Archive for April, 2008
Spring also means strawberries
Roxi ate all but two of these after school yesterday. Mmmm. I made Beer Cheese Soup last night. I should never make this during the week because although it is easy, it is time consuming and makes my kitchen extra messy. I had a large grocery delivery yesterday too, including three bags of flour (you [...]
Spring means shedding
Evidently Trudy’s coat thinks it’s Spring too. She is shedding like crazy! . I made Beef Keema (beef only and cooked it for 2 hours–mmm) last night and naan in the pizza maker. I need a better recipe for naan. I’ve tried this recipe twice. The first time, I made it as is but I [...]
Pizza Maker
Remember that Pizza Maker I ordered? It came last week and on Friday, I had a chance to try it out. Roxi and her friend volunteered to be my test audience. I used the same dough I tried the previous week. It’s enough for four small (8-10″) pizzas. Yes, the pepperoni slices are really huge [...]
Amsterdam’s Red Light District, the PG-13 version
Well, we couldn’t visit Amsterdam without strolling through the (in)famous Red Light district. We walked over about 7PM after an early dinner on Saturday. It was still daylight and there wasn’t much going on–mostly tourists taking it all in. I am not sure what I expected, but I will say that I was surprised to [...]
Catching up on Tuesday and today
The flowering trees are so very pretty. Anyone know what kind this is? I forgot to tell you that my driving lesson went well the other day. I was a little stressed out at the beginning because I haven’t driven since February. Anyway, Andy, my instructor, had me drive around for about 40 minutes on [...]
Anne Frank House and The Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Well, I think I’ve procrastinated long enough. Time to post about our trip to Holland before we leave for our next holiday (which won’t be until June, but next month is going to be crazy). Amsterdam is packed with museums. I have a map that lists 38 of them (though only 37 are listed on [...]
Postboxes
I think this is called a “pillar” postbox, one of only a handful of mail boxes in our area. We have one daily pick up for our entire town (not Sundays, of course). I know I’ve talked about this here before, but if you want to mail a letter in England, you can’t just leave [...]
Good Monday Morning
This door is actually more charming in photos than in real life. In reality, the door leads from the garden to our garage. It doesn’t shut all the way, swings open on blustery days and has an old fashioned hinge (I guess). I have no idea what it’s called but when you open the door [...]
It’s Friday again? Already?
I know it’s silly to tuck her in, but she just loves it soooo much. Mr. DJ went to Frankfort last night. He likes it there–too bad he won’t have time to look around a bit. I am struggling with my computer graphics programs today. I think I’ve mentioned before (maybe?) that I was a [...]
Good Morning!
This is what it looks like here today. Okay, that’s not my garden. It belongs to our next door neighbor. Still, I shot this through our lattice fence, which means we can enjoy the fruits of their labours. I’ve been meaning to tell you that now that we’ve switched to British Summer Time, things are [...]
