Here are the potatoes, red onions, beans, squash and cucumber all picked fresh today from the garden in Lutsen for our dinner tonight. And lamb shish kabobs too. And two pies for dessert – blackberry/peach and blueberry from The Pie Place in Grand Marais.
These were taken by Jonathan (Uncle Johnny to Miss J) and we are grateful he documented the party so well.
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We had a great party yesterday – dear friends and family (Americans, Norwegians, Canadians) gathered to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Helen & Kaare. It was terribly hot and humid – everyone drenched in sweat – but we all had a great time!
You mayknow them as raspberries – but to J they are fingerberries because, of course, you put them on the end of your finger to eat them!
Click on the image below to see a slide show of all the pictures we took from our trip to Florida.
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| June 2011 Trip to Florida |
What is the best way to start your first day back from vacation, other than a good night’s sleep in your own bed? Going to your early morning appointment and being released from PT two weeks early because you are pain free and symptom free. It remains to be seen what effect a return to work will bring (wow, could work stress be the foundation of much of this pain?) but for now I am happy to get good news. I’ll be on a home-based program unless and until I need more.
I miss my mom and my family in Florida already, but it also feels really good to be home. There were two cats and one dog that were very happy to see us at home again. We’re gonna lay low and close to the house for a while, I think.
I thought I would leave you with one final glorious picture from this weekend. Our neighbor Margaret grows several patches of poppies along the west side of our yard. They are so ethereal and vibrant, flamboyant even, yet tissue thin. I adore them.
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We had a wonderful Sunday – shopping, gardening, cooking, dinner with neighbors (who brought a homemade strawberry-rhubarb pie warm from the oven!), lots of play time with Juliette and even enough time for some chores. Perfect, just perfect,
The first potato salad of the season, my own personal “starting line” – summer is officially here! Tonight we will share it with friends and neighbors, along with some grilled chicken and mint tea from our very own patch.
I was lucky enough to see two beautiful things tonight when we took Beaulah out after dinner. Pictures of both lovelies are below. The first one is a peony called Coral Seas. You know the second one.
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