Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
gardening & landscaping

law arbor day 2006

We’ve been filling in the front area with hedges for what seems like forever. We were supposed to finish up last fall, but never got around to it due to our bathroom remodel. Today was a beautiful day and seemed suited to working outside, so we went to Ray’s Nurseries and picked up our final 8 hedge plants. Poor Brian got stuck with all of the grunt work, but I did what I could to help. Since we haven’t planted anything in two years, the new plants look tiny compared to the ones we planted previously, but they’ll fill in eventually.

This just about concludes the landscaping in the front yard. The only thing that is left is a small enclosure in front of our picture window. I used to have herbs in there but I expanded my herb garden last year so I removed everything and have unsuccessfully tried to plant some shade flowers from seed in there the past two seasons. So, I’m either going to find some kind of shade-loving bulb plant or remove the mint from my herb garden and put it there (at least it will be contained if I do that).

movies

wallace & gromit: the curse of the were-rabbit

I’ve watched too many G-rated movies this week. I need some adult entertainment. Good thing it’s almost time for my yearly Blockbuster Online frenzy.

I liked this movie about as much as I liked Chicken Run. Coincidentally, both Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit were created by the same person, so that probably explains my equal enjoyment of them. I’m finding that British humor just isn’t my cup of tea. No pun intended.

tv

dane cook’s vicious circle

After Chicken Run was over last night, we watched Dane Cook’s Vicious Circle. I used to watch stand up comedy all of the time, but have gotten away from it in recent years (due to time constraints, I guess), so I was not familiar with any of his routines. Heck, I only just heard of him this year. The show started off kind of slow, but as the show went on, it got funnier and funnier. Anytime I cry not once, but twice, from laughing so hard, it’s well worth the time spent. I’ll definitely be checking out more of his stuff.

food & drink

lemon-thyme chicken with feta-herb salad

Continuing with this week’s chicken theme…we had this for supper tonight. It was so good. I made it once before years ago and I’m not quite sure why I waited so long to make it again. I got to use a bunch of fresh (and some frozen) herbs from my garden in the preparation of this dish, so I guess this isn’t something I’ll be making again this year. My garden cleanup is almost done for the year. All I have left are a few herbs, my pepper plants, and a lone Brussels sprout plant. The herbs have been trimmed back, but they almost always have some growth on them (unless it is snowing); the pepper plants are still producing so I’ll let them go until the frost kills them; and the Brussels sprout plant will continue growing until it gets too cold. I’m sure that will be sooner than I’d like.

movies

chicken run

It must be family film week. We watched our 2nd G-rated movie tonight, Chicken Run. The movie was fine for the genre, but I was expecting to enjoy it more than I did. Maybe it was because I was trying to do some other things and it didn’t have my full attention. In any case, I liked Chicken Little more. But, this movie did make me hungry for chicken potpie. I guess I’ll have to put that on the menu.