Ahh... that's better.
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averygoodun42It's cooled down nicely in these parts. I didn't mention, did I, that it was 95 F in the shade the other day? Add typical NE humidity (actually, it was even humid for NE standards) and it was God-awful hot. Hide-all-day-in-the-basement hot.
But it's better now. Nice and warm without being too wilty. Perfect, even.
And so, I cook. Although, really, for tonight's dinner I'm using leftovers. Again. BUT, I've prepared several salads and sides to go along with the left-overs so that it shall be a veritable feast. A much needed feast.
Ooh. Must remember to cook the green beans. Lebanese style (mmm... yum) or Greek to go with the rest of the food? Eh, doesn't really matter, although blanching them then tossing in olive oil and lemon does sound rather tasty. But then there's the leftover canned tomatoes that need to be used up, and really Lebanese style would go pretty well with the Pastitso what with the cinnamon and all. Hmm.
Fortunately, that's something to decide at nearly the last minute.
So, today Geoff did the sermon at church. Our church has the summer off, so in lieu of normal sunday services there are shorter summer sessions in the small chapel. Each session is presented by a different person, and today Geoff actually did his. "Small Miracles." When he says small, he's talking small. He had a video of the nucleus of a cell repairing DNA and sending it off. When he was first presented with the image, it was for work. He'd been in the dark dome for hours and hours being bombarded by visual stimuli, and then came this short clip. He came home and promptly crashed, but when he woke up, he told me how he had watched this clip and thought, "That's God." And, seeing the clip today, I see why. Beyond the amazement factor of seeing the molucules of the cell come together and regenerate, it's really quite astonishing to see the form it takes; it's almost humanoid.
Very cool stuff.
Geoff was nervous, but he was able to pull it off well, getting everyone relaxed with a few jokes (Oh, before I forget:
What did the Zen master say to the hot dog vendor? Make me one with everything.
Why did Ralph Waldo Emerson refuse to use novocaine? He wanted to transcend dental medication.
Those aren't the ones he used, btw.)
and then cleverly used the weakness of UU's against them. He made them contribute. Bwahahaha! Clever man, my husband. All in all it was good and I'm very proud of him for doing something so far out of his comfort zone.
And then, after a brief break at home, we went out to one of the local farms so Babe could see all the animals (Geoff took him) and I could see all the pretty plants. Too bad it's too early in the season for the things I was shopping for. Those cherries were sorely tempting, though, but they were pretty darn expensive. ($7 a quart seems rather steep to me, no matter how weak the dollar is.)
And then we came home and I started the salads and sides. Overall, a very nice day.
And have I mentioned lately that my garden is thriving? My heuchera are huge and even bloomed this year (gangly things those stalks), my astible are blooming rather pathetically, and even one of the lavenders that I planted last fall have put out flowers! In fact, I'm very pleased to report that five of the six lavenders look like they will survive the winter! YAY!
And then my herbs are growing quite well, although the chives are slightly sickly looking. The pumpkin seeds have already sprouted (I planted them rather late), and the squash seedlings are growing quite nicely.
My brunera bloomed very prettily this spring (that is a lovely color blue), my hostas are... growing (I won't say thriving because I haven't yet taken steps against the slugs) and my ostrich fern is florishing. The poor lady fern, however, is still not too happy.
Oh, here's the neighbor to use the computer, so I'm going to sign off.
But my poor, poor scabiosas. I think I'm going to have to find a safer home for them or else I'll never see them bloom. :-( Another bud got busted by the neighbor kids. While I was watching. I didn't blow up at them because I should have realized the risk and sent them scooting, but... *sigh*
Ach well. They would probably look good as the middle plants in my little area where the daisies didn't grow. With a beautiful huge (variegated gray-green with white edges) leafed sedum as the border? Or something. I'll figure that corner out eventually. And when I move the scabiosa, after it finishes attempting to bloom, I'll have to figure out what to put in with the heucheras. Something not so fragile, though hopefully flowery.
Anyway, I should probably go clean up the kitchen from my earlier efforts. :-) I hope you have/had a wonderful Sunday, and those of you in Canada, hope you had a good holiday.
But it's better now. Nice and warm without being too wilty. Perfect, even.
And so, I cook. Although, really, for tonight's dinner I'm using leftovers. Again. BUT, I've prepared several salads and sides to go along with the left-overs so that it shall be a veritable feast. A much needed feast.
Ooh. Must remember to cook the green beans. Lebanese style (mmm... yum) or Greek to go with the rest of the food? Eh, doesn't really matter, although blanching them then tossing in olive oil and lemon does sound rather tasty. But then there's the leftover canned tomatoes that need to be used up, and really Lebanese style would go pretty well with the Pastitso what with the cinnamon and all. Hmm.
Fortunately, that's something to decide at nearly the last minute.
So, today Geoff did the sermon at church. Our church has the summer off, so in lieu of normal sunday services there are shorter summer sessions in the small chapel. Each session is presented by a different person, and today Geoff actually did his. "Small Miracles." When he says small, he's talking small. He had a video of the nucleus of a cell repairing DNA and sending it off. When he was first presented with the image, it was for work. He'd been in the dark dome for hours and hours being bombarded by visual stimuli, and then came this short clip. He came home and promptly crashed, but when he woke up, he told me how he had watched this clip and thought, "That's God." And, seeing the clip today, I see why. Beyond the amazement factor of seeing the molucules of the cell come together and regenerate, it's really quite astonishing to see the form it takes; it's almost humanoid.
Very cool stuff.
Geoff was nervous, but he was able to pull it off well, getting everyone relaxed with a few jokes (Oh, before I forget:
What did the Zen master say to the hot dog vendor? Make me one with everything.
Why did Ralph Waldo Emerson refuse to use novocaine? He wanted to transcend dental medication.
Those aren't the ones he used, btw.)
and then cleverly used the weakness of UU's against them. He made them contribute. Bwahahaha! Clever man, my husband. All in all it was good and I'm very proud of him for doing something so far out of his comfort zone.
And then, after a brief break at home, we went out to one of the local farms so Babe could see all the animals (Geoff took him) and I could see all the pretty plants. Too bad it's too early in the season for the things I was shopping for. Those cherries were sorely tempting, though, but they were pretty darn expensive. ($7 a quart seems rather steep to me, no matter how weak the dollar is.)
And then we came home and I started the salads and sides. Overall, a very nice day.
And have I mentioned lately that my garden is thriving? My heuchera are huge and even bloomed this year (gangly things those stalks), my astible are blooming rather pathetically, and even one of the lavenders that I planted last fall have put out flowers! In fact, I'm very pleased to report that five of the six lavenders look like they will survive the winter! YAY!
And then my herbs are growing quite well, although the chives are slightly sickly looking. The pumpkin seeds have already sprouted (I planted them rather late), and the squash seedlings are growing quite nicely.
My brunera bloomed very prettily this spring (that is a lovely color blue), my hostas are... growing (I won't say thriving because I haven't yet taken steps against the slugs) and my ostrich fern is florishing. The poor lady fern, however, is still not too happy.
But my poor, poor scabiosas. I think I'm going to have to find a safer home for them or else I'll never see them bloom. :-( Another bud got busted by the neighbor kids. While I was watching. I didn't blow up at them because I should have realized the risk and sent them scooting, but... *sigh*
Ach well. They would probably look good as the middle plants in my little area where the daisies didn't grow. With a beautiful huge (variegated gray-green with white edges) leafed sedum as the border? Or something. I'll figure that corner out eventually. And when I move the scabiosa, after it finishes attempting to bloom, I'll have to figure out what to put in with the heucheras. Something not so fragile, though hopefully flowery.
Anyway, I should probably go clean up the kitchen from my earlier efforts. :-) I hope you have/had a wonderful Sunday, and those of you in Canada, hope you had a good holiday.
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Date: 2007-07-03 06:40 pm (UTC)What did the hot dog vendor say to the Zen master when the latter asked for his change for the hot dog?
"Change must come from within!"