Longing

Maybe I shouldn't have done the British-style pancakes with chestnut cream for breakfast...

... because I'm now longing for real coffee. It wasn't a problem for the last week, at all, didn't even notice, but I guess I wasn't noticing much of anything and the decaf was good enough as a 'something tasting like coffee' substitute. And it isn't that wine-sweet aria that the Kenya AA peaberry is singing in the back of my green bean bin... it's that husky, chocolate, caramel and full bodied croon from my Mexican Oaxacan Pluma that's just driving me mad.

*head desks*

Maybe Sweet Maria's can rescue me with their decaf list. Maybe...

At least I don't live in Seattle any more, with real temptation around every corner. Here it's just auto-machine Starbucks or altitude sick espresso machines, with so called baristas that can't tell real crema from crap. That's something of a blessing anyway.

Longing

Maybe I shouldn't have done the British-style pancakes with chestnut cream for breakfast...

... because I'm now longing for real coffee. It wasn't a problem for the last week, at all, didn't even notice, but I guess I wasn't noticing much of anything and the decaf was good enough as a 'something tasting like coffee' substitute. And it isn't that wine-sweet aria that the Kenya AA peaberry is singing in the back of my green bean bin... it's that husky, chocolate, caramel and full bodied croon from my Mexican Oaxacan Pluma that's just driving me mad.

*head desks*

Maybe Sweet Maria's can rescue me with their decaf list. Maybe...

At least I don't live in Seattle any more, with real temptation around every corner. Here it's just auto-machine Starbucks or altitude sick espresso machines, with so called baristas that can't tell real crema from crap. That's something of a blessing anyway.

Thaw

It's 60 today. The ground has thawed enough for me to dig into it. And there's supposed to be six inches of snow tomorrow, so I planted all the sugar snap peas and a bunch of spinach. I don't like cabbage enough to plant it here, but I might get a bunch of stuff and start clearing and planting at the OUR center garden next week. Next week...

If it's not like foot deep snow and the ground's all frozen again, but... the snow gives so much moisture to the plants here I couldn't miss the opportunity and peas are... well, they're peas...

So the gardening time starts up again. My arms are sore from turning the soil, but, as usual, I lost my gloves before I even finished the first row, it was too good to feel the earth between my fingers again.

Thaw

It's 60 today. The ground has thawed enough for me to dig into it. And there's supposed to be six inches of snow tomorrow, so I planted all the sugar snap peas and a bunch of spinach. I don't like cabbage enough to plant it here, but I might get a bunch of stuff and start clearing and planting at the OUR center garden next week. Next week...

If it's not like foot deep snow and the ground's all frozen again, but... the snow gives so much moisture to the plants here I couldn't miss the opportunity and peas are... well, they're peas...

So the gardening time starts up again. My arms are sore from turning the soil, but, as usual, I lost my gloves before I even finished the first row, it was too good to feel the earth between my fingers again.