The Perfect Pie

so perfect we couldn't eat it all

Easternesses

In all the hub-bub we still managed to find a few minutes to relax on Easter, before the crowds came and demanded eggs...

so we relaxed on the hammock for a bit

the boy got Grandma love

Easter in uncontrollably colorful

Yuula upped the ante and demanded a formal dinner

rhubarb pie... what else

by some Easter miracle our dining room lights started to come on after being out for about a month

indeed

These Are A Few Of My Thankfullest Things

This year I am thankful for...

This beyond perfect rhubarb pie

Our new pup

Yuula learning to cook

And knowing my weaknesses

The other flightless bird

Friends from yonder

This flavor combination

Yuula sleeping in appropriate places

Another top-notch turkey

Alcohol.

The Shape Of Yard To Come

I worked my shorts to death this past weekend.

Worked on my Popeye arms and finally got all this rock raked out into a new parking area. A crooked one, but we'll figure that out later.

Kind of hard to see but I laid many more flat rocks in the new walkway, started our arbor, and Laura yet again transplanted a ton of stuff. It will be a miracle if we get any flowers and vegetables this summer.

Having our own personal cooling station made the heat much more tolerable.

And any day with a rhubarb pie in it is a good day.

demon bouncer

Monumental On Mother's Day

It's become a sort of tradition (for a whole year now) that we plant flowers on Mother's Day, alongside most of the nation I'm sure. My parents came up to spoil the child and to mooch free liquor. But they also helped out around the yard in what has proven to be a set of enormous tasks we set forth for this summer, once again.

it started with eggs

flowers emerged from every corner

Yuula mowed the lawn

for a small fee you could take wheelbarrow rides

there were even kittens to add adorability

See

we got bloody and dirty

I managed a 5 minute hammock nap

then celebrate with quesadillas on the grill, margaritas & cob corn

and RHUBARB!

Big Foods

Must've been a meat sale today

These rhubarb are serious this year. Looks like someone's gonna have plenty o' pie this summer.

Yuula ate more dinner than I did

This is HUGE! I will be spreading this on toast, bagels, chips and someday I'll build up the courage to spread it on a Biscoff cookie. The combination will either rip a hole in the time/taste continuum or they will cancel each other out and I will lose all ability to use my tastebuds. Seems worth the risk.

Rhubarbian Consequence

On the Krupp farm it's "kill or be killed". It's also "ask and ye shall receive", so when Laura asked for some rhubarb to take home we were not disappointed. Good thing we have a van now.

Rhubarb is surprisingly easy to harvest.



Madison gave moral support.



This is the mandatory rhubarb pickin' hat and knife set.




Laura already made one pie, and it was her best yet.



We got plenty more. Who's coming for dinner?