What’s for dinner?

New Year's Day

New Year’s Day dinner.  Field Roast with apples and sauerkraut.

You can’t possibly ask me to go without having some dinner.  It’s absurd.  I never go without my dinner.  No one ever does, except vegetarians and people like that.

~ Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde wasn’t quite right.  Vegetarians (and people like that) don’t go without their dinners either (most of the time), but I imagine some people don’t consider a vegetarian meal a true meal in and of itself (and would probably walk away from the table hungry because they don’t consider it a true meal).  The other thing he didn’t mention is that some vegetarians forget all about photographing their meals and find themselves nearly finished eating before they do remember.  Ooops.  Too late.

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Delightful and delicious

Dandelion delight

‘Tis a gorgeous day here in the Bogs.  The sky has been mostly clear and a lovely shade of blue.  The sun has been warming and brightening.  It seems unusually quiet without the bellowing of the blustery winds.  All is calm.

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What I might be doing

It’s amazing how relieved I feel after posting yesterday.  Four days off!  Yay!

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Adaptation and transformation

Fruit possibilities

Change is not something that we should fear.  Rather, it is something that we should welcome.  For without change, nothing in this world would ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move forward to become the person they’re meant to be.

~ Anonymous

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Winter warm-up

Watching the snow melt

It is a beautiful, sunny, warm day here in the Bogs.  The cats have been following the sunshine around the house, immersing themselves in the warmth and the light.  I’ve been doing some sun worshiping, too.

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Hiking and biking

Walking one of the paths at the Holden Arboretum

We have been gifted with some amazing weather here in the Bogs.  It hardly feels like November.  Yesterday was simply gorgeous.  Sunny with a mostly clear sky.  Warm temperatures.  Perfect hiking and biking weather.

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The hidden and the letting go

Creekside this morning

It is a magnificent fall day here in the Bogs.  The sky is clear, the sun is bright, and the air is scented with wisps of woodsmoke and the crispness of drying leaves.  We had frost and fog early this morning, but it warmed up quickly.

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