Famished Writer

Just bought some fresh herbs for the garden, should save me some money on the quantity of herbs I use and buy! I had a pot with Rosemary and Thyme, Rosemary is looking scraggly now (but still usable) and the thyme died. As I looked closer in the pot I did spot a couple of thyme leaves coming back (hooray)! Our garden certainly needs a good watering this evening. It has been a perfect slow, warm and sunny Summer day here at the beach. We had a swarm of bees that flew in 2 days ago and nestled in a hibiscus bush adjacent to our front porch near at the entrance to very busy restaurant. For the safety of pedestrians (children and babies) as well as the guests of the restaurant they had the bees exterminated, which makes me incredibly sad, yet I do understand the logistics of why they chose to have them killed. I wish there were more bee keepers in order to have them safely removed. I came home from the grocery store this afternoon to discover that the store clerk that had bagged my meats p...

Just had a night "off" from my children, the first since early February which was for my Birthday, planned to excess and doomed for disappointment. Last night was strangely quiet, and quite nice all the same. We went out to a local Mexican Cantina and shared our favorite appetizer, a smorgasbord of fried Mexican treats, flautas, mini tacos, quesadillas, and is too much for us to both finish ever. The Margarita was sinfully sweet strawberry syrup, with a healthy shot of Tequila of course. Such is the form of my indulgence, I would forgo a fine dining experience any day for the simplicity and consistency of a rich, belly hugging meal such as last night. We returned home, proceeded to watch a movie, whereby I promptly fell asleep at 10pm on the couch, an exciting night out for certain! Tonight I am back in the kitchen (although I did throw together a late night pizza for us to nibble on last night which was delicious). I am going to try a recipe I saw on Jamie Oliver's sh...