It has been a pleasant week here at OakMeadows. The weather is moderating and we are able to get outside more. The yard is green with clover and thistles and Joe has been busy finishing clearing out the freeze damage. The live oaks are loaded with yellow pollen which should be coming down any day now. Achooo! The first hummingbird arrived Saturday. I was pleased that we had the feeder up and filled with sugar water. So we have the swallows back and now the hummingbirds are starting to come through. Spring is well under way!
I made Shrimp Jambalaya for the first time yesterday. I really should give half the credit to Joe because he did all the chopping and helped get it all together. It was really good. Usually when I make something for the first time, there are changes that I want to make the next time I do it. But this really doesn't need any changes at all. I will post the recipe next Monday.
We went to the Houston Symphony last Friday and it was wonderful! The violin soloist was Frank Huang and he was perfect! They performed Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Vivaldi always makes me smile. Just a beautiful, beautiful evening.
Tickets for next season are on sale and I am once again getting our season tickets.
Almost finished with the quilted table runner. I should start binding the edges this weekend and will post a picture as soon as it is finished. I have so many quilts and wall hangings floating around in my mind that I'm not sure what to do next. Maybe get the fabric and start the travel quilt? Maybe do a scrap hearts lap quilt? I have an idea for a wall hanging...So many quilts...so little time...
I finished reading The Walnut Tree by Charles Todd. It was a light historical romance set during WW I. Good but not outstanding. The two outstanding books that I am still plowing through are To End All Wars by Adam Hochschild and The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert.
Travel plans are:
1. Birding trip to Louisiana
2. Wedding/Birding trip to central Texas
3. Alaska cruise
4. Yosemite May 2015
5 comments:
looks like perfect travel plans ahead!!
Your tree makes me swoon. I love it.
dkzody, right now all the oaks are pollinating and rather than making us swoon, they are making us sneeze! lol!!
Nice to hear about spring and plans.... Michelle
You know the old saying "Man plans, God laughs." Our birding trip to La. Is on hold because our daughter may be having back surgery. Hope not, but it is looking distinctly possible. Ack!
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