Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Autumn at the Rancho



Ah, autumn has arrived. And so has my super cool rooster mail box that I special ordered from some place in Florida two months ago. Totally worth the wait! My good chaps, Rex and Michael installed this thing lickety split! Our mail carrier loves it so much she was taking photos of it the other day. I must say, it does brighten up our as yet to be landscaped front yard.



In other news: Valerie is official ten years old. Yes, that really puts things into perspective for the rest of us, doesn't it? Gluten free pumpkin muffins, veggie chili and licorice and peppermint flavored ice cream for everyone. MMMmmm! Such a proud non-conformist.



We took a visit to the Book Family farm. Rex just had to hold a chicken since there were no roosters around to defend the poor girls. Really, he just can't do that at the Rancho anymore without risking the loss of an eye or something. That Mr. Johnson has a "hands off" policy for us with regard to his harem.



And while most of us carved pumpkins the traditional way, Rex showed us how it really ought to be done:







Finally, in other news, the kids had a recital this last weekend. They took turns looking like moody musicians. And we were all proud of the performances. How cool is this?










Oh, and on an unrelated note, the cod wasn't so bad. I mean, nobody barfed. But it really didn't need to be flour coated or anything. I think next time I shall simply broil with a little lemon butter. I'm sorry to say that my review of this dish could never live up to the dramatic review in that last post.

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