Monday, September 8, 2008

It's been a while since I posted last...

So much happening...
 
No I wasn't arrested in the protests of the DNC; I have just been doing other things.  The DNC did create quite a ruckus in town - an historic week for Denver.  I did turn my TV on for the first time to hear Obama's speech, but I busied myself with all sorts of other things all week: a visit to Castle Rock, dinner with Jake Nistler, a garden tour and other work, and hosting family dinner.  It was great to hear stories and see pictures of friends, but I stayed on the fringe. 
 
Labor Day weekend I went to New Mexico to hang out with Tom's family, wander around the galleries of Santa Fe and Taos, and soak in a hot spring.  We had a lot of fun, and I enjoyed getting out of Denver for the first time in a very long while.  We took my car, which got 48 MILES TO A GALLON!!!  That's my big brag.  It was fun to go through Taos and up 285 reliving the infamous trip with Mary and Jennifer one Thanksgiving eons ago.  I like the clouds in Tom's glasses and the view behind us at the Rio Grande Canyon. 
 
So yes, I have a car now.  It means I am getting around a bit better, which is great since I pushed it a little too much on the bike and have had to ease off.  I have gone back to rolfing with Cathy at Golden Touch, which has my body feeling less out of whack.  But I also just started with a new physical therapist, who tripled my exercises.  This is good for muscle building, but I make a lot of faces trying to get the last half of each done.  Such a wuss! 
 
I am thrilled to have finally harvested three red tomatoes from my plants.  There are a lot of green ones, but I want red ones!  I also ate two delicious red strawberries from my vines.  I thought of little miss Mia and her love of berries.  If the sun comes back (today is grey), I hope to get another dozen berries.  They haven't reddened yet.  And there is one cucumber on the vine!
 
My plans for domesticity were thwarted this weekend - no little cukes and dill at the farmers markets I went to.  And the basil a gardener gave me are two non-pesto varieties (cinnamon and lemon), so after hunting down pine nuts, I didn't get to freeze pesto either.  Oh brother!  Maybe this next weekend will fare better.  I did freeze the basil, so if anyone needs lemon or cinnamon basil, let me know. 
 
I have lots to do around the house, so I better not dally...peace...