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Thursday, September 26, 2013

yummm...

I tried something new tonight. I baked some lovely lean loin pork chops in a coating of the very best hummus... Actually, Sabra brand spinach and artichoke hummus. They baked at 325 for about half an hour, and came out moist and delicious! It worked out very well indeed. I recommend it! Sign in to see full entry.

Berry, berry smooth...

I thought I'd share a recipe with you this morning: For breakfast, I tossed some raspberries, black berries, blue berries and strawberries into the blender with some chocolate soy milk (which I bought by accident when I intended to get almond milk) and a handful of Cheerios. No extra sweetener. The Cheerios (which around here we refer to as 'donut seeds') get soft in the milk, so they aren't grainy, but do provide some thickening so it is more like a shake. It tasted good, and I am hoping all... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

and yesterday's photos are up!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/ Another gorgeous day has begun. The mountain still has a little snow in the crevices, and it is sweater-chilly down here in the flat-lands, but the day is warming, and will maybe be around 80 by afternoon. It couldn't be lovelier! I've added an extra tidbit to the photostream, for fans of Violetta... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

A fine fall day

The past two days have been perfectly lovely! Cool, after a chilly morning, kindly weather, clear skies... I now have both Madame LaDarque and a couple of blue jays taking an interest in the peanuts I have on offer. Today she took one from my fingers with her mouth, and a second, she reached out with her delicate fingers, and grabbed, then made off across the yard with both of them in her mouth. I think she jams the first one halfway down her throat, to fit the next between her jaws. Today, it... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 23, 2013

I spoke too soon...

Rain came again yesterday afternoon, in force with wind and a scattering of pea-sized hail, lightning and thunder flashing and rolling... Not a long storm, but definitely a doozy! But there was only the one, and it didn't last even an hour as it swept from south to north along the Front Range. The heat, however, and summer, are definitely passed: I look out on the Peak this morning, and there is snow on the slopes even down past treeline, and a mantle of cloud over the highest points. All this... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Change in the weather

I can tell the big rains are done for now: I had to water my deck garden today, and almost left it too late~ some of the plants are all a-wither, but hopefully they will perk up in a while. The heat, too, has gone for now. I am very glad of that, I don't do heat well! Charlie's latest show opened this weekend. It is a series of short one-act bits, an annual affair at Theater d'Art, called Theatergasm. Charlie directed and acts in a devised performance based on The Firebird. I suppose you could... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Bed

A bed is supposed to be comfortable. When I moved in here last winter, I didn't have a comfortable bed. That wasn't going to stop me moving in, naturally--I had every intention of making do with what I had until I could do better. So, it began with a twin sized airbed to which I added the 4 inch foam pad from the RV. It had two problems: it was too close to the ground for my knees, for getting up; and it wobbled. Every time I moved, it moved. Airbeds are like that. They move like they have lives... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Colorado Katrina

At dawn today, the air was full of fog, even the trees across the street were only faintly to be seen. But by 9am, blue had begun to appear overhead... and now, the day is clear and bright, and there is only the tiniest bit of white fluff over the Peak. This disaster, spread over a region 150 miles north to south, and from the mountains across the plains, will take months, even years to come back from. Some of us, very lucky ones, have sustained little to no impact in our immediate neighborhoods... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 16, 2013

Grey today

The sky is a flat grey, in fact a mist that I can feel on the breeze. It rained a steady, low-key rain into the night, and stopped around midnight. North of here, matters are not better. My sister asked about the possibility of bringing Mom to stay here for a time. How much time was not mentioned. The crisis in Estes Park now includes a 'no-flush' alert, and she is considering what they can do besides flush. A porta-potty would be impossible for Mom to use. She will be 91 in a couple of weeks,... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

The Breakfast Hour

Waking up at 6:30, I am privileged to see a fiery dawn sky in the east, enjoying that view even as I pry open the first cat food can of the day for a very insistantly vocal Violetta Scampercat. Once she is face down in her little china dish, suctioning up her chicken in gravy dinner breakfast, I look at the same fire reflecting on the mountains to the west, as I sit and fire up this machine. Then, I have to get up again, and with each of my two cameras, capture the view of the Peak and the few... Sign in to see full entry.

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