Rain, wind, snow, deer - it's all here

Yesterday temps hovered in the low 50s and it sprinkled all day.  Serious rain came last night and there was 3/4" in the rain gauge this morning.  That was good for the grass seed and HollyTone fertilizer.

But last night saw the !!deer!! come back and tear off heavy netting from the yews.  I've protected those yews all winter and now I'm losing them after all.

Right now there's episodes of wet snow and the temps are around freezing - and for the next few days.

Yesterday I met with a neurologist.  How gratifying that he turned out to be blessed with good listening skills!  For almost 45 minutes he listened, made notes, asked questions, discussed my opinions then did a few balance & sensitivity tests.  I felt very comfortable with him and was heartened that he immediately formulated a logical game plan and started scheduling tests.  This morning I headed out for the first test - bloodwork.  Oh my, that was a lot of tubes to fill.

Good thing I've got some good re-hydration ready on hand because (humming an old tune) Someone's in the kitchen with kefir...  (And no, I don't mean Sutherland. *heh*)

Check out the latest HERE.

Saturn-ails-ya?

Not so much!

Winter storm Saturn crept in last night - no fanfare to wake me up - no wind, no sleet rattling against the window flashing.  Nope - just a quiet fall of very pretty snow (3-4" max).

And talk about considerate!  Look at the driveway - since we'd just had 2 sunny days, the warmth from the blacktop didn't allow any accumulation.


Now that's MY kind of storm.

Meanwhile, I've been a busy girl in the kitchen for the last week.

For those of you who don't visit the Chef's Table page (top of right sidebar), I've been experimenting with water kefir.  Two (actually 3) batches so far and I'm hooked! (click the links for pics, etc.)

Kefir 1
Kefir 2
Kefir 3
Kefir 4