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This is what I’m drinking this morning instead of tea. It’s a recipe I discovered on Pinterest.
I tried it yesterday since I had everything on hand and was so surprised at how good it tasted. You can’t taste the spinach at all!!
Here’s a link to the recipe.
I’ll be swinging by Kimmie’s blog later to see what my friends are up today…you should too!
Since Independence Day fell smack in the middle of the week this year, Mr. G took a week’s vacation. We’ve been busy…mostly with 4th of July festivities and trying desperately to stay cool during them.
To that end, my neighbor brought over some fabric and we started making neck coolers. I was reminded of them while browsing Pinterest.
I think I stitched up about 20 of these…at least 4 being “little kid size”. We kept them in a cooler of ice water during the parade so that everyone at our gathering could pull one out whenever they needed it.
I even sold the one off my neck to a carnival worker when the kids were playing games. I could have made a fortune …and then promptly get a big fat fine from the city, I’d suppose.
By the way…your eyes aren’t deceiving you in the above picture….it does look a little foggy.
It’s so humid today that my lens fogged.
See…
Ah…that’s better.
The garden is producing…snow peas, green beans and kohlrabi so far.
Ah crud… my ADD is showing again….
I got off track…
I was talking about the 4th of July.
While Mr. G was helping set up a canopy and such, I walked the kids to the carnival. I had them sit for a caricature. You can see one of those cooling neck wraps around Big J’s neck.
The parade is always a great time….
Friends, food and fun right along the parade route closely followed by a water fight and more food.
This little cork covered car had to be my favorite of the day.
That’s a lot of wine!!
We’re still trying to stay cool…current temp is …..
Yuck!!
The cool down is coming “they” say…I hope “they” are right.
See you next week…working on a project with bottle caps.
I’m raising my glass to Kimmie and my Tea Tuesday friends. My glass happens to have juice instead of tea today.
I’ve come up with my own flavor combo that is pleasing to my taste buds. It did take some trial and error with some pretty nasty glasses of juice to choke down.
I have so much more energy and less cravings for “naughty foods” on days that I juice first thing in the morning…well, second thing. I have to have a cup of coffee first thing.
Halle’s morning power juice:
1 beet
2 carrots
2 stalks celery
1 inch chunk fresh ginger
Organic veggies taste the best but I have made my juices without when I couldn’t find what I wanted.
I currently have a Jack LaLanne power juicer but what I really want is a Champion Juicer. My parents had one when I was a kid. It was avocado green. Yup…it was the 70’s. I drank carrot juice with bee pollen sprinkled on top most mornings. Hated it then. I would hold my nose and slam it down.
Funny how our taste buds change over time.
Happy Tuesday everyone!
We finally tackled a project that we’ve been thinking of doing for quite some time. This multi-trunk tree is a beautiful accent to our yard but is a pain in the @$$ to mow around. In fact, the last time I mowed around it I bent the throttle linkage on the mower from bashing into in the wrong way. Whoops!
Mr. G and I have no landscaping experience. We didn’t have a clue what we were doing. During the process there was lots of sweat, a couple trips to Home Depot and a few cuss words muttered.
Today I planted the annuals, I picked up at 75% off, in pots. I decided to wait to plant perennials until next year. I have lots of hostas in need of division for starters.
I used a trick I learned on Pinterest for the pots. Place a coffee filter in the bottom of the pots instead of a terracotta shard or rock to block the drainage hole. Genius!
The kids have been having a blast with all the trimmings around the yard as well. They’ve created some sort of “survivor-hunger games” type scenario. We’ve had up to 5 kiddos playing peacefully together with a 10 yr age span in total. Amazing!!
I love the imagination they can muster…check out the “campfire” with cooking spit.
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