Cheers!
And, some daiquiri humor:
One doctor always stopped at a local bar after work for a hazelnut daiquiri – a special drink the bartender created just for him. One day, the bartender ran out of hazelnut flavor so he substituted hickory nuts instead.
The doctor took one sip of the drink and exclaimed, ‘This isn’t a hazelnut daiquiri!’
‘No, I’m sorry’, replied the bartender, ‘it’s a hickory daiquiri, doc.’
From a week or so ago, but I didn’t get a chance to post.
Tulips. AND they’re orange. Sweet.
Is it spring yet?
The wildflower patch out back didn’t yield much last year. This year we have a few patches of bluebonnets. They’ve started to show their beautiful colors.
Oh, and Happy St. Patrick’s day!
It’s been a long time since my last post here. Too long.
Today we headed to the lake with Julie and Zach. We sailed up river and after a while headed backdown to Arky. We even saw blue skies. We watched the full moon rise through clearing skies. We played rummikub and grilled up some delicious steaks and then played iPod wars till the night wore on.
Summer soon come!
We had a gruelling Saturday: breakfast at Poupart’s bakery, driving around seeing the sights and (for me) reminiscing; poboys for lunch at Old Tyme Grocery – the world’s best poboys by the way; another parade (and more beads) this afternoon; then off to get showered/shampooed/shined so that we can get dressed up to attend the Krewe of Triton Mardi Gras Ball!
We’re goin’ to see the Mardi Gras!
Got my swamp-fix.
Yummmm, mudbugs for dinner!
I love a parade!
Our bead-haul from tonight’s parade.
We headed to the lake today – a beautiful sunny winter day. Chris was visiting from Florida. Ireni and Laura joined us. A great day! This was the sunset from the marina at the end of the day.
Tonight I went over to Laura’s for a girls’ night in: wine, pizza & a movie (The Help). She had this large bunch of lilies in a vase on the counter. The blooms were enormous – as big as your head. Very pretty. And very fragrant.
Happy National Drink Wine Day!!! Of course, I obliged:
For dinner, I made a side dish I’ve been wanting to try for a while.
Roasted Curried Cauliflower
– 1 cauliflower head, cut into bite size pieces
– 1 tsp lemon zest
– 1 T curry powder
– 1 t garlic powder
– 1/2 t tumeric
– 1/4 t sumac
– 3 T olive oil
– 1 T coconut oil
– kosher salt and ground pepper to taste
Heat oven to 400 F. Combine spices and oil in large bowl. Toss cauliflower florets in spice mixture. Turn out onto jelly roll pan. Roast for 40 minutes, stirring and turning at halfway point.
Spring is in the air! The nights are stretching out a bit every night. This was the sky on my way home tonight.
Happy Valentine’s!!!
I’m going into work up for all day meetings this week. Had to look up my office number again. I’ve been working from home for much too long.
The weather this winter has been a roller coaster of sunny-and-70s then sleet-and-20s-and-30s. About three or four turns so far and one more on the way tomorrow. It was a beautiful day today, so I threw open the windows and took a walk through the greenbelt.
Along the way I came across this rock and saw a face in it (sort of). If i squint a bit i think i can make out Jay Leno…
According to Sky and Telescope, Mercury is at its highest tonight, and reportedly the best view of it, all year. So, after sunset, I toodled over to my favorite nearby west-facing vantage point and caught this shot of it to the top left of the crescent moon.
For those of you that are inclined to look towards the stars for influence on our day-to-day lives, be warned that Mercury will enter retrograde from Feb 6 to Feb 28. Get ready for some weird happenings and funky vibes. More background here. And you may want to bookmark this link for future reference.
And, let me wish everyone a happy Chinese new year. 2014 is supposed to be the year of the horse. But let me just add….. GO HAWKS!!!!!
Sheila365 