I've left out a couple of weeks of activity, but we had a busy weekend up in Vermont. On Saturday we switched our warm/cold clothes out, as well as culled the closets and gave the excess to
PlanetAid. Then we switched the storm windows for the screens and cleaned/charged up the Corvette. After doing a half dozen loads of laundry we
barbecued a brisket, made a fresh endive & orange salad, and warmed up some cornbread for dinner. We had an 01 Clarendon Hills
grenache that had the
licoricey flavors to complement the brisket which J. had rubbed in fresh ground star anise, cumin, and chili powder. It was good, and quite different than it was in its
grapey tannic youth. However we've stopped buying that kind of overripe wines. After that we relaxed and watched a movie.
Today we harvested the daffodils to take back to the apartment/office and then went for a ride in the Corvette. Happily the car was behaving properly and started up well after a few hours of charging at 10 amps. It was too cold to take the top down, so we pulled on sweaters and took it out. We drove down into town and stopped at the farm stand where we got some fresh
fiddleheads to saute with dinner -- grilled tomatoes and porterhouses -- along with some mature 96 Clerc
Milon. We gave the pestering cats some turkey and started packing for home. (To the left is a picture of Pablo, which I took when I visited home for a few days. He muzzle has turned from brown fur to a silvery shade as he has become a senior citizen. He still has the same spit and vinegar of his youth, and raided my satchel within 20 minutes of my arrival, gobbling the gourmet macaroons that J. had packed for me and running off with an apple in his mouth).
I've left out a couple of weeks of activity, but we had a busy weekend up in Vermont. On Saturday we switched our warm/cold clothes out, as well as culled the closets and gave the excess to PlanetAid. Then we switched the storm windows for the screens and cleaned/charged up the Corvette. After doing a half dozen loads of laundry we barbecued a brisket, made a fresh endive & orange salad, and warmed up some cornbread for dinner. We had an 01 Clarendon Hills grenache that had the licoricey flavors to complement the brisket which J. had rubbed in fresh ground star anise, cumin, and chili powder. It was good, and quite different than it was in its grapey tannic youth. However we've stopped buying that kind of overripe wines. After that we relaxed and watched a movie.
Today we harvested the daffodils to take back to the apartment/office and then went for a ride in the Corvette. Happily the car was behaving properly and started up well after a few hours of charging at 10 amps. It was too cold to take the top down, so we pulled on sweaters and took it out. We drove down into town and stopped at the farm stand where we got some fresh fiddleheads to saute with dinner -- grilled tomatoes and porterhouses -- along with some mature 96 Clerc Milon. We gave the pestering cats some turkey and started packing for home. (To the left is a picture of Pablo, which I took when I visited home for a few days. He muzzle has turned from brown fur to a silvery shade as he has become a senior citizen. He still has the same spit and vinegar of his youth, and raided my satchel within 20 minutes of my arrival, gobbling the gourmet macaroons that J. had packed for me and running off with an apple in his mouth).
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