-to/support to go along with a program one of the group had sent everyone…
took the last few minutes before their arrival to sit and relax…
dinner was enjoyed by everyone, and we had some thoughtful conversation…
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