With our last adventure quickly fading into the [tropical Caribbean] sunset, I am happy to get back to my summer Saturday routines I so deeply missed! In our area the farmer’s markets start up around April and end in October. Our local market in Frisco meets only on Saturday mornings. Continue reading
This is less a recipe and more a technique. I really don’t have a set in stone recipe for my salad dressings. My base ingredients are a good olive oil, red wine vinegar, mustard, garlic and herbs. I play with proportions, but I would say I use generally 2-3 parts oil to 1 part vinegar. I do the rest Continue reading
It is July 18th and I am a few days past the halfway point of The Ultimate Blog Challenge. Admittedly, it’s been more difficult than I thought to keep up with posting once per day. I generally like to take my time when I write, do some research depending on the topic and check and double/triple check my posts before sending them out into the Big Bad Internet Universe. I do not plan to keep up this pace at the end of the challenge; however, I’ve learned Continue reading
Last week I was moving around the pots of herbs in my backyard, pulling weeds from them and watering them, getting them ready for the heat of another Texas summer. We are having some work done – the main reason I am moving those very pots out of the way – and the man who was prepping my yard came over.
I was contemplating pulling this one particular growth (see photo above)…a plant which had sprouted up out of my basil pot. Continue reading
I was traveling all day yesterday and did not learn of the news in Dallas until this morning. Upon waking, it was the first thing that greeted me as I reached for my morning coffee.
There are 5 police officers who were not able to reach for their morning coffee today. Who will not ever reach for their’s again.
I am sad for my city. I am sad that what was Continue reading