Food

Hawaiian Farmers’ Market

Last week when I was in Hawaii, I made a special visit to the farmers' market.  We got there at the tail end of the market and a lot of the farmers were starting to pack up.  Luckily we were able to snag some fresh fruit.  Check this out: Can you imagine buying this kind… Continue reading Hawaiian Farmers’ Market

Garden

Beans Green

Tonight I went out to the garden to dig my plants out from the thick blanket of weeds that grew over them while I was on vacation.  I worked for about 2 hours and only got a small section done!  This is going to take several days unfortunately. When I freed the bush beans from… Continue reading Beans Green

Travel

Welcome to Paradise

Spent some of the day yesterday at Polihale Beach on the west side of the island.  It was gorgeous.  Ocean and beach with mountains in the background. We ate lunch at a cute little roadside shop on the way back from the beach and then we went to several lookout points on top of the… Continue reading Welcome to Paradise

Travel

Aloha

We are here in Honolulu.  The travel yesterday was BRUTAL.  By the time we finally got to our hotel it was about 3:30am Kansas City time.  Yeowsa! But this makes it all worth it: We woke up at 5am local time this morning.  Ha!  But that's 10am Kansas City time so that's sleeping in.  We… Continue reading Aloha

Uncategorized

The Trip Begins!

Today I'm leaving for Hawaii!!!!!! In about 45 minutes Benzo and I will be taking off for the airport.  I had grand plans of doing a travel-related blog post this morning, but the last minute preparations got in the way.  So it's just this quick note instead. We will be flying for 13 hours today. … Continue reading The Trip Begins!

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Snow?

I came home yesterday to find this: What is this white stuff everywhere?  Is it snowing in June?!?!? No it's not snow.  My neighbor's cotton tree is fluffing and sending all this white cotton-y fluff into our yard.  It happens every year and it always reminds me of snow.  I like to think of it as… Continue reading Snow?

Garden

Surprise Plants

One of the funniest things about gardening that I only learned last year is surprise plants.  Last year about this time I noticed these plants popping up all over the garden that looked very familiar.  Once I looked a little closer I found they were actually tomato plants.  I suppose it makes sense when you… Continue reading Surprise Plants

Cooking

Roast a Red Pepper

Sorry for the lack of posts this week.  I've had an extracurricular activity going on every single night after work!  And the tiling process in the kitchen has been slow-going and stressful and it is keeping me from cooking anything.  Benzo and I have either been eating out or having cold sandwiches and cereal.  I don't think… Continue reading Roast a Red Pepper

Garden

Mulchified

Wow was it hard to go back to work today or what?  Can't every weekend be a three day weekend?  😉 Anywho on Sunday after I mowed the lawn I decided to use the extra grass clippings to mulch around the tomato plants.  I do not have a bagger attachment for my mower so usually… Continue reading Mulchified

Home

Finally It’s Time For Tile

Today I'm on my own again as FIL and Benzo are back to working on the kitchen floor.  I've mentioned the kitchen floor several times the past few weeks so I thought I would post some pictures of the current state of my kitchen. First let me say that we have been trying to get… Continue reading Finally It’s Time For Tile