International and Local News

Starting with the local part,,,,

It rained again last night and we had more off and on today.  Fortunately it was relatively cool. All kinds of things have been going on around here.  I did not sleep well last night and was up with Little Wonder by 6am.

It's our 59th Anniversary so we decided to go to lunch in Medina.  We drove by Scott's house on the way and things are moving right along.

Zambistro has some of the best food around and we have been there for our anniversary before.  The drive is worth it.  Main Street was loaded with flowers,

Seeing that this was going to be our dinner....we went big.  Gary started with a chowder.

We both ordered the lunch steak and fries with an arugula salad.  I had sweet potato fries, which they served with honey....

Gary had parmasean fries with his.

Probably the best steak I have ever had.

The waitress found out it was our anniversary and surprised us with dessert.

This is a fuzzy old photo taken on the day we were married,

After a nice siesta, Gary went back out to work on one of the gardens.

I picked some zucchini and cucumbers

Dinner might just be watermelon.

Night all,

Now for the International part.

Jenny was out in the country yesterday.  (Near London)

Daniela made it to Croatia....(Here she is with Baba...grandmother.... who has a home there).

and today Kurt and Ariana became engaged (also in Croatia).

Major congratulations!!!!!

On top of that, I communicated with Sabine, who lives in Germany.  You already know her.  She was our exchange student in 86-87 and she has been back to visit several times....last year for Jenny's wedding.  They will be seeing each other again in just a few days.  Sisters!

Flowers....Everywhere

We got half an inch of rain last night but nothing today.  The temperature hit 80 and it was muggy.

Little Wonder and I went for a little walk to grab some photos of all the colors in our yard,

I worked on dinner when we got back in the house.  Started off with a big batch of bean salad

and then got the ingredients together for  zucchini parm (which I finished just before we ate). Also picked some lettuce.

Somehow, this little green critter got into our kitchen and it was chirping so it would be noticed.

I took this video and then caught him in a jar so he could go back outside.

Another hibiscus blossom appeared.

I got a haircut this afternoon and stopped at Weggie's on the way home.

Fortunately I had leftover Mac and cheese to go with the bean salad and zucchini for dinner.

(Little Wonder is sitting next to me in some good light).

Night all.

 

3 Appointments

A gorgeous day that ended with a lot of humidity.  Sandra, I hope you have not sent us your 110 heat index number from Minnesota.  I was able to make a last minute appointment with my doctor this morning...already had one with the chiropractor at 2.  Had not seen Big Bertha for weeks.

After that I went to the lab for some blood work.

I have never seen such huge hydrangeas.

The village was very quiet on my way home.

Little Wonder and I took it easy for awhile...

then I made dinner.  Mac and cheese with a tomato/cucumber/shallot/crouton salad.

I have two hidden ingredients for you when you are making the cheese sauce....A tablespoon of chicken bouillon and a tablespoon of honey mustard at the end.

It has been pretty comfortable in the house for many days. Hope it stays that way,

We ate very early and I plan to do nothing now.

Night all.

And now for the Scott and Jenny updates.

She grabbed a few shots for me between meetings.  Looks like she is eating well.

Rain is on the way and fortunately Scott and Doug were able to get a lot done on the dormers.

It's going to look very different once the addition is up.