animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

nearing the end

Since I last wrote, I made another batch of marinara. This one was more of a veggie marinara as it included peppers and mushrooms. The tomatoes are coming to an end, though. I took out a couple plants this week as they were no longer producing (and mostly dead). I’ll …

beautiful

I can’t believe what nice weather we are having–hot during the day (but with low humidity), cool at night. And it’s supposed to continue at least another week. Hopefully we will be able to get out on the bikes soon. I haven’t ridden in weeks and this is the perfect …

vegan dog

I picked up my CSA veggies after work today. As I was putting away the vegetables, I accidentally dropped a grape tomato on the floor. Buster scarfed it up. I put the tomatoes on the counter and continued to put away the rest of the vegetables. No sooner did I …

the lazy weekend

I guess in theory, I did a lot this weekend–laundry, a trip to Costco, dinner at my parents, etc., but I was definitely feeling lazy. After our Costco trip, I couldn’t bring myself to do anything else around the house. I think the trip set me up for failure–after we …

true romance

This was a pretty good flick. It was written by Quentin Tarantino and is perhaps my favorite movie by him. There was a lot going on–action, romance, thriller, crime. So few movies have this much going on. My favorite character was played by Gary Oldman–he’s quite the versatile actor (I …