After our Colorado trip, my husband decided that he wanted to pull our zucchini plants out and clean up our garden a bit. This is what he found:
Wow – a monster of a zucchini! We didn’t even know it was there. It was hiding underneath all of the blossoms and leaves. Anyway, I don’t recommend growing them to this size because they are flavorless. So I was thinking… instead of using it in a favorite dish, we could have it bronzed and place it on our mantle for a conversation piece. Great idea, eh?
We also have a yellow brandyvine tomato plant. They are a sweeter tomato and also will add more color to any salad. It hasn’t done very well – only 3 for picking, but good-sized and delicious so I am thankful for that.
Welcome to Denver!
Okay….kind of reluctant to post this photo, but this is one of the creepiest things I have ever seen at an airport. This is one of the four (?) murals painted by Leo Tanguma at the DIA. You can find many conspiracies about these murals and the DIA by doing a google search and etc if you are really interested. Be careful, though. You might turn into a paranoid freak and mumble something about the New World Order if you do. I think I will stay far, far away on this one.
Moving onward to something a bit more cheerful. I was playing around with a few photos from our Colorado trip with Poladroid. It is very fun. Once installed, you drag and drop your photo where indicated and you wait for the photo to develop….into a polaroid, of course. Maybe fun is not the right word. Nostalgic may be a little more accurate.
The Balanced Rock at the Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs:
My husband and I in front of the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park:
Restaurant recommendations: Mirch Masala in Colorado Springs for Indian and The Egg and I in Estes Park for breakfast. I usually don’t recommend restaurant chains, but we don’t have The Egg and I in California! *grin*
Autumn is here! I cut open a kabocha (Japanese pumpkin) yesterday to celebrate the beginning of my favorite season. Wow – that was a bit of a chore!
I made kabocha muffins using this recipe. There were a couple of minor things I changed…. like replacing the canned pumpkin with kabocha. To prepare the kabocha, I peeled, cubed, and then microwaved for four minutes or until it is easy to mash with a fork. Then I added a little more cinnamon (always more cinnamon than what is called for – yum!). Also, the recipe made a total of fifteen muffins rather than twelve. That works for me. *grin*
I might have mentioned this in an earlier post, but there is an excellent bakery/café in Seattle called Fresh Flours. You can order a kabocha muffin. And they have a good lunch too. Take a look at their menu.
