Mangia! Mangia!

Tonight was out first cooking adventure with our International Students for the Spring Semester. I took the girls shopping for ingredients (and wine) and then on to Betta's for preparation and eating!

Discussing Italy and Katarina's home city.

Katatrina and the bacon. Sadly, not Italian bacon, but bacon just the same...

Jim looking professional with his knife.

 Katarina and Laura putting the Carbonara together.

Bellisimo!

Luciana

 Laura

Very happy to finish with Espresso!

Ginny, My Little Cat

This is the little cat I asked for help with. She is slowly coming around, in the past couple of days she has stopped leaving the room when I enter it. Tonight, she sat in the chair next to mine at the table while I ate my dinner. She even spent a few minutes playing with my fingers, actually touching me several times. She is fun to watch play, she is so full of herself thundering around the kitchen at full speed.

FedEx Finally Delivers

with an apology. Nice!

I Love This Face

It's Tuck's Ball

The Lineup

Border Collies like order. Some more than others. We line up on a fairly regular basis around here, and sometimes it is more obsessive than others. Last night was one of those times...I had the wrong lense which made it difficult to really show the insanity....by the by, in the bottom shot, from front to back is son, mother, son, cousin...

Feeling the Creativity

A couple of years ago, my friend Barbara showed me how to make wreaths from wild Foxgrape vines. I made one wreath I adore, hung it and started dreaming (again) about having time to be more creative. Two years later, I made a second wreath, and have several vines pulled and ready to cut to make more. So simple, but so satisfying.