Bluebells and Lilacs

Hello out there!  :-)  How are you doing with the new normal?  We're just rolling along, trying to do pleasant things.  Dayle picked me some Bluebells and White Lilacs so I could make a bouquet.  You should smell these, sitting right between our chairs.  I didn't know how lovely Bluebells smelled!

Our weather got grey and rainy, which is fine with me, so I've been working away on making little flowers and leaves for my garland.  

Almost all the flowers I've made are a different color and I have my favorites.  I like the 3 on the right.. love the little dusty aqua one and lavender one.

We did have a sunny afternoon and had a few errands to run, so Dayle donned his mask and picked up some flowers for our hanging baskets.  I had to laugh when he unloaded them.  Apparently he has a thing for Petunias!  I said, did you get any vegetables?  Umm.. no.  🤣  But he did buy 2 tomatoes, 1 green pepper and 16 lettuces from our friend Gary who lives down the road.  So, he planted those while I watched.  :-)

I thank my lucky stars every day that we have 5 acres of land in a wonderful spot in the Columbia River Gorge area of Oregon.  Sure, I wish we lived in a charming cabin overlooking the Pacific Ocean.. or a big lake.. or a thatched roof cottage in England on the sea.. or a villa on Lake Geneva.  But you only have one life to live and this is a good spot.

Looking down our driveway to the road.

Our vegetable garden so far.  

Chef Dayle made another roast chicken dinner on Monday evening, he's added another element, stuffing/dressing.  YUM!!

And then last night.. he made his first quiche.  He used a frozen pie crust.  He might try making homemade crust next time.  This one has bacon, mushrooms, onion and cheese.  We have so many eggs he thought this would be a good way to use some up, this recipe calls for 6 eggs.

It was delicious!  

I donate to and support the White House Historical Association and this is what I received for my donation.  A really nice Christmas ornament of the portrait of President Kennedy.  It's mission is to protect, preserve and provide public access to the rich history of America's Executive Mansion.  

I put in an order for delivery of groceries late last evening and they were delivered at noon today.  I'm SO impressed with Fred Meyer deliver, InstaCart.  The woman texted me the whole time she was shopping, asking if I wanted this or that and only could not find one item she could not replace with something else.  The delivery fee is only $9.95 and you can decide if or how much you want to tip.  I choose a good tip as I'm so thankful for them doing this for us.  Have you had groceries delivered yet?

Take care, my friends.  ((hugs)), Teresa :-)