We had Lego Boy's 13th birthday. It was a quiet affair with a bbq steak dinner at home with Luddite Granny. I'm not quite sure how I feel about him being a teen-ager. So far, so good I guess.
We had new windows installed. We've lived in this house for 24 years and they should have been replaced about 15 years ago but it was never in the budget. If I wasn't so embarrassed to say so, I'd tell you that I got cetain windows because of the dog. The old windows at the front of the house were casement with the screen on the inside. The Mad Wee Dog, during her many High Alert Neighbourhood Watch duties, had absolutely destroyed the screens. So for 2 years, I couldn't open my front windows. Now I have double hung things with the screen at the top far out of reach of MWD. Way back, years ago when we had the Gimpy Dog she would put her head through the screen on the storm door. It got to the point where Himself couldn't fix it anymore. Now the storm door has the screen rolled up inside at the top and when you pull the glass down, the screen comes with it. Awesome.
However, when the installers where here they erected a little scaffold to put the big bay front window in. They showed no consideration at all for my front garden. The scaffold was constructed right over my rose of Sharon and squashed it. They walked all over the flowers and wrecked some of them. I was not impressed.
Rose of Sharon squashed but it did revive.
This is one of my newly planted columbines. I didn't expect it to bloom this year so I quite excited to see this little flower. Trampled, but after some tlc, still alive.
I had to take a dessert for a pot luck lunch for a group I go to at the church. Forever, this group has been the Knitters and Quilters group. The quilters make crib quilts and sell them at the bazaar. The knitters make some kind of thing for Mission - we used to make afghans for the homeless youth shelter, this year we made knitted teddies for trauma victims and next year we're making preemie hats. Then the Crafters joined us. They would spend the year making, you know, crafts to sell at the bazaar or spring sale. But we rebranded ourselves this year to the Tuesday Morning Fellowship Group. I guess they felt ladies, because it is only women who attend, who didn't do any crafty thing might feel excluded.
Anyway, I made this rhubarb crunch. It's like a crisp only is has a crust on the bottom. And you'd think these old dears hadn't had rhubarb for years the way they reacted to the rhubarb thing. I found it in my Desserts with Schmecks Appeal by Edna Staebler. She uses loads of butter and sugar and doesn't care.
Books Read Recently:
Woman in Blue - Elly Griffiths
Eighth in the Ruth Galloway series - murdered psych patients and women priests.
Murder on the Hour - Elizabeth Duncan
Seventh in the Penny Brannigan series - antiques roadshow shenanigans
Westmorland Alone - Ian Sansom
Third in the series - Stephen Stefton and co. are stranded in Appleby after a train crash and solve the murder of a young woman found on an archaeological dig.
The Low Road- A.D Scott
Fifth in the Joanne Ross series - Joanne is recovering from her attack in the last book and MacAllister is on the trail of Glasgow thugs who have threatened Jimmy McPhee, a local Traveller.
The week-end is supposed to be sunny and hot so enjoy!
Oh, that's too bad about your squashed plants, but with perennials, at least you know they'll be back next year and you can look at them through your new window. I remember a cook book years ago called, "Food that really schmecks" (same author). You're right about not caring about the butter and sugar. -Jenn
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