Planning the RV Dream
July 31, 2020 There have been so many honey bees in my herb garden that I can hear them buzzing as they flit from flower to flower. At lunch today, I took some pictures of honey bees in my herb garden and thought I’d share. The bees seemed to know just when I was trying […]
Read More Bees in My Herb GardenI bake my take on Laurel’s Kitchen Bread Book recipe for oatmeal bread often. It is a lovely sandwich loaf. I’ve even made this using a sour dough starter. Makes 2 loaves.
Read More Oatmeal and Wheat Sandwich Bread(Or How to Make a Sandwich in Fourteen Steps!) I grew up eating tomato sandwiches with tomatoes still warm from the sun. There was nothing like picking a completely ripe tomato and immediately eating it in a sandwich. There is something magical about a sweet and acidic tomato with salt on bread with mayo. When […]
Read More Southwestern BLT SandwichFirst posted in December of 2019. Re-posted on January 24, 2020 with updates. Re-posted on July 27, 2020 with updates. This is a list of things that we need to do to prepare to live the retirement RV dream.
Read More Things to Do to Get Ready for the Retirement RV DreamJuly 26, 2020 After realizing that insurance and car tags were due on the 12 year old Boxster, Bruce decided he should try again to sell it. He made an appointment with CarMax for Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. Friday, he took the Boxster to get groceries to make sure everything was working, as it […]
Read More Selling One of the Cars – Downsizing (8)July 21, 2020 Since so many of you expressed concern and sympathy, I wanted to let you know that my flare up of postherpetic neuralgia is fading . I am mostly down to pain levels that I can ignore. I have fewer parts of my body lit up with pain. I am hoping I will […]
Read More Flare Up FadingSince I made lavender syrup a few days ago, I have been using it. I poured it over blueberries instead of sprinkling them with sugar. The flora note of the lavender was lovely with the blueberries. Bruce makes 5 gallons of seltzer water at a time and keeps it in his kegerator. While we mostly […]
Read More Lavender Italian SodaHienie’s Market had fresh green beans and I bought a pound. I was considering how to cook them without heating up the house, when I ran across a recipe from Bon Appetit https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/blistered-green-beans-with-garlic. It sounded delicious, but I didn’t want to cook it on the stove, so I took it to the grill. Bruce and […]
Read More Grill Blistered Green Beans Topped with Garlic, Red Pepper Flakes, and CapersJuly 18, 2020 I had harvested my dill plants to make pickles. I pulled them up by the roots, cut the roots off, and brought the dill inside. I put it into a vase with cold water until I was ready to use the dill. As I was stripping off the fronds, I found a […]
Read More Caterpillars and Ladybug LarvaeI grew dill this summer so I could make pickles. Heinie’s Market had pickling cucumbers and my dill was ready, so I knew the time was right to make pickles. Serves 32
Read More Refrigerator Quick and Spicy Pickles