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which will make for a quiet week for our animal friends.
- Dining With Alasandra ~anthony's
I meet a friend at Anthony's for lunch. This is the first time I have been there for lunch and I was pleased with their lunch menu. It not only has tons of delicious things on it, but is reasonably priced. I can't wait to go back so I can work...
- I May Have Jumped The Gun
Ok, so I was a bit premature with the "Dog Days" post yesterday.Wednesday was beastly hot.And then along came yesterday...another storybook cloud kind of day with temps in the 70's. But, still, I wasn't wrong...because, let's face it...every...
- Laboring
Even though the calendar says we are still in summer...it feels like summer has ended.Don't you agree? Labor Day weekend always feels like the end of summer.I suppose it goes back to those childhood days, when Labor Day was the last picnic,...
- January Quietude
After the hustle and bustle of the holiday season,it was wonderful to be able to enjoy a quiet weekend at home. Most of Saturday we spent indoors.I finished one quilt top and started another, while Hubbs caught up on his reading. Sunday morning...
- It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like.....
Christmas! After all of the sadness, it's definitely time for a little Christmas cheer!! First a couple of party pics that I had promised you...By the time I started getting food on the table (buffet style),I forgot to take pictures.But I did get...
Animals
Farewell August
If I had to guess, I would bet that we are entering one of the last hot weeks of the year.
And that just might be wishful thinking!
And that just might be wishful thinking!
The next week's weather prediction is for temps in the high 80's to low 90's...
Have no fear dear (animal) friends, autumn is definitely on its way.
Summer's blooms are fading...
and autumn's colors beginning to appear.
The purple beauty berries are ripening.
That transitional time is definitely upon us...
warm days, cool nights.
It's Monday again and we need to catch up on the weekend happenings.
We drove to Pittsburgh on Saturday for a wedding.
Our friends' son married this lovely young lady...
in the Dogwood Meadow of the Pittsburgh Botanic Gardens.
The venue was beautiful!
The food, amazing. For me, the most incredible part was the donut bar,
where they made fresh hot donuts with your choice of toppings.
I am obsessed. I need a donut machine. I could take it on the road
and sell delicious donuts to everyone.
The world would be a much happier place. Trust me.
We drove home Saturday night because of a work conflict for Hubbs.
And although the night was late, it was nice to wake up amongst our "family."
I hung out with Ginger and MaryAnn for a while in the afternoon
and had fun posing MaryAnn and Bobby for the following photo.
It's so nice to have such trusting and easy-going animals!
We really do have a lot of fun together!
We drove to Pittsburgh on Saturday for a wedding.
Our friends' son married this lovely young lady...
in the Dogwood Meadow of the Pittsburgh Botanic Gardens.
The reception was held in the Welcome Center of the gardens.
The food, amazing. For me, the most incredible part was the donut bar,
where they made fresh hot donuts with your choice of toppings.
I am obsessed. I need a donut machine. I could take it on the road
and sell delicious donuts to everyone.
The world would be a much happier place. Trust me.
Ginger and MaryAnn were happy to hear that I had made a "pig" of myself!
And although the night was late, it was nice to wake up amongst our "family."
and had fun posing MaryAnn and Bobby for the following photo.
It's so nice to have such trusting and easy-going animals!
We really do have a lot of fun together!
Yesterday afternoon I made one of our favorite summer meals...
Nicoise Salad.
Salad Nicoise is such a good meal salad.
(carrot strips, red pepper strips, green beans (stir fried just long enough to par-cook),
red onion strips, tiny red potatoes, capers, nicoise olives, sliced hardboiled egg...
topped with wild-caught yellow fin tuna....
and dressed with ⅓ cup fresh squeezed lemon juice, ⅔ cup olive oil,
2 cloves minced garlic, 2 tbsp. chopped fresh chervil, 2 tsp. Dijon mustard,
and a couple tablespoons of fresh snipped basil.
I could eat this every day of every week and never get tired of it!
Being in a salad mood,
(maybe because I gorged myself on donuts the previous night)
I also made a brussels sprout salad.
If you have never made salad with brussels sprouts, I highly recommend it!
I take my brussels sprouts and shred them (I use a mandolin).
Then I added pistachios, dried cranberries, and feta cheese.
The salad is dressed in pomegranate balsamic vinegar and olive oil.
(a raspberry vinaigrette would work just as well)
Yummy and oh, so healthy!
- Dining With Alasandra ~anthony's
I meet a friend at Anthony's for lunch. This is the first time I have been there for lunch and I was pleased with their lunch menu. It not only has tons of delicious things on it, but is reasonably priced. I can't wait to go back so I can work...
- I May Have Jumped The Gun
Ok, so I was a bit premature with the "Dog Days" post yesterday.Wednesday was beastly hot.And then along came yesterday...another storybook cloud kind of day with temps in the 70's. But, still, I wasn't wrong...because, let's face it...every...
- Laboring
Even though the calendar says we are still in summer...it feels like summer has ended.Don't you agree? Labor Day weekend always feels like the end of summer.I suppose it goes back to those childhood days, when Labor Day was the last picnic,...
- January Quietude
After the hustle and bustle of the holiday season,it was wonderful to be able to enjoy a quiet weekend at home. Most of Saturday we spent indoors.I finished one quilt top and started another, while Hubbs caught up on his reading. Sunday morning...
- It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like.....
Christmas! After all of the sadness, it's definitely time for a little Christmas cheer!! First a couple of party pics that I had promised you...By the time I started getting food on the table (buffet style),I forgot to take pictures.But I did get...