Pesto Recipe

Ingredients:

1 2/3 cups packed fresh basil
2/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2/3 cup olive oil
1/4 cup walnuts
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3 cloves garlic, peeled

In a food processor or blender, combine all the ingredients; cover and process until blended. Cover and freeze for up to 3 months.

Pour a thin layer of olive oil over pesto before freezing to keep from turning brown.

Pesto...

Recipe to follow.....

Reason # 5827 that the oceans are polluted

Today I was walking on the beach and I found this....an engine. Yup an engine. And we wonder why the oceans are polluted.

Air plants

I found a few over sized shells on the side of a pond. Add a couple of air plants and a little bit of spanish moss and you have a cute little arrangement.

Sorry there hasn't been much to look at around here lately. Hopefully we will move soon and I will be able to start cooking again, and have my crafting supplies out. I promise soon there will be more projects and recipes.

Gardening....

It seems there may be a little hope that I will have one small kakai hull less pumpkin. Growing pumpkins in South Florida can prove to be very difficult. There are a slew of pests and problems with them. But maybe just maybe I will have one.

Fruit mix

We have still been eating lots of trail mix just nothing different or exciting. Here is something a bit different. We were in need of a little change.

Dried mangoes, strawberries, and blueberries mixed with raisins and dark chocolate chips.

And of course here is Toby always making things easier for me. Here's a little look at how I take some of my photos these days. We will get back to a real light box once we move and are no longer living out of boxes in one small room.

John D MacArthur Beach State Park

Recently we went to John D MacArthur Beach State Park, I spent most of my time there walking on the beach collecting shells and sea glass. I could pick shells and rocks for hours and hours. Here are a few of my favorites....

sea glass


shells

fossils

fossilized coral maybe?

shells

heart shaped rock

there were lots or rocks with holes

pieces of larger shells

I can't wait to be settled in our new house and be able to make these into something cool. I know that one of the rocks with a hole in it will become a necklace. We will see what happens with the rest.

I also want to go back to the beach and collect more, regardless of whether i have somewhere to put them or not.