April Love

Hello April!  Have I told you lately that I love you? 

If I had to choose right now, I'd pick April as my second

favorite month.  Ask me if that is still true when May rolls around.

It's the redbuds blooming and the tulips and all the beautiful

new growth springing forth after a long winter's sleep that

makes April such a beautiful month.

My hostas are beginning to make their appearance after

giving me a bit of a worry that they might not have survived.

We planted a few things in the garden yesterday.  A couple

of tomatoes were even planted, although we may be getting a

bit ahead of ourselves with those.

A few feet from the garden, I noticed Mr. Robin watching

us plant.  I wonder if there is already a nest with eggs in a

nearby tree?  I hope you help keep the bugs from eating our

plants, Mr. Robin!  

Someone inside likes April too.  Miss Callie is peeking out

the opened window and enjoying some fresh air.

 

We've enjoyed some very warm days, but also some chilly 

days, too.  On one of those cooler days I fixed one of our

favorite soups and bruschetta.  The potato soup recipe can be 

found on my Recipe page.  The bruschetta was made with 

what I had on hand and I fixed just enough for the 2 of us.

I sliced some Italian bread and drizzled olive oil over it and

toasted the bread in a 425 degree oven for about 5 minutes.

Meanwhile I sliced a cup or so of cherry tomatoes in half

and finely sliced about 8 leaves of basil.  I placed the basil and

tomatoes in a small bowl and sprinkled liberally with garlic

salt and a bit of black pepper.  Then I again grabbed the olive

oil bottle and drizzled a bit more over the tomato mixture and 

stirred.  After the bread was toasted, I spooned a good amount

over each slice and it was ready for eating.  Ummm, good!

I know I didn't report on that drive that I was going to take

when I was last here.  There is more to that story that I'll

tell next time.  Nothing earth-shaking, believe me.  Just an

annoying trip that I shouldn't have had to make, but it wasn't a

completely wasted day.  

I try to make the most of my trips to the Big Town, so 

while I was there, I got my photos made and picked

 out the frames for my wall-behind-the-tv project.

I hope to get them hung soon and I'll show you how it 

turned out.  That is, unless it's a complete disaster and I take 

them all down and start over!  Stay tuned....

xo Cheryl