December 7, 2011 – 4:12 pm
Adapted from La Dolce Vegan Hot and Sour Soup 4 C veggie broth 2 C water 3 Tbs tamari 2-in piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced 2 tsp sugar 1-2 tsp garlic Asian chili sauce 2 small-med carrots, grated 3 oz oyster mushrooms, chopped 1/4 C rice vinegar [...]
December 4, 2011 – 8:33 pm
We decorated our Christmas tree this afternoon, just the four of us. Then we went out for dinner at a new Indian restaurant near our house. Then we drove around looking at Christmas lights, while the children enjoyed the dum dums that the owner of the Indian restaurant kindly gave them when we left. If [...]
November 27, 2011 – 7:50 pm
Three years, my Madeleine. The time has passed too quickly. Today we had a wonderful, if cold and windy, birthday celebration at the park. Several of Maddie’s preschool classmates joined us, as well as my parents, Grandpa John and Grandma Sharon, Maddie’s Aunt Amber, Uncle Nick and cousins Andrew and Matthew, and other close family [...]
November 7, 2011 – 8:19 pm
At a pumpkin carving party, Ben and one of his preschool classmates: Maddie Roo in a patch o pumpkins: (Who declined to wear a costume at all this year, sharing that she “might be a little bit scared.”) Ben, post-trick-or-treating on Halloween night:
November 7, 2011 – 7:43 pm
On the day before Halloween, we adopted a 6-month old black kitten from Austin Pets Alive. We named her Willow. Willow didn’t come home with us until Nov 1, since solid black cats aren’t re-homed just before or on Halloween. Then, after we brought her home, there were several days when we were concerned that [...]
November 4, 2011 – 3:19 pm
At our neighborhood playground late yesterday afternoon I stood under a cedar elm with mistletoe Maddie went down the slide Ben filled a discarded water bottle with pea gravel And then Maddie sang an impassioned song about cats to this triceratops while Ben piled pea gravel on its back. Lovin’ this weather.
October 25, 2011 – 5:42 pm
Ya know those plastic mesh bags that veggies sometimes come in? They make excellent recycled dish scrubbies. Knotted at one end, stuffed with more balled up plastic mesh veggie bags, knotted at the other end. Cute and useful. We can’t remember exactly where we got the idea, but we’re 90% sure it came from Mr. [...]
October 24, 2011 – 1:38 pm
playing at Balcones District Park this morning: “I see a airplane!” playing with rocks under the live oaks:
October 24, 2011 – 1:26 pm
Growing in our fall garden, Hill Country Red Okra: Nathan took the pretty photo yesterday morning.