picture perfect

Two winters ago we had more snow then you can imagine.  It snowed and snowed and then snowed some more.   At the end of this snowfall the banks down the driveway were my shoulder height.  A typical winter here is rain and more rain..

Pasta Greek Salad

Ingredients:
veggie pasta cooked, drained and chilled
cucumbers
tomato's
onions
olives
peppers any colour but not the hot kind
Feta crumbled
Kraft Oregano and Sun-dried Tomato Salad dressing (don't use a substitute, believe me it won't turn out as good)

Directions:
well you mix it all up and let it sit. It is especially better if you can make it the night before then the flavours blend

my day so far

This was my breakfast.  The strawberry was the most perfect strawberry ever eaten in the world.  Not only did it look great but the flavour explosion was to die for.  Thank you Central Valley California for sending me this heavenly treat.

That got me thinking about colours and taste.  The visual of the food is very important as well. So I made my famous pasta greek salad, exploding with colours and flavours.  The picture doesn't really do the colours justice.
nom nom nom

Picture Perfect

                                 Nothing but sand and sea "Under My Toes". 

                                     Maenam Beach, Samui,Thailand

This was my favourite place to relax for two months.    My industrious hubby and son built a beach shack right on the sand with posts to hang a hammock.  The view was unsurpassable.

Thursday Thirteen

140 days have past this year.  Just seems like yesterday we were at 139.   Today has been a day of opposites, so I guess I will try to make an opposite 13 theme.

1.  This morning my hair was long, then I went to the hairdresser and now its short : )

2. When I first got up the sky was blue and the sun was just getting up.  Now the sky is black and the rain is drowning out my soap opera.

3. On the same thread as #1 Kaikoa went from long to short hair as well.

4.Hubby hasn't been enjoying the best of health since we returned from Thailand but today he actually looks and feels a tiny bit better.

5.I had never found a good cauliflower salad recipe.  Now I have the most awesome recipe on allrecipes.com and we love it.

6.My size 9 shorts are too loose instead of slightly tight.  Now I wish I had went for the size smaller.

7.I have a whole lots of airline vouchers and no idea where to use them to.

8.Ok I am running out of opposites so how about the opposite of 13 opposites is not having 13.

May long weekend here hopefully everyone drives safe and keeps the highest death rate weekend of the year down.

30 years ago today

I was awakened by a large bang.  Normally I would have been up at that time of the morning but was out partying the night before and didn't hit the hay till the early hours of dawn.....But that's not the story we are here to talk about.  Anyone know what happened on this day?  Mount St. Helens blew her top.  The majestic lady lies about 200 miles due south of us.  They say the ash was shot up 15 miles into the air. The area around the mountain was devastated by the collapse of the northern flank of the mountain in what amounted to one of the largest landslides ever recorded, which buried 24 square miles of land under as much as 600 feet of debris. For years afterward the ash is still visible as you drive down the I-5 corridor. 

It's one of those days that you totally remember where you were and what you were doing that day and will remember the rest of your life...

I dedicate this blog to Stonegirl lol

 

picture perfect cuisine

One of the best things about travel is partaking in the local cuisine.  I have no idea what this dish is called but man was it good.  Our recent trip to Thailand was a honeymoon in tastebud sensations :) 

picture perfect cuisine

One of the best things about travel is partaking in the local cuisine.  I have no idea what this dish is called but man was it good.  Our recent trip to Thailand was a honeymoon in tastebud sensations :)