Wow! OK This looks much better!

It's done. Now we have the BBQ in a spot, as well as a little outdoor kitchen I bought years ago as a chicken butchering station. You can hook a hose up to it and have running water with a sink and drainage. It has racks and storage drawers shelves, and such. Really a nice thing to have around.

The little blue bench is a checker bench I made about 20 years ago. Two kids can sit on it and play checkers on the board I painted in the center. Storage for the checkers I made is underneath, but they were lost many years ago. Michael is ready to help me make some new ones, though.

The round table was a patio table I had purchased last spring. The wind blew it over while I was at a friend's Pampered Chef party. I came home to shattered glass all in my lawn, pebble walkway, and driveway. I cannot even count howlong it took us to pick all that glass up! So it's topless except for a plywood circle I cut to fit in there. I want to cover it with something to spruce it up...

Today we made more chips, so I took some pics for you.













We took them and the salsa out to our sukkah and spent another relaxing time there. We went on a walk later and picked up natural decor for the season.






Are the holidays here already? Seems we just began summer!

Faith

Friends and Indoor Fun.

Can you salsa?

I love this recipe. I am California born and raised, even though I'm far away now, and I love this salsa from home.

Chop your veggies by hand or get them into a processor if you like.
























I make it a little different each time and never write it down, so don't be afraid to play with it, adding more or less ingredients according to your own tastes.

Here's the recipe:

California Salsa

Tomatoes - use Roma if you want it thicker
1/2 as much green onion as chopped tomato
fresh jalapeno chilies - it's the seeds that are hottest, so use them or not, according to your own desire, to taste.
1 or 2 bunches of fresh cilantro
juice of one lime
salt to taste

I also cooked up homemade tortilla chips but was too busy visiting to take pics. Just cut corn tortillas into wedge shapes, and deep fry them in coconut oil. Drain and salt. YUMMY!

And I quickly threw together a chicken pot pie for dinner.














A bunch of kids, playing Curses and enjoying each other.





So thankful for good friends. Like family.

Faith