Fourth of July 2023

For the 4th of July, I made us American flag smoothie bowls for breakfast.

And after a oh-my-gosh-the-fireworks-are-at-10-pm-we-better-have-a-nap nap, I hosted one of my now famous parties.

I had an assortment of drinks and appetizers.

All the guests had fun.

My culinary adventures continued this week with a recipe I found on the internet for cilantro lime shrimp.

We had the shrimp with Grandma Marie’s tomato and cucumber salad. Another great meal!

This is our cherry tree. Maybe next week, I’ll make a recipe that uses cherries.

This weekend we went for a long, hot mountain bike to…

Arnold Ice Cave.

It was awesome. This is the entrance.

This is looking back towards the entrance after you go in.

This was me discovering a little hole full of sunshine at the back of the cave which of course I climbed through.

It lead here.

Here comes The Mother, somehow, conveniently, missing the cave exploration and looking pretty happy about it.

On Sunday we paddled Elk Lake.

It was another gorgeous day complete with lots of jumping in.

This week we made one more new recipe. This one was most certainly not my choice…portobello salad

with crunchy quiona salad topper.

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Pop
Pop
1 year ago

Another busy week. You weren’t kidding about that cherry tree. It looks fantastic. You need to make the shrimp dish for Nan.

Carol Cullion
Carol Cullion
1 year ago

What a wonderful host you are and I am always amazed at your culinary skills. I loved the look of breakfast on the 4th. But the best for me would be the shrimp. Pop had that right. I love portobello mushrooms. That looked wonderful also. You might like them when you get older though your mother never grew to like peanut butter 🤦🏼‍♀️ paddle boarding seems to be the summer fun but that cave was too scary for me.

Nana
Nana
1 year ago

Bravo on your spelunking! You did great….but it’s not for me.
Mm-mmm for the shrimp and the portabello salad! Your cherry production is very impressive—can’t wait to see what you do with them….
And Hooray! for more jumping in the water from your board.