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Strawberries and Cream

June 4, 2010

Well, not cream. Half and half.

Dave went to Costco again the other day. He brought home these.

For those of you following along, I am not allowed to complain if he is doing the shopping. However, please note that if Dave were to take notice of his surroundings, he might have seen this in the garden:

Of course, to be fair, it surprised me, too. The mosquitos are HORRENDOUS and you simply can’t go out there for more than a quick jog-through to the compost or doing a lively dance while scrambling to grab some cilantro and running while swatting your hands all around. (You can picture it, right?) You can, of course, douse yourself with bug spray, which I do when I am going out there for any length of time — which I did yesterday to clear the melon/squash/pumpkin patch of weeds:

Before
During
After

An amazing transformation, wouldn’t you say? (Off topic, I know…)

So anyway, I guess we have to give Dave a pass for buying the strawberries. That uses up his pass for the week, just so you know. Obviously I am eating the garden strawberries. Any ideas for the store-bought strawberries? And please don’t say jelly!

…maybe a granita for our Meatless Monday walleye meal tonight? Or, I know! A blind taste test! I’ll do it tonight and append this post tomorrow. Stay tuned!

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I’m a mostly-retired, pretend graphics and web developer (but don’t judge my skillz by THIS site!). We sold our dream home in Watertown, MN and downsized to a “Villa” in Excelsior, MN and built a home in our dream location of Eagle, CO and now split our time between the two states. It is truly a dichotomous life of absentee gardening and getting together with friends & family while in MN and playing hard and hermitting while in CO. I’ve let the blog go but a trip to Alaska has me resurrecting the Road Warriors series. My beloved brother is my biggest fan and I am doing this just for him.

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