Happy

Love, love this picture of

Chloe and I - I will treasure it always.

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On another note....

The month of May was a total

whirl wind!  We had two graduation,

a 75th birthday party,

family visiting from out of town...,

 it was kinda crazy!! 

But a fun crazy for sure.

I have tons of great photos to

post, but need to go thru them all and

collect my thoughts a bit first....

More to come....

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The countdown is on...

Senior Graduation is

next week!!

Chloe has been counting down

the days for months.

~
We are sooo excited!!
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Mother's Day gift

I bought a little Mother's day gift

for myself.

Can you tell what it is.....?

It's a Fig tree!

A Texas Blue Giant, to be exact.

The man at the garden center said

they do great here in Arizona.

Who knew...?

I hope mine does great too.

~

Math & Science night

 Logan's Solar project for

math & science night at

his school.

Logan demonstrating how solar

works. He did a great job!

He made his momma proud!!

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Prom queen

 Chloe's prom night.

She looks sooo beautiful!

Picture taken with my phone,

here at the house.

 Pictures taken by her friend with an

awesome camera - so adorable.

 her dress looks amazing

 She even did her own hair,

which looks so cute.

What a beauty!!

Garden patch

Logan picking radishes from our garden.

In our little garden patch this year...

3 kinds of tomatoes, mr. stripey (our favorite),

yellow pear, and red grape, dill, basil,

chives, oregano, beets,

radishes, carrots, tuscan kale,

along with some sunflowers

 and nasturtium (for the edible flowers)

The weather has been really nice,

so things are growing well.

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Recipe to try

Pan seared salmon with

creamy leek sauce.

Doesn't this look delicious!

Plan to make asap.

Recipe here.

Pan Seared Salmon

with Creamy Leeks

•2 x 160-180 gram fillets of salmon

•Olive oil

•6-5 leeks, white and light green parts only,

sliced diagonally (about 2 cups sliced)

•1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill

•1/4 cup cream

•Squeeze of lemon juice

•Sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper

Heat a swirl of olive oil in a pan.

When the oil is hot add the leeks and sauté

 until they start to soften. Add the cream

 and let it bubble a bit until the leeks are tender,

 adding salt and pepper to taste.

Add the dill, toss, and take off the heat.

Add a squeeze of lemon juice and stir.

Taste and adjust seasoning. Set aside.

Pan sear or grill salmon,

top with creamy leeks.

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** Made this Salmon, it was
D E L I S H!
Will be making this on a regular basis.
I did add a bit more cream,
and lemon juice.
You must try!!