So Much Has Transpired!

Good grief! It's been absolutely ages since we've even had a computer and all is not okay in the u-verse yet! For some too awful to contemplate reason, none of our files saved on the computer seem to have been transferred... I can't even go there without existential dreads.
But I suppose the good news is that we are back on line and I can blog again; did you miss me?
It's Bob's birthday and we're getting ready to go out and consume piles of raw fish. Having gobbled down massive slabs of ultra dense chocolate cake with our coffee about an hour ago might have been a mistake. I'm kind of full but will no doubt force further quantities of food down the hatch; I guess that's what (other people's) birthdays are for! Here's an interior oven shot of Bob's cake as overly enthusiastic batter. There was chocolate cake stuck to the oven racks, the oven door, in the drawer under the oven. What a gooey mess! (But the cake tasted great).

A catch up blog posting, of sorts. We were busy in the time we've been off line. Maybe that's why we've gotten other things done. Like planning an orchard; we went from our solitary peach tree to two apples and one plum (another plum to be secured for cross pollination). The orchard is located down by the pond, on the other side of Maggie's pasture. We spent a pleasant couple of afternoons clearing scrubby roses and felling trees (more on that in a future post) and getting ticks on us. Oh joy. But the orchard will be wonderful. One of Bob's birthday gifts was a Northern Spy apple tree. It's an old variety that I remember my grandmother using for pies and sauce. I got a Granny Smith tree to keep the Northern Spy company. (I love Granny Smith- or any other tart green apple- and eat one a day). Bob got asparagus roots from my sister and her partner John (they're probably reading this now and a big thank you!) and spent an afternoon preparing and planting that bed. Now all Bob and I have to do is wait several years to harvest all this potential fruit!