Sunday, December 26, 2021

Love Lives (Thank You Clarence Clemons)


This is the sight I saw when I went to clean the hen house today. I have no idea what those two hens were doing. Generally, if two hens are on a nest together during the day they are both trying to lay in the same spot. This I understand. However, neither of these two ladies laid an egg and instead, both got up as if extremely perturbed with me, gave me a piece of their minds and then flew off in what I can only imagine was a snit. It's funny to me how when I clean the hen house, they birds all gather around the door to watch me, some even perching on the garden cart I fork their poopy hay into as if to search for something they may have inadvertently dropped in it like a necklace or a wallet but all they ever find is chicken shit. 
I think.

For some insane reason I wanted to make a quiche this morning and did so, from the pastry on up. We have a bounty of eggs right now and I wanted to use some of those. I also used a little kale from the garden along with peppers. It was a very fine quiche. Since I have learned to make pie pastry in the food processor, all of my pie-products have improved tremendously. I spent quite awhile last night reading about and watching videos about the new air fryer and I can hardly wait to try it out, yet on the other hand, I really don't want to get it dirty. It is so sparkly and pristine! I am sure that I will eventually use it though, and see if it is an appliance worth having or not. I'm pretty sure that at least the toasting function will work better than the one I've been using. I frequently make cheese toast with tomatoes for my breakfast and I can put that toast in there and turn it on and go make the bed and come back and the cheese still isn't melted. So, there is that. But perhaps tomorrow morning I will use the air fryer to reheat the quiche. 

Life is so full of adventures. 

I did a lot of laundry today, I attended to my potted plants. I took note of all of the weeding and trimming I need to do. I just keep taking note, I don't ever DO anything about these jobs. It's so warm here now and it's going to be even warmer for the foreseeable future


that I am truly worried that my beautiful salad greens are going to bolt, thus denying us the pleasure of our wonderful salads during our usual months of enjoying them- January, February, March, and part of April. I'm afraid that the trees and azaleas are going to start blooming and if we then get a freeze, that will be that for spring. 
We have truly fucked up our world, haven't we? 

But it's been a quiet day and I have felt somewhat reflective, thinking of some loved ones who are no longer here, and at the same time being so infinitely grateful for the ones who are. My husband was holding me and I began to cry a little, thinking of how incredibly fortunate we are to still love each other and have each other to love on our grown children and our grandchildren together. It seems almost impossible that so much life has come about because of our love and here we are- still able to marvel in wonder about it all. 
I guess I'm just emotional today. 
As if that were really any different than any other day. 
Hell, I reread a blog post of mine from a little over two years ago and THAT made me cry. I don't generally go back and read my posts but I got a spate of spam comments on it and while I was deleting them, I started reading what I'd written about a day that August and Maggie and Levon came over for a visit and about watching a documentary on Clarence Clemons and between those two things, the remembering swelled my throat and flooded my eyes. 

And there was another thing that made me cry before I'd had my second cup of coffee. I discovered the writing of someone I met recently and I did a very shallow dive into it because it is so intense and sad and yet, amazing, that I could only take in so much. I will ask them if it's okay if I link it. 

Meanwhile, I think I will continue on with the pie theme here today, or at least a version of pie, and make a skillet spanakopita with spinach that I bought last week. That stuff ain't getting any fresher. 

I wonder what next week will bring. A refrigerator repairperson, I hope. A test run of the air fryer. Owen is supposed to spend the night one night and then go fishing with his Boppy the next day. The weeks do just seem to fill themselves up, don't they?

Which is right and which is good. 

Love...Ms. Moon





17 comments:

  1. I saw Irises blooming here in central Georgia today.

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  2. Forgot to say yesterday how adorable your new cashmere sweater is. The embellishments are exquisite. And yes, I am blogging again, although I have skipped today and will be back at it tomorrow.

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  3. We're getting snow tomorrow! After a string of mild days. I think we'll end up with no blossom this spring after it blooms then gets nipped.

    Plunge in with the air fryer so we can see what it is. I wonder about frying air though.

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    1. It's basically just baking with concentrated heat and moving air. Like a convection oven- which I already have- only more air flow. Less space though.

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  4. 74 degrees?! That DOES seem warm for north Florida. Hopefully it's just a blip and things will cool down again. The air fryer sounds intriguing!

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    1. And it's supposed to get up to 78 next Friday. Jeez.

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  5. It's warm here too, so warm all the spring weeds are already growing and I saw some coreopsis blooming the other day. And woodland violets are already blooming in the yard.

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    1. I would not be surprised if our violets aren't taking off as well.

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  6. The hens are gorgeous such a wonderful shot of them. I would love warmer temperatures about now but am enjoying this snow, the sky is brightening in soft pastel blue and pink right now. Soft chimney smoke scooting sideways across blue white roof tops. It is beautiful, so quiet.

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    1. Little dinosaurs. Look at those faces!
      I do remember how quiet it is when it snows. That is a beautiful part of snowfall. It softens everything, doesn't it?

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  7. It may snow a bit tomorrow but just a dusting before it turns to freezing rain (which is worse in my book)! My visitors are gone and I am home alone so I am glad of the quiet but a little lonely too!
    I have no idea what an air fryer does so it will be good of you to demonstrate it for us! Thanks, Ms. Moon!

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    1. Yeah. Freezing rain sounds like the suck.
      I hope the sweetness of your quiet overrode your lonely.
      I'll be reporting in on the air fryer soon.

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  8. I got an air fryer too. The big guy actually apologized for buying me an appliance for a Christmas present but it's very handy. Last year he bought me a fancy pasta maker because he likes homemade pasta, I couldn't care less if my pasta is fresh or not.

    The nightgown turned out beautifully for Maggie.

    We all made it through the Christmas season, relatively unscathed. Thank god.

    Sending hugs.

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    1. Well, if you discover anything truly wonderful about your air fryer and what you can do with it, please let me know. Meanwhile, I'm just pretty happy to have a toaster oven that probably works a lot better.
      I've never made pasta. NEVER! You're sweet to make it for your man.
      Glad you got through Christmas. Sending you hugs back.

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  9. Oh my just look at those temperatures. It's cold here (and probably could be colder) but it's done nothing but rain for about a week and it's miserable! Lucky you!

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