Harvest

I decided to pull a few carrots today and learned why the seed packet tells you to thin the seedlings after they reach a certain height.  Many of the carrots were agglomerations of two, three, or even four carrots.  They look like orange aliens but they're tasty.  I scrubbed these and gave them away but there are plenty more where those came from.

This little hummingbird is a regular visitor.  It's amazing how you get to be able to tell them apart toward the end of summer.  There's a pair of fledglings that come to the honeysuckle every day or so and I'm convinced that they're nest-mates because they're always chasing each other or fighting over a flower.  Typical.  I saw a hawk on the retaining wall but it flew off before I got the camera or phone up and ready.  That's when I wish I had a camera embedded in my eye.


Tonight's supper was one for the books.  I made up a recipe for chicken and refried bean burritos a few months back, assembled and froze them, and discovered the bag of them hiding behind the ice cream last week.  I have five left after today and when they're done I will absolutely be making more.  I take off the plastic wrap, fold the frozen burrito into a paper towel, and nuke it on High for 2 minutes. Then it stands for a minute or so while I halve some cherry tomatoes and pick some good looking spinach leaves out of the crisper.  I carefully open it, sprinkle on a little fat-free cheddar, squirt on some green sriracha (not as hot as the red stuff, zingy but tasty), and lay on the veggies.  Oh so good and only 4 points--3 for the tortilla and one for the pepper jack cheese I put in when I made them.  If I leave that out I can use fat-free cheese and shave off a point.

I didn't write last night, I just wasn't in the mood.  Tomorrow the new loveseat gets delivered between 7:20 and 9:20 a.m. so I'll be up early to clear a path for the delivery guys and drag a comb through my hair.  Don't want to scare them away before they bring in the new one and take out the old one. I promise I'll sew the black leggings tomorrow.  Cross my heart.
--Barbara