Archive for ‘July, 2013’

Put the lime in the coconut, then you feel better

I made coconut cupcakes this morning.

And a bit of coconut cake with batter that didn’t fit in the dozen count cupcake pan I have.

Then, Bear and I headed out and about in the Jeep with the goal of finding a spot to park Wild Thing…maybe next weekend…for an overnight.

This time of year…blech…too MANY persons are about.

It is hot…or hottish depending on your perspective. Today, it was hazy like it was on its way to hot.

Me…I am cranky.

I turned to Bear and said: “Bear, the best place to be is home! Home is quiet and cool and shady. Let us go home!”.

We went home.

And I think Bear agrees with me.

He scooped out a cool spot on Beardog Hill – AWAY from the cilantro :) !!

Me…I sat on the front porch and looked through the woods at the beautiful blue sky. And I listened to the quiet.

Bob selected a cool, quiet shady spot also.

I guess we are a cool, shady, quiet kind of family.

Maybe we will stay home for a bit in the shady quiet of our own woods.

And have coconut cupcakes and cake with coconut-lime frosting.

Lime and coconut and woods and shade – it makes us feel better.

Friday snippets

We’ve been enjoying some not too hot, beautiful days with cool nights so good for sleeping and crisp mornings that take us outside for several hours before my work day starts.

This morning, it was 42F to start out the morning.

I had a gorgeous Copper River Red Salmon filet thawed.

Braised salmon with fresh herbs. A bit of this was breakfast for Bear, Bob and I and the rest into the frig for salmon tacos and stir fry over the weekend.

The herbs!!

They continue to flourish gangbusters…

My baby cilantro grew up.

Two weeks ago, I gardened. Really!! I braved the hot sun for an entire 10 minutes to clear a patch of soil on Beardog hill.

And then…and THEN!!! – I PLANTED SEEDS. Yes!! Cilantro seeds.

And now there is baby cilantro on Beardog Hill.

If the resident Beardog stays off this little patch, I may have a summer’s worth of cilantro and more.

This is an experiment.

Meanwhile, the aforementioned Beardog chose a softer place for naptime than yesteray’s concrete.

And so did Bob. And Bob’s ears are already improving again.

It was an excellent and productive work week which culminated in meeting a project deadline at high noon today. Hoo-rah!

A Friday pizza was in order.

Pizza on the grill.

Friday snippets.

Hard times

It was a pleasant 78F with a cooling breeze.

There is shady grass, a soft fleecy pet bed, the cool dirt of Beardog Hill…

But both chose concrete.

Life experience

It has been 2 1/2 weeks since our last vet visit (Bob and I re Bob’s ear infection).

We went today.

The last round of medication resulted in a slight setback.

We regrouped and will go back to the injectible but slightly risky medication.

Dr. Clark and I jointly had a case of nerves re the injectible but in hindsight we are kicking ourselves as it was kicking the bugs.

The road not taken…

While the ear infection is not life threatening, it was making Bob’s quality of life kind of “sucky” (that’s 40 something Dr. Clark’s words :)!! )

This latest setback is nothing like the worst we saw – (minimal, in fact) but no one wants to go back there so…

Dr. C and I agreed to “suck it up” and go back to the injectible med with a once a week blood test to monitor Bob’s kidney/liver stuff.

Bob has been going on about his normal routine. It is only us humans that are having anxious moments.

Have I learned nothing from past experience???

Gah!