I knew this would happen.....

Hi!!!

I knew this would happen...I started off documenting my daily life, and got bored, or shy about sharing everything.

Some folks are so good at this....

I'm gonna try again. 

I really have been up to some fun stuff lately!

I started getting out on the ocean again.

Here's Amy goofing around the harbor.  

Annie and I rented some real nice Ocean Kayaks at Channel Islands Kayaks, and had a blast paddling around the harbor.

Then Jim and I went out, and tomorrow we are all going out together!

It's super fun!

The other news is that I finally got my Kitchenaid stand up mixer!  It has the bowl lift, and is absolutely amazing!  You wouldn't believe the stuff I have made!  And it is all turning out perfectly.  Amazing!

I have made bagels,

and, yes, there are a few heart shaped ones.  That's the beauty of making them yourself!  We like small bagels which are 30 to 40 calories each!

And pita bread.

We had these with homemade Hummus last night, and they were yummy!

And hamburger buns.

Rosemary, onion bread.

Oatmeal honey nut bread.

Cinnamon sugar walnut bread. 

I will post pics and recipes.

Well thanks for reading, and let me know which recipes you would like first.

I have started summer training with the cats.

Hopefully by the end of summer they will all learn their parts and we can put on a youtube show!

Perhaps I'll take some photos of our training sessions.

XOXO

Leslie

Ganzenpas in Belgium

YouTube - Ganzenpas in Belgium

Love, LoVe, LovE!!!

I only wish I was there to see it in person!

XOXO

Leslie

Garden Update...

Installing Fake Grass... a Tutorial

 Today, we installed our fake grass!  I love my fake grass.  It is always green and pretty and I never have to cut it.

Here is a before pic.  

The first thing we did is lay down landscape fabric, to battle the weeds.

Then we made a pattern from painters paper and masking tape.

We made sure to label the corners, Shed Right & Left, and House Right and left. 

 We turned the pattern over in the front yard on top of the grass laid out bottom up.

 and cut it out, a couple inches over all the way around, so we could tailor it just right.

 We went around and cut around the boxes, and tugged it here and there...

So green and pretty.  

My Shasta Daisies grow waist high.

I'll post more pics as they grow.

:)

XOXO

Leslie

Strawberry Fruit Cups in Vegan or vegetarian dessert recipes

Strawberry Fruit Cups in Vegan or vegetarian dessert recipes

I found this amazing, simple, yummy recipe on Stumble Upon.

If you haven't discovered Stumble Upon, its super fun.

Some melted chocolate under the little fruit salad would be special!

Hummmmmmmmm....

XO

Leslie

Big Finish

Click here for a short diversion.......

ha ha

XOXO
Leslie

Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme....and so much more to come!

This is my herb garden.  I love having fresh herbs available.  

I also snuck in some broccoli, cauliflower and my favorite...brussel sprouts.

This year we are expanding the garden.

We started last year with one 4x4 foot and one 4x8 foot box.

This year we added two 4x4 foot boxes and one 4x8 foot box!

Here's a pic of my sweetie, Jim, putting in the drip irrigation.

We planted 6 tomato plants.  Italian, Roma, Grape, Rainbow, Tye Dye, and San Francisco Fog.

We also planted Arugula, Soy beans, Bok choy, cucumbers, Japanese eggplant, lettuce...

 If you are around this summer and need tomatoes, come on by!!

XOXO

Leslie