So this was a pretty typical spring week in Oregon. We're getting back to our stick built house routine. Sunday morning is buckwheat pancake breakfast. Marlene uses "Bob's Red Mill" buckwheat flour and the receipe on the back of the bag.
Since there is very little fat in the pancakes, two tablespoons of oil and no eggs, we can splurge by adding a vegetarian sausage pattie and an over easy egg to make a special breakfast. The pancakes are topped off with home made apple sauce and some maple syrup from Costco.
The week has been rainy and I mean really rainy. When it comes down like this all you can do is hunker down and do the inside stuff that needs doing.
One thing is finishing up the last book I started in Borrego Springs. Right now I'm reading "Shantaram" by Gregory David Roberts. It's a novel based on the life of the author with a setting mainly in Bombay, India.
Then there is computer work to be done. I recently installed Skype for making calls to our Son and his family who are traveling in Guatemala. After downloading the free software, one of the first things it askes you to do is scan your email address book to see how many of your acquaintences are using Skype. I was pleasantly surprised to find about a dozen people and the software immediately pointed out that a couple of them were on line at that moment. So, I called one of them and sure enough we were talking live with an instantaneous image of ourselves on the screen.
Then there is computer work to be done. I recently installed Skype for making calls to our Son and his family who are traveling in Guatemala. After downloading the free software, one of the first things it askes you to do is scan your email address book to see how many of your acquaintences are using Skype. I was pleasantly surprised to find about a dozen people and the software immediately pointed out that a couple of them were on line at that moment. So, I called one of them and sure enough we were talking live with an instantaneous image of ourselves on the screen.
The sprouts are coming along nicely.
And, the garden preparation is almost complete. A couple of the raised beds needed repair. In fact one box needed to be totally rebuilt. We use untreated wood for the walls. These are 2"x 8" construction grade planks. The short beds are 8 feet long and 4 feet wide and the long beds are 10 feet long by 4 feet wide.
In the process of cleaning up the beds and preparing for this year, Marlene harvested the last of the carrots which had wintered over. These are amazingly sweet and we've been eating them raw with almost every lunch and dinner.
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