Rantings & Ravings

Arena Street’s End of Summer Block Party & Concert

The Crew view

Cereal Box Projector & Eclipse Glasses

3 Ukes (1 a Fluke)

1 Guitar & 1 Uke

Laura’s favorite cucumber salad. (Not Mine )
(Cukes, tomatoes, and feta - with olive oil and red wine vinegar)
Thanks to Eric O. for the Summer Cukes!

Sunday @ the Patio became Ukulele Sunday this week.
Justin & Laura, Sun, Ukuleles, Sheet Music & Beer

A Girl named Sydney, a visiting student from TCU, showed up
and asked to play. She was pretty awesome.

Laura attended the annual Stitch-and-Pitch night hosted
by the Yarnover Truck (yarnovertruck.com) and enjoyed watching the Dodgers game (and stitching of course)
She even got a pack of baseball cards from Topps (topps.com)
as a giveaway - Aug 12th is National Baseball Card Day

Kala Tenor Ukulele (KA-TEM Exotic Mahogany) Bundle with Hard Case, Tuner, Austin Bazaar Instructional DVD, and Polishing Cloth (amazon.com)
Justin’s influence

I had a tote bag of Ava made for Laura via ShutterFly
Ava came to live with us in 2013

Danish farmhouse fare in Solvang. Large homemade frikadeller meatball and medisterpØlse sausage, mashed potatoes with gravy, and red cabbage. Enjoyed with Danish red ale

These are Patio associated entries for the 2017 Bake Off…
In the back row, Justin’s French Coconut Pie
and his Animal Cookie Bark.
#1 is Laura’s Pumpkin Bread w/ Brown Butter Icing
(2nd Place in Breads)
#2 is Helen’s Carrot Cake
(1st Place Blue Ribbon in “Cakes & Pies”)
#3 is […]

First Cymbidium Blooms of Spring (Thanks Diane)

Instant Pot hard boiled eggs for Joe Josts recipe for pickled eggs (seasoning mix from Joe Josts via Denny). 14min HP, NR. All eggs peeled beautifully and were perfectly done.
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