I like it when things actually work out!
First, the cuteness!
I was able to say hello to the babies this morning, and cuddle them for a bit. One of these mornings, though, I will need to bring a daughter along. The kittens are getting big enough and active enough to climb out of their “nest”. When I first opened the door, the calico was in between a bucket, their bed set up and some netting. If I can get someone to snuggle the kittens and keep them warm, I want to take more stuff out of the old garden shed that they might get hung up in. Ideally, we’d move them to the baby jail in the sun room, but the room is too busy, I think. Both with us going in and out, and other cats. Broccoli would probably move them out.
We’ll figure it out. For now, I’m just happy she hasn’t hidden them already.
While continuing my rounds, I had to get some photos of the lilacs on the East side of the house.
The ones by the house bloom a bit earlier than the same type of lilacs that form a hedge along the north property line. The house itself creates a bit of a microclimate for them. The rest of this type of lilac are just starting to open. I expect to have a sea of lilacs blooming out here, tomorrow morning!
My husband and I were going into the city to meet with a friend at a shopping mall. We decided to make a date of it and leave early to have lunch (well… breakfast, really) together.
No, we didn’t go to a restaurant or anything. We went to the food court!
My husband was quite content with a burger and fries, but I had something I haven’t had since we left the city.
I got a beef Bento box.
Oh, my goodness, it was so awesome!!! The only thing I didn’t care for was the edamame. I don’t like it to begin with, but these were incredibly salty, and had strings. I ate a couple, got a string caught in my teeth that took ages to get out! LOL My husband tried one and actually spit it out.
The rest, however, was blissfully delicious!
After placing my order for the Bento box, I noticed they also had tempura vegetables. We tried doing that at home during our New Year’s fondue, but we really need a proper frier do to that. So I ordered some, and they were absolutely fantastic!
When offered chopsticks, I made sure to accept them. I’m not good at eating with chopsticks, so it forced me to eat slowly. 😁 It would have been sooo tempting to finish it off too quickly, if I were using a fork!
I know there’s a lot of negative things said about food court food, but honestly, I don’t see why. Yeah, you have the usual fast food places, but there were also options for Greek, Italian, Korean, Thai, Chinese and Japanese food, plus various other specialty cuisines, all freshly made.
So we had ourselves a lovely meal together, then headed over to our pre-arranged meeting point.
It was so fantastic to catch up with our friend! Being able to keep in touch online is great, but there’s no equivalent to being able to give someone a great big hug, and spend time together! Hopefully, we will be able to get together again, before he leaves the country again.
The trip was hard on my husband, of course, and he did have to say he’d reached his limit, but he was so very happy to be able to make the trip, and wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
Right now, after being home for a while, I’m having a battle with myself. I could go outside and try to get some overgrown lawn mowed… or I could go to bed early, and get an early start on the outside stuff. I got only about 3 or 4 hours of sleep last night, so I think early to bed is going to win out!
Tomorrow is our last average frost date. After that, it should be safe to start transplanting things outside.
And we still haven’t finished shifting those beds over, or harvested more dead spruces for the raised beds, because of the weather we’ve been having!
Well, we do have places we can start transplanting or direct sowing into. Just not a lot, yet.
It’s not even just about co-operative weather, but a co-operative body!
Yeah. I definitely need to get a good night’s sleep, so I can work more effectively tomorrow.
Which means, I need to get my butt off the computer!
The Re-Farmer
The Re-Farmer 
Only scanned… are you squeezing the edamame out of the pods? It sounds like you’re not, in which case – yeah, gross.
LikeLiked by 1 person
No, they were brined in the pods, so they should have been fine. They just didn’t get their strings removed, like some types of beans need, I guess.
LikeLike
I’ve never heard of eating the pods, nor brining them. Learned something new!
LikeLike