Prickly Pear Bloom

Not much to show for this weekend, I didn’t really take any pictures, just lived it. So here is a green photo from a week ago for Leya’s week of color.

The farmer’s market was COLD, but I did find the green garlic and spinach I wanted to procure to try Molly’s Spinach and Green Garlic Soup. It was different from whatever I thought I was expecting it to be, but it was easy, and lovely, and sadly undocumented visually. It didn’t look nearly as pretty in our red bowls as it did in the pot, but it tasted GREEN. Which makes sense really. So, if you can find green garlic, I highly suggest you try making this soup. It’s like, soup for the end of soup season. Springy, not too heavy, but still warm and soupy.

We walked around the ‘hood with a couple of friends yesterday, and strolled through a couple of open houses with them. Not for us, certainly. We’re happy in our home and I couldn’t imagine moving. They are thinking of buying though. It would be so fun if they lived a few blocks away. This also gave us the opportunity to meet one of our neighbors, who will still be in the neighborhood after they move - down the block. Like, 3 houses down, they’re moving. Which I think is funny.

On the heels of Juno the other night, we also watched Once this weekend. And ohmygod, people. This movie is so moving. I loved it. I’m buying the soundtrack posthaste. The music is stunning.

What I didn’t do this weekend:
Sit on my porch, it was too cold
Put art in frames
Sew
Bake a new loaf of bread
Take pictures
Work on the catalog project that’s going on

Other than that, I’ve been quietly working on a little bit of something. A possibly very exciting opportunity has come up - maybe - but it’s certainly not set in stone, so I am trying not to be too excited about it. Just doing my best to stay calm and do good work and see what happens.

Onward.