so we're back and we had a really good time...
it was an absolutely beautiful setting and the boybarians got to play non-stop with good friends...among other activities, they got to go out in a row boat nearly into the waters of canada and fish...ling cod mostly...the duke caught two!...
we had lots of fresh fish cooked over the fire...it was delicious...
but the absolute highlight was the whale sighting...a HUMONGEOUS pod of orcas (including a baby!) passed right by our beach!...oh my goodness it was amazing!
and the absolute highlight of that absolute highlight was that the duke was out in the middle of it in the rowboat!!...the father of the family we went with and his son and sister-in-law and the duke were out there...they weren't more than 10 or 15 feet away!!!...
one orca even swam right under their boat!!
what a lucky kid...a once in a lifetime experience indeed!...
the rest of the time was the usual camping falderol...i wished for a kayak to paddle on the lake we camped at, though...it was very beautiful there indeed...and a little peace and quiet out on the water by myself would have been just the ticket...maybe next time...
we had our fill of s'mores and campfire songs and hot chocolate...wingman attempted at achieving *dirtiest little boy in the world* status...i think he may just have reached it...
we also had our fill of the disturbingly loud, rude, bad taste in music, horribly vulgar yahoos next door...oh my god...if you're single handedly trying to bring back the worst of the late 80's and early 90's you should just stay home...it should be illegal to expose impressionable young minds to that crap...
anyway, we're home and back to school...there's unpacking and laundry and the like...of course i'm sitting here telling you all of this so obviously none of it is getting done!!
it's raining a bit...i may go out later and check on the status of the italian plums...the lord of the ring says they are ripening fast and i want to get to them before they totally ripen...
i like to make a plum liqueur to serve at christmas and i don't want a repeat of last time...they were way too ripe when i made them and the liqueur was awful!!...too sedimenty and thick...and waaaaaayyyyy too sweet...blech...
there's a fine line when making a sweet liqueur...because there is a definite sweet level to consider...you don't want it cloying...well, unless you're a sixteen year old girl who doesn't know any better, i suppose...but that's a story for another day...if the fruit is too ripe to begin with you're doomed...
if i get to them just before they soften we will have a delicious liqueur come christmas...
and speaking of christmas (good lord did i just say that?)...yes, the christmas stuff is still in the hall upstairs...only 117 days 8 hours and 38 minutes till it gets moved!!
but who's counting?
x.
dinner tonight
in the continued quest to clean out the freezer and cupboards we will have the following...
stir fry with peppers, snow peas, and tofu over whole wheat chow mein noodles
i found the box of tofu in the cupboard...i purchased it a few months ago intending it for a miso soup i never made...the peppers i have left over from camping...a ton of them...i took them to cook with fish in case we caught any and we only used a few...same with the snow peas...the 1/2 box of noodles i have left over from a veggie chow mein i made awhile ago...boy were they good...nice and fat and soft...and they're whole wheat so that is a definite plus!
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