my beloved beet

Nice Bake

A loaf of crusty bread topped with sesame seeds rests on a wire cooling rack.

Here Comes the Sun

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Friday morning

Breakfast table with a coffee cup, vase Stargazer lilies,  and other small potted plants.

What a delightful breakfast spot!

Things I Really Like: an Ongoing List

  • Birdsong
  • Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
  • Archie
  • Tamales
  • Black licorice
  • Woodsmoke
  • Good Table Talk (more often, actually, Bar Talk)
  • a Ploughman's Lunch in a pub's garden
  • a 5:1 Martini, with a dash of orange bitters and 3 olives
  • Wind Chimes
  • Telephone calls with my out-of-town kids
  • Tacos with my in-town kid (and kid-in-law)
  • Resident Taqueria
  • Heat
  • Daffodils
  • Steel-cut oatmeal and a soft-boiled egg

For savory breakfast types

Eureka! I finally discovered a good use for whey left over from yogurt-making. Add it to the pot when cooking steel-cut oatmeal. Makes for a delicious tangy breakfast. (BTW, the soft-boiled egg and s.c. oatmeal combo is dynamite.) 🍳

Lovely Breakfast Companion
a pink amaryllis flower in a vase. 📷

At the coffee shop
turquoise-colored chest with decorative wood work and plants on top 📷