Surprise, Surprise!

I had a trusty vehicle that I intended to drive forever. Unfortunately, my knee is going south again, and clutching my way through city traffic became pretty unbearable. Tom went with me this morning to look for a replacement with an automatic transmission, and somehow we came home with "twins"! We're both thrilled. (As are my knee and my back.)

What Happens When You Haven't Unpacked Your Platter...

Nicoise in two parts! (Still tasty enough.)

Looking More and More Like Home

Gallery installed, Door wine in rack.

The Extent of our Gardening Now

We're so relieved to be living in a place where lawn and gardening are taken care of. Still, we needed a kumquat tree to make our Florida winter salad. (About the size of grape tomatoes, kumquats are citrus flavor pellets that you can eat, skin and all.) To keep things easy--our new theme in life--we planted a small tree in a container on our deck, adding purple queen for a burst of my favorite color. In a few months, we'll be tossing the fruit with mixed greens, walnuts, feta, and fruity balsamic. Yum!

Weekend Temptation

Don't even want to know how much I weigh at this point...

Someone is a Fan...

Pretty clear why Holly loves the new man cave.

Back to School

When we bought our new place, we realized it was near a local high school. However, we looked at the home on a weekend and moved in over summer vacation. The reality hit this morning: it's the first day of class. As Tom points out, that's the cost of now living 10 minutes from everything. (I'll still take it over Dullsville, where dollar stores outnumbered restaurants two to one.)

Is Today National Potato Day?

Probably not, but it seems that way here. For people who rarely eat potatoes, we hit the trifecta today: hash browns with eggs for breakfast, potato salad and veggie burgers for lunch, and baby reds and seared tuna for dinner. Will have to do a better job of menu planning tomorrow before we turn into couch potatoes...