Misc Photos

Already I am going into the stashes of Alaskan produce I'd squirreled away. Here is a baked pumpkin stuffed with seasoned croutons and sausage, with collard greens prepared Southern style--that is, with ham fat. This was our dinner last Friday, and Dan and I each only finished half our pumpkin share. I eagerly looked forward to having the combined leftovers for lunch today, but when I opened the steaming container from the office microwave, imagine my shock to find the pumpkin shells empty! Apparently, Dan decided to eat the stuffing at some point over the weekend, without telling me! And then replaced the pumpkin halves into the container, without informing me! Hrrmph! How rude! Plain pumpkin without even the benefit of butter, salt, or pepper does not a lunch make!


Here is my last *sniff* to-*sob*-mato from Ann. Through the Winter, we can get Hothouse tomatoes that are shipped from California, but there is no tomato like Ann's tomatoes. After thinking long and hard about how to expend my precious last tomato, I decided on a toasted cheese sammich.


Here we are with our friend's boxer, Luke. He's not really a demon. :)


Self portrait with Linden. Not an easy shot to get! Linden is very needy for physical affection, but paradoxically not very cuddly. She prefers to do such things as jam her snout up your butt crack, or slurp your ear. We are working on her manners!


And here are the girls doing what they do second best:


What else to report? Autumn has come alive with the cold. Linden also prefers cold weather, of course, but she tolerates Summer okay. Autumn, in contrast, gets rather unhappy in Summer. She was still sweet, but acted a little listless and was different enough that I had worried about her physical health. Now she is the beautiful, intelligent, lively dog that I first brought home again.

This is a convenient time of year for grocery shopping. I bought a gallon of milk this morning and left it in my car all day, with no worries that it would either freeze or spoil. Hah!