SERIOUSLY ?!

Note the date stamp on the photo ...   (Oops, I set the date for tomorrow!!)

Did I mention I like salads ?

Yesterday I made a new salad as a side dish to Harry's beer-can chicken.  It was SO GOOD I just had to pass it along.  It's also very nutritious -- high in protein, omega-3, and anti-oxidents yet low in fat.

Edamame Avacado Salad

2 medium-sized avocado, diced into bite-sized pieces
1-1/2 cup halved cherry or grape tomatoes
2 cups shelled, cooked edamame beans
1/4 cup finely diced red onion

To keep your avacodo from browning, keep in a dish of cold water until ready to combine the salad and dressing.

Dressing:  (any vinaigrette will do)

Combine and stir until sugar is dissolved:

     2 Tbsp lime juice

     1 Tbsp Balsamic Vinegar

     1/2 tsp sugar

Slowly add 1 Tbsp Olive oil  and stir until well incorporated.

Toss the vegetable together with dressing.  Chill up to 1 hour before serving if you like a cold salad.

Mmmmm ..... so yummy!

For Bina & Rob

We're having so much fun with Veda.  She and Fargo are becoming fast friends and keeping each other entertained.


I think she's got the house training down -- no accidents for the last 2 days.  She's walking very nicely on a regular leash.  We're working on the "stay" and "down" commands.  ("down" meaning 'lie down' as opposed to "off" meaning 'get off'!)


Anyway, here's some video and a few pictures for you.  The video quality isn't perfect because I had to film it from the kitchen window.  If I went outside, the dogs would stop playing and just run up to me!!  They love running around in the snow -- Fargo's tail never stops wagging!

Ditto

Spring.  Such a refreshing time of year.  
All the snow from April 2nd melted and this past week has been sunny and warm.  :-)  
I even hung all my laundry outside 2 days ago.  :-)  
And a sweater has been the only "coat" I've needed to wear.  :-)


You'd think I could have titled this ... "And now for something completely different"!  But alas, with a sigh, I cannot.  This was what I woke to this morning ... 

Note the green grass in the lower right corner.

6" of the white stuff we make snowmen from

On the bright side (as if fresh white snow isn't bright enough!) our friends Bina and Rob are away for a couple of weeks and left this cute little bundle in our care.  

Fargo, BTW, is taking parenting very seriously!!

So there you have it.  Just another spring day in Calgary.

NOT an April Fool's joke :-)

I went to a party on the weekend!  Sweet little Benjamin turned 1 year old on April 1st.

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"Wonder"-land?

April 2, 2011:  If this were yesterday I would think this was an April Fool's joke.  But since this is what I woke to this morning, I just have to wonder ...

Someplace under there is our fire-pit.

Perspective:  the stems on those garden lights are about 6" high.

Yesterday this was nothing but grass.  :-(

Taken at 9:00 a.m. - 4.5 inches on the ground.  It's now 10:00 and another inch has fallen.  It may be a looong day.