Random Thoughts

1. I can't seem to get enough of fresh cilantro lately! If you trim the ends and put the bunch in water like a bouquet, it will keep in your refrigerator for about a week. Our favorite way to eat it is chopped into spicey chicken or beef mixed with rice, corn, beans and spooned over tortilla chips. Add salsa, sour cream and cheese. Yum. Nugget, however, likes it plain. :)
2. Mr. Cardinal is still feeding Mrs. Cardinal. They're such a romantic couple. The Mourning Doves, on the other hand are entertaining in quite another way. It seems Mr. Dove wants to do a little hanki-panki and Mrs. Dove will have nothing to do with it! lol. Maybe she's just playing hard to get. I'm telling you, there isn't anything I don't see from the view at my desk. :)
3. It really seems like spring now with the neighborhood doing their first grass cuttings. The trees are sprouting leaves and the perinnials have all started growing.
4. Last week we had a pea-sized hail, dark gloomy skies, bright sunshine, a rainbow and a pink sunset all in one day!
5. I have a 12'x12' violet patch under one of my crabapple trees. I know some people consider them to be weeds, but I love them. I planted a clump of them and they spread to fill the area in two years. These are weeds. ha.
6. And violets aren't the only things blooming. So are the pear, magnolia and redbud trees and the forsythia bushes!
7. When I give myself a pedicure, I sit up on the kitchen counter and put my feet in the sink. You should have seen my neighbor's face as he wandered over a little too far into our yard and happened to look up and make eye contact with me. I waved. He quickly turned away and acted like he didn't see me. lol. I was sitting there soaking my feet and I'm sure he wondered what I was doing. Hey, if I have to look at his tightie whities on the clothesline all summer, he can see me sitting on the kitchen counter. ha.

Happy Weekend!

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