Forgive me, readers, for I have sinned. It has been 5 days since my last post.
Yesterday we had a little thunder-boomer. It is typical for this time of year, and this storm was highly localized with 99% of the storm in the city of Charlottesville. I can’t prove it, but the storm seems to have spun off a small twister that travelled through our little neighborhood, right through my little vegetable patch and over my house. The vegetable garden is flat. Just squash. Ha ha. Daughter Ion says it will come back. The air smells like flattened herbs, especially cilantro. Yum! I smell it and want to make salsa.
Fresh salsa from the garden:
Things You'll Need:
· 4 tomatoes, diced
· 1/3 cup of onion, diced
· 1/2 bell pepper, with seeds removed and diced
· 2 Tablespoons or small bunch of cilantro, chopped
· 1 clove of garlic finely minced
· 1 jalapeno or serrano pepper, with seeds removed and diced
· 1 Tablespoon of fresh lime juice
· salt and pepper to taste
· Dice vegetables into a bowl, including juice.
· Add salt ans pepper to taste.
· Serve with chips.
Our lovely Japanese neighbors across the street, with the nicest yard, lost a maple tree. Our little elm tree is turned inside out. It is hard to describe it any other way. The limbs are all arranged differently than the day before. Out back of the house, the sycamore lost two of five tops, and there are numerous other trees and limbs down. I can’t walk the dogs through our little mini woods; it is obstructed. On the other hand, the backyard is likely to get a lot more sun. I stopped by the house at 3 PM today to see if the power had been restored. Nope. Over 24 hours without power in a hot humid climate is not pretty. I don’t dare open the refrigerator. The puddle of water on the kitchen floor tells me the ice has melted in the freezer. So much for that food.
