Day 64 March 31, 2008
The back of our house at twilight. It doesn’t get dark until 8pm now, and it’s getting later and later every day.
Day 63 March 30, 2008
Gavin and Weston played with a stick on our walk today. It was really warm and, since yesterday was the start of British Summer Time (clocks forward), it was still bright out at dinner time. I hope spring is here for good.
Day 62 March 29, 2008
We walked down to the river this morning and fed the birds in the lagoon. I think this swan may have lost its mate. Or maybe this is the male and female is stuck sitting on a nest in the reeds. I hope so, because I think swans mate for life and it would be sad to think he’s alone forever now.
Day 59 March 26, 2008
Michelle takes some really cool close-up photos of everyday things. Here’s my attempt. Not nearly as cool. But what the photo is of is pretty exciting. My mother got me a subscription to Cooking Light magazine. I love that magazine because it always has great recipes in it. I think the “Light” part of the name is a bit of a misnomer because they just aim to have recipes that will fit into meals to meet the current dietary recommendations. So it’s mostly normal food, not diet food. I already made the curry-spiced sweet potatoes. Mmmmm.
Day 58 March 25, 2008
Yet another sign of spring. Does anyone know if bees take a little time between becoming bees and being able to fly properly? We have one or two each day that seem grounded in our lawn - I was wondering if they’re “newborns”.
Day 57 March 24, 2008
Evelyn learned how the cat flap worked this evening. This encounter with a rather possessed looking Bodmin followed shortly after.
Day 56 March 23, 2008
Some people are really good at photographing food. I am not. I did, however, do quite a good job of baking these pudding cakes. They’re from the book Small Batch Baking and the recipe only makes two. I love them - they’re self-saucing and it’s like having a little hot fudge cake all to yourself.
Day 55 March 22, 2008
When I was a kid, we relished benches in parks where no one ever went. You could sit and relax and goof around without anyone bothering you. We certainly wouldn’t destroy them. If we had, we’d have been stuck standing or sitting on the cold wet ground. I’m guessing the kids who use this park did not possess such forethought. Although, they did leave one plank on the bench…
