New Recipe

I had one leftover leek, one russet potato and some leftover vegetable broth, so I threw them all together. I checked Joy of Cooking for seasoning ideas, but basically I just made up the recipe as I went along. (I guess it's hard to go wrong with soup.) It turned out really good and even Rob, the onion hater, enjoyed it.

Arturo swears he only has one tiny bit of paint touch up to do, and my porch will be finished. I paid him everything today but I made him swear he wouldn't disappear until he'd finished everything. (Probably not a wise decision on my part, but I couldn't be a hard ass about it. He's such a sweet guy.)

I worked some more on my mosaic design for my table, and I think I know what I'm doing now. I decided not to do whole birds, but feathers. It's a more abstract pattern and will be more forgiving of mistakes, I think. Now it's a matter of transferring the pattern to a full-scale piece of paper and getting started.

On the bird front, I saw a Carolina chickadee--first time this year at my feeder, though I saw lots of them at the Nature Preserve. I am glad to have him back--he's a funny character.

I actually did some writing today. I went over Rob's revision suggestions for my boat proposal and made some changes. He wants me to add sexual tension, though, which is what I'll focus on tomorrow, after I finish my line edits.

Have a wonderful week,
Kara