Winder Farms

Here's the recipe that came attached to the "kit box" we got this morning. I just have to supply chicken and flour for the cake :-)

Perfect timing too, cause I was laying in bed this morning trying to figure out what in the world I would fix for supper tonight. And now I don't have to go to the grocery!!!

I think I'm in love

We've been doing a lot of reading about Winder Farms lately, and have liked everything we've seen. They are a food delivery company that operates out of Utah, using all natural, primarily organic, and locally-grown foods. So far, everything we're trying to work towards. The deal is, you pay a $12 monthly charge, they give you a spiffy wheeled cooler that you set outside your front door every Tuesday, you place an order online, and like magic, farm-fresh produce, milk, free-range eggs show up at your door every Wednesday morning. The part we were skeptical about was the pricing; from all our research, the prices were at LEAST on par with the grocery's (non-organic) food, and most of the time, it was noticeably cheaper. Since what we're getting is organic, which is a premium at the grocery, this is a good value, even with the delivery fee, and there was a promise of coupons every month to make it even more affordable. Seemed too good to be true, but we caved and signed up for a short-term agreement based on a promotion we found at a festival a week ago.

This was the bounty I found waiting for me this morning - and I gotta say, the produce was just as pretty and fresh and wonderful looking as anything I've ever found at the Albertsons. What's more, you can order it as a "kit" with a recipe to make supper. This one is for grilled chicken salad and a lemon cake.

If this first order is anything like what we should expect in the future, I think I'm falling in love.

Great Glaciers!

It's hard to believe Steve was here today, and I was walking around in 87 degree sunshine :-)

Alaskian Air

Steve sent these pictures today from over Alaska. Pretty amazing! I think I could even deal with the cold to see this.... well, at least for a FEW days....

For a while, I was frustrated at my inability to easily navigate Las Vegas

This is the snapshot of my gps directions today. I no longer chalk up my navigational failures to personal shortcomings.

Another job bites the dust!

So, Steve slunk off to the casita tonight ... I thought he was in there doing pull-ups on the bar. However, when I walked in, this was what I found! YEAH! We've been looking and looking for overhead lighting and/or fans that we liked and this was pretty much the only one that came close to fitting the bill. We'd been putting off buying it since it only came with a 25 watt bulb, but we finally deeded that since it was going in the media room, we didn't need a light that would give us a tan as well. As it stands, we're still ok, cause it will accept up to 200 watts. So, double Yay.

For those of you who have also been putting up ceiling fans and also having trouble... rest assured, you're not the only one. This one stalwartly refused to turn on, even after all power supplies had been checked multiple times. AND - all the color-coded wires even matched up. The culprit? It came with a remote control. The battery IN the remote control was plastic wrapped in damn near invisible plastic.

Now, trying to figure out what kind of light to get for the great room. It's only got to dangle from like a 40-ft ceiling...

The best one yet

I loved, loved, loved these two little guys. Steve and I watched and laughed at them for forever! They were so excited about trying on all the battle gear, and they just kept disappearing in it. They were each pawing over the other one trying to get breastplates, scabbards, etc - all with those helmets on, and of course, the helmets kept spinning around backwards so they couldn't see and they were banging their heads together and running into each other.... hilarious!

And, it reminded me an awful lot of a certain someone and Stephanie, playing in the front yard with our Martian Heads made out of industrial light reflectors.... Geez. How many of our neighbors thought we were a bit "touched"?

I'm trying to figure out a way to braid my hair like the horse's

Roman emperors...

gothic ladies-in-waiting, and fairy babies wielding sunbrellas. How can you NOT love a Renaissance Festival?

If the Renaissance isn't far enough back in time for you...

then, by all means, go Neanderthal!

Renaissance Festival

This Saturday, we went to Vegas' Renaissance Festival - which was pure delight! I wasn't sure what to expect, since I haven't found a whole lot of people around Vegas who seem to be the hippy/eclectic/fantasy/Renaissnacey type. I don't know which neighborhoods they'd been hiding in, cause they certainly came out en masse this weekend, very much to our delight! Steve and I had a really, really great time. Lots of fun booths, good entertainment, and a whole lot of very good people-watching.

This was my favorite hat for Steve, but I'm not sure who looks grumpier - Steve or the chicken who just laid him...

Got virga?

Low clouds on my morning run

I think Steve should submit this sunrise pic

Over the Stratosphere to the Las Vegas tourism dept

Vegas weather

Vegas clouds

Ok - NOW we're back to Vegas!

And we have had some crazy weather this week! The clouds and the sky have been truly amazing.

Steve's Mecca

Well, thank goodness they dont allow smoking...

Steve found his Mecca in Sonora

There is no more perfect dive than this for my husband

Objects in picture are jus as close as they appear

Mama and three fawns. One still had spots

The storm we drove out of

From top of scrambling rock

Looking out across the meadow

The scrambling rock

Looking up!

From the top of a scrambling rock

If you look through the gap in he trees, you can see a huge field - we parked on the other side and scrambled up to the top of this gorgeous, snow-white bald rock

Did I mention I loved this park?

And blue, blue skies

Big rocks

The face of a good cup of hotel coffee

Steve and the water tank from Petticoat Junction

I don't ever get tired of interesting textures and shadows

Railtown, CA

This was a really fun stop. They still have 3 functioning engines, are very active in movie making, and have more fascinating pieces of machinery laying around than you could imagine

Roundhouse at Railtown, CA

Bridalveil falls

I can't wait to come back here in the spring

My favorite shot from the park

It's kinda difficult to get great pics since I'm limited to posting from my phone right now. However, this one turned out pretty darned good.

<3

The first bathroom inside the park on te Tioga Pass at 8:00 in the morning

:-)

Be prepared.

Hotel in Sonora

This was the hotel we stayed in - the size of the lantern cracked me up. Especially given the teensy tiny low wattage fluorescent bulb the put in it!

A few more from Yosemite

So, I know I haven't posted any new pictures on forever; part of the reason is cause I was trying to keep all the Yosemites together. So, here are a few more...