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verbicideIt's been so long since I've been warm, let alone uncomfortably hot. Note to self: remember sunscreen? Buy that.
The morning started off with a great long catch-up call with my younger cousin Mo, who is finishing her third year of medical school. We have a lot in common (medical school aside) and so it's always wonderful to touch base. She's trying to get into a program at UW and was excited to hear I'd give her free housing and feed her until she exploded. I love her and it would be so wonderful to have her stay for awhile.
Then I hopped into the shower and got dressed in summery clothes, which was exciting.
Jeff drove over and actually brought me a piece of the orange flourless cake he'd made for yet another dinner party. And as expected, he was right. The bitterness was completely gone in the chilled cake. It was delicious. He'd also used less peel/pith this time and I really liked it.
For some reason, Henry is TERRIFIED of Jeff. Like, he sees Jeff and he runs away. We think it's because Jeff is the only bearded creature Henry's ever seen and it's quite possible he thinks Jeff is a bear who is actually going to eat him. He was however a total slut for the five seconds Jeff fed him treats.
We set out for the Farmer's Market. Of course there is some sort of insane festival thingie going on, so we had to park in the next county, but it was actually fine. The heat was a little oppressive, but it's too early in the season for me to complain about it. (YET.)
Jeff got lots of tomato plants and herb starters and cauliflower he'll have to get a second mortgage to afford. (I know food prices are going up, but DAMN.) I bought some spinach, basil, asparagus, and a little rosemary starter plant. I already have my cherry tomato plant started and will get some basil later on. Whichever herb I plant turns out to be whichever plant I never cook with that year. It's sort of funny. What I totally need is basil and Italian parsley, though. I hope for a big bumper crop of those this year.
We set out for Ballard (and our timing was great, because they're also having some insane parade thing later) and had lunch at Sofrito Rico. We stopped at Kitchen Things and ooh'd and aah'd at the Emile Henry potterie.
Jeff drove us back to my place. He came up so I could give him some lemons from my dad's tree (because I think my dad brought me half the tree) and he also took away another giant bag of potting soil. Now I have just the one enormous bag and that'll do me fine for the next century.
And now it's time to chill out with Henry until I frost the cake and head on over to Amy T's!
The morning started off with a great long catch-up call with my younger cousin Mo, who is finishing her third year of medical school. We have a lot in common (medical school aside) and so it's always wonderful to touch base. She's trying to get into a program at UW and was excited to hear I'd give her free housing and feed her until she exploded. I love her and it would be so wonderful to have her stay for awhile.
Then I hopped into the shower and got dressed in summery clothes, which was exciting.
Jeff drove over and actually brought me a piece of the orange flourless cake he'd made for yet another dinner party. And as expected, he was right. The bitterness was completely gone in the chilled cake. It was delicious. He'd also used less peel/pith this time and I really liked it.
For some reason, Henry is TERRIFIED of Jeff. Like, he sees Jeff and he runs away. We think it's because Jeff is the only bearded creature Henry's ever seen and it's quite possible he thinks Jeff is a bear who is actually going to eat him. He was however a total slut for the five seconds Jeff fed him treats.
We set out for the Farmer's Market. Of course there is some sort of insane festival thingie going on, so we had to park in the next county, but it was actually fine. The heat was a little oppressive, but it's too early in the season for me to complain about it. (YET.)
Jeff got lots of tomato plants and herb starters and cauliflower he'll have to get a second mortgage to afford. (I know food prices are going up, but DAMN.) I bought some spinach, basil, asparagus, and a little rosemary starter plant. I already have my cherry tomato plant started and will get some basil later on. Whichever herb I plant turns out to be whichever plant I never cook with that year. It's sort of funny. What I totally need is basil and Italian parsley, though. I hope for a big bumper crop of those this year.
We set out for Ballard (and our timing was great, because they're also having some insane parade thing later) and had lunch at Sofrito Rico. We stopped at Kitchen Things and ooh'd and aah'd at the Emile Henry potterie.
Jeff drove us back to my place. He came up so I could give him some lemons from my dad's tree (because I think my dad brought me half the tree) and he also took away another giant bag of potting soil. Now I have just the one enormous bag and that'll do me fine for the next century.
And now it's time to chill out with Henry until I frost the cake and head on over to Amy T's!
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