Donna’s Pilgrimage – on the road to beautiful

After an amazing Sunday with special peeps in Alexandria where the crepes rocked, but raw was not a priority, I’m back to uncooking and cooking in my own gorgeous kitchen in my own lovely house. We haven’t been having breakfasts, but have opted for tea (found an herbal chai that is yummy) and fruit while we read and write. We usually gather at the table for lunch, then eat supper by the fire. We’re still eating on our cauliflower salad and our marinated eggplant and our green salad. I added a fruit salad to the menagerie tonight that will also be our breakfast or lunch tomorrow with manna bread slathered with cashew butter (and maybe a clausen bread and butter slice and sprouts….sounds awful, but very tasty).
The new Mother Earth news has an article about urban homesteading that really caught my eye, and has me daydreaming of bigger and better gardens. Time to order the seed catalogues and make some choices so I can get a head start when the time is right…next month for seed starting, and March for peas and who knows what else. I really liked the idea of verticle gardening…more trellises and vines and and pretty fences.
Tomorrow I plan on making more raw trail mix. Should really do it right now, since I ate the last bit this afternoon. Luckily I have the biggest stainless steel bowl in the world, so I can make gallons, some to give away, and most to freeze for later snacking.
I’m putting the finishing touches on a shelf John made last summer, but never painted. My dad painted it black, now I’m embellishing…my favorite part. Hopefully we will be hanging it tomorrow along with a 2-man saw my father cleaned up for us, and a special slate picture frame I brought home from my fun time in Alexandria.