What you say? A new project? I thought your wedding quilt was the ONLY thing you were going to work on, and get it done and to the quilter. Well, yes, that was true, but when I went to MSP to visit Katie for Mother's Day, we bought the paper and stuff for her save the date cards (apparently a "must" for weddings these days). It quickly became apparent to me that this was going to be a major undertaking. So, being the good mom I said, "Gee, sweetie, you are working 50 hours a week and training for a triathalon...I have plenty of free time...I will make them for you." Anyhow, they turned out to be a much bigger project that I anticipated...printing, cutting, pasting, stamping, addressing, and who knew it was so hard get photos printed in a square format? I remember when that was how photos came! Well, they are in the mail, phew! And I have discovered that with trying to work more to PAY for this wedding, I really DON'T have that much free time. I need to discipline myself and get back to the quilt!
What I CAN grow here is herbs, and basil does very well. I picked this bunch last night...
Also at Central Market I had picked up this wonderful fresh mozzarella...
The highlight of last night's dinner was the caprese salad, with balsamic vinegar and olive oil imported directly from the Fiesole farm of Paola Scaravelli and Jon Cohen, authors of Cooking from an Italian Garden.
I also cooked these lovely green beans, one of my very favorite vegetables. I made an oven roasted pork tenderloin as well, but I don't think we would have missed it, the side dishes were so good!
